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Airbnb
Remote - Canada (eligible provinces: AB, ON, BC, QC, SK)Updated 70d ago
Compensation
$94k–$117k
Published range
Location
Remote - Canada (eligible provinces: AB, ON, BC, QC, SK)
Remote eligibility
Employment
Full-time
Mid-level
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About the job

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About the Role

Airbnb is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic individual to provide exceptional customer service management to the Airbnb community as a Manager. This is a full-time position based in Canada. The Manager supports one or more internal customer service teams. This is an operational leadership role that requires considerable experience in customer service and team management. Managers oversee teams of approximately 10-15 ambassadors and must be able to guide and develop their ambassadors, demonstrating first-rate customer service skills. Strong organizational skills and the ability to balance real-time and planned work are also required. They must also be adaptable and responsive in our fast-paced environment, sometimes under pressure, while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, efficient, and demonstrating a high level of professionalism and confidentiality.

A Typical Day
  • Supervise a solid operational environment for your teams and ensure high-quality support to the community through your team.
  • Manage the team's execution of complex, sensitive, and/or urgent issues that may pose a significant risk to our brand or community, including acting as the highest escalation point for case consultations and high-level escalations from other stakeholders.
  • Meet regularly with your direct reports to review their work and provide high-quality behavior-based coaching; be able to create a performance development strategy or plan for your services.
  • Provide your team with guidelines on best practices for case and situation management, and ensure work methods are documented and followed.
  • Ensure the team is consistently staffed appropriately and that staff complete onboarding and ongoing training.
  • For cases involving internal stakeholders, guide ambassadors to take appropriate actions until case closure and, in rare cases, support field case management.
  • Collaborate with Capacity Planning and PMO to establish minimum staffing, ensure adequate coverage, plan contingencies related to the impacts of changes, and advocate for staffing needs relative to volume or workload.
  • Drive performance at the ambassador, team, and service level.
  • Ensure team members are held accountable for performance goals fairly and equitably by setting clear expectations, following up individually, and providing positive coaching to develop and improve their skills in a personalized way.
  • Manage ambassador and team performance, including identifying performance trends, providing corrective measures and overall positive feedback, and writing year-end reviews and improvement plans.
  • Be able to establish and articulate the vision and direction for the quarter; deliver this vision and direction at all-hands meetings.
  • Share feedback and recommendations on service target setting.
  • Oversee overall service performance and contribute to reporting on trends, providing a service overview to the Director, Service Delivery.
  • Build and maintain an engaged and diverse team.
  • Take full ownership of personnel strategy and operations within your ambassador team to foster a high-performing and sustainable team environment, including hiring, onboarding, talent development and engagement, well-being, and staff morale.
  • Support the professional success of the team and each individual by supporting and challenging your team to meet and exceed expectations through clear goals, feedback, one-on-one meetings, and coaching.
  • Support professional development within the team by finding and creating development opportunities and leveraging company-wide resources to regularly develop your team.
  • Handle daily management tasks such as approving time off, team and individual meetings, and managing Talent-related issues.
  • Maintain a culture of openness, transparency, and accountability that allows our teams to do their best work while being themselves.
  • Demonstrate strong leadership on important issues, including diversity and belonging, allyship, ethics, compliance, and maintaining high service standards to the company.
  • Support strategic initiatives within Service Delivery and your service, as needed.
  • Guide the team toward successful implementation of company or other strategic changes or goals within your service, by relaying updates and changes, communicating new requirements, and providing feedback.
  • Support, as needed, internal Service Delivery performance and operations improvement projects, in collaboration with the Delivery Excellence team and cross-functional partners.
  • Exercise critical thinking and constantly evaluate our procedures. Gather team feedback to identify opportunities to improve performance and better optimize processes for the team, service, and global community.

Your Expertise

  • 8+ years of progressive experience in a customer service or operations role, including 5 years in a direct people management and employee lifecycle role.
  • Demonstrable experience in improving team performance as a people manager.
  • Experience in deploying resources to manage real-time crisis situations, including managing highly sensitive or serious cases, and decision-making authority regarding losses.
  • Experience in data analysis and reporting to identify performance trends, as well as developing and implementing performance management standards.
  • Experience translating global goals and strategies into concrete, actionable actions for your teams, including setting operational or functional targets or performance goals.
  • Ability to work weekends, holidays, and on-call, as needed.
  • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, in English.

Your Skills and Aptitudes

  • Exceptional leadership and team management skills to manage a team of professionals — comfortable with conflict, giving and receiving feedback, and managing employee or Talent issues.
  • Excellent communication skills to collaborate with different stakeholders and manage sensitive cases, while remaining calm and composed under pressure.
  • Organized and resourceful; able to juggle multiple tasks at once, with attention to detail and rigorous follow-up, even in ambiguous situations.
  • Deep understanding of customer service operations and processes, with the ability to convey them to your team.
  • Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills to evaluate procedures and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Ability to relay information with context and guide your team through changes.
  • Exceptional coaching skills; you have a high emotional quotient and know how to adapt your feedback and communication style to the needs of the person being coached or mentored.
  • Cultural competence and strong commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion within the team.
  • Proficiency in various data analysis and reporting tools to track performance trends (Tableau, SQL, Excel, Google Sheets, etc.).

Your Workplace

This position is eligible for remote work — Canada. The role may include occasional work in an Airbnb office or participation in offsite meetings, as agreed with your manager. Although the position is eligible for remote work, you must reside in a province where Airbnb Canada Inc. has a registered entity. We can currently hire in the following provinces: Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. This list is constantly evolving; please check with your recruiter which provinces make you eligible for this position.

Compensation & Benefits

Canada Annual Pay Range: $94,000—$117,000 CAD. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Our Commitment to Inclusion & Belonging

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe that diversity of ideas fosters innovation and engagement, and allows us to attract creative people and develop the best products, services, and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. We also strive to provide an inclusive application and interview process for people with disabilities. If you are a candidate with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to submit your application, please contact us at reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the position you are applying for, and the accommodation needed to assist you in the recruitment process. We ask that you contact us only if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from completing our online application. We use automated tools to help our recruiting team efficiently evaluate a high volume of applications. All final hiring decisions are made by a human reviewer. This role is newly created and does not replace or fill an existing position.

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