Airbnb · 5 days ago
Senior Platform Manager, Payments
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$177K/yr - $208K/yr
5+ years expAirbnb is a global company that has grown to over 5 million hosts since its inception in 2007. They are seeking a Senior Platform Manager for their Payments team to drive the vision and strategy for payments funds and ledger, collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize payment processes at scale.
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Responsibilities
Drive Payments funds & ledger vision and strategy
Develop and execute a comprehensive multi year roadmaps that supports the measurement and optimization of payments at scale
Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Engineering, Operations, Analytics, Partnerships, Treasury, Finance, Tax and Product Management to define requirements, prioritize features and align goals
Develop compelling and clear product narratives and requirement documents. Develop hypotheses based experiments, define clear success metrics and detailed roll out plans
Define and analyze KPIs that inform success & health
Drive the integration of partner products and services to enhance our platform capabilities
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop comprehensive playbooks that support the resolution of top processing challenges for our community
Stay up to date with payment industry trends, technologies and best practices in payment processing. Leverage this knowledge to improve our processes and platform
Qualification
Required
5+ years in a product management role working on global payment platforms
Deep experience in building financial reporting, and ledger products within Payments
Familiarity with the broader payments ecosystem consisting of PSPs, acquirers and networks
You grasp the fundamentals of funds management, financial transactions, and ledger systems
You have familiarity with double-entry bookkeeping, general ledger structures, and accounting principles
Take ownership of day-to-day product management, execution and payment escalations
Platform product management experience, building products that can be leveraged by a variety of business customers
Ability to work directly with engineers to develop use cases, build inspiring narratives, prioritize features, and evaluate short-term vs. long-term trade-offs
Ability to lead by influence across a diverse team of engineers, data scientists, finance, treasury, compliance, legal, and business experts
Ability to clearly articulate the story for what problem you're solving for and the vision you're going after, combined with the capacity to dive into minute details when necessary
Exceptional decision making skills: given limited resources, how do you prioritize across needs?
Thrive in a startup culture: dealing with fast pace, changing needs, and limited resources
Highly data driven with strong analytical skills
Preferred
Technical chops - experience as an engineer, data scientist, or payment operations specialist
Global perspective - experience with global and alternative payment methods
Knowledge and experience using collaborative tools of the trade (e.g. JIRA, SQL, Asana, Google Docs, Scrum, Agile) as well as design/mockup tools (e.g. Figma, Invision)
Operations - understands the mutually beneficial relationship between technology and operations, and can efficiently invest in each
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Employee Travel Credits
Company
Airbnb
Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the Internet.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.44BKey Investors
VERSO CapitalJP Morgan ChaseFirstMark
2020-12-10IPO
2020-04-14Debt Financing· $1B
2020-04-06Private Equity· $1B
Leadership Team
Brian Chesky
Co-founder & CEO
Nathan Blecharczyk
Co-founder / Chief Strategy Officer
Recent News
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