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Airbnb

Connects travelers with stays and local activities

Premium Support Manager

Customer SupportPosted on Nov 6
Full-timeRemote in Canada

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of progressive experience in customer service or operations, including 5 years directly managing personnel and the employee lifecycle.
  • Demonstrated experience improving team performance as a line manager.
  • Experience deploying resources for real-time crisis situations, managing highly sensitive or serious cases, and making decisions about losses.
  • Experience analyzing and reporting data to identify performance trends and developing and implementing performance-management standards.
  • Experience translating global objectives and strategies into actionable team activities, including setting operational or functional targets or performance objectives.
  • Ability to work weekends, holidays, and on-call as needed.
  • Excellent spoken and written English communication skills.
  • Exceptional leadership and team-management skills, including handling conflict, giving and receiving feedback, and managing employee or talent issues.
  • Excellent communication skills for collaborating with stakeholders and managing sensitive cases while remaining calm under pressure.
  • Organizational and resourcefulness skills, including multitasking, attention to detail, and rigorous follow-through in ambiguous situations.
  • Thorough understanding of customer-service operations and processes, and the ability to convey them to the team.
  • Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills to evaluate procedures and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Ability to communicate information with context and guide the team through changes.
  • Coaching skills, high emotional intelligence, and ability to adapt feedback and communication style to the person being coached or mentored.
  • Cultural competence and commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion.
  • Proficiency with data analysis and reporting tools such as Tableau, SQL, Excel, and Google Sheets.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise a strong operating environment for the team and ensure high-quality community support through the team.
  • Manage the team's handling of complex, sensitive, or urgent issues that may pose significant risks to Airbnb's brand or community, including serving as the highest escalation point for case consultations and high-level escalations from other stakeholders.
  • Meet regularly with direct reports to review their work and provide behavior-based coaching; develop performance strategies or plans for the service teams.
  • Provide the team with best-practice guidance for case and situation management, and ensure working methods are documented and followed.
  • Ensure the team is appropriately staffed and that personnel complete onboarding and ongoing training.
  • Guide ambassadors handling cases involving internal stakeholders through appropriate actions to case closure, and occasionally support field case management.
  • Collaborate with Capacity Planning and the PMO to establish minimum staffing, ensure adequate coverage, plan for change-related impacts, and advocate for staffing needs based on volume or workload.
  • Hold team members fairly and consistently accountable for performance goals by setting clear expectations, following up individually, and providing positive, tailored coaching to develop their skills.
  • Manage ambassador and team performance by identifying trends, providing corrective measures and positive overall feedback, and writing year-end reviews and improvement plans.
  • Establish and communicate the quarterly vision and direction, including presenting it in all-hands meetings.
  • Share feedback and recommendations on setting service targets.
  • Monitor overall service performance and contribute trend reporting, providing the Director of Service Delivery with a service overview.
  • Own the team's full people strategy and operations, including hiring, onboarding, talent development, engagement, well-being, and morale, to foster a high-performing and sustainable team environment.
  • Support and challenge the team to achieve and exceed expectations through clear goals, feedback, one-on-ones, and coaching.
  • Identify and create professional-development opportunities and use company-wide resources to support regular team development.
  • Perform daily management tasks such as approving leave, holding team and individual meetings, and handling talent issues.
  • Maintain a culture of openness, transparency, and accountability that enables teams to do their best work authentically.
  • Provide leadership on diversity and belonging, allyship, ethics, compliance, and maintaining high service standards.
  • Guide the team through successful implementation of company or other strategic changes and objectives by relaying updates, communicating new requirements, and providing feedback.
  • Support internal Service Delivery performance and operations improvement projects as needed, in collaboration with Delivery Excellence and cross-functional partners.
  • Critically evaluate procedures and gather team feedback to identify performance improvements and optimize processes for the team, service, and global community.

About the Company

Airbnb

Connects travelers with stays and local activities

Airbnb runs an online marketplace where travelers book places to stay, local activities and personal services from hosts. Listings range from rooms in shared homes to entire properties and independent hotels, giving guests alternatives to conventional hotel stays. Hosts set prices and availability, while guests search by destination, compare listings and book through the website or mobile app. The platform handles payments and messaging, and earns service fees on reservations rather than renting out properties it owns; hosts receive payouts for the stays, experiences or services they arrange. Airbnb was founded in 2007 and has its headquarters in San Francisco, California.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Founded
2007

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