Senior Supply Acquisition Manager - California

The Community You Will Join:

Every day Airbnb hosts provide unique Stays Experiences and Services that connect guests with local communities in authentic and meaningful ways. These offerings are the core of what makes Airbnb special creating connections and unforgettable memories for travelers worldwide.

The Supply organization is at the forefront of driving Airbnbs growth and global expansion by recruiting and retaining a diverse and exceptional community of hosts. By ensuring a robust and exceptional host network this team plays a critical role in shaping Airbnbs future and delivering on its mission to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.

The Difference You Will Make:

As a Senior Supply Acquisition Manager for Marketplace you are entrusted with building out Airbnbs Stays business to source acquire and onboard homes and hosts. You will incubate new supply acquisition tactics with a core team focused on prototyping. Youll be the driving force behind testing and scaling the gotomarket motions across segments ranging from basic to premium.

You will work closely with leadership to shape our sales playbook test messaging build relationships and drive early traction. This is a handson role for someone who loves both the art and science of earlystage sales enjoys experimentation and thrives in ambiguity. You will get to test ideas move fast and iterate. This work is varied creative one day analytical the next and always hands on. Youll work closely with a small passionate team.

A Typical Day:

• Prototyping: Test local market growth strategies through a mix of hightouch engagement and scaled outreach.
• Develop Sales Tactics: Build and test tailored approaches per customer profile.
• Sales Funnel: Own the full sales funnel in test markets. Build and execute across lead sourcing outreach qualification followup and closing high quality homes on the Airbnb platform.
• Conversion: Ability to connect with hosts and selfdriven to close deals. Ability to onboard new homes to Airbnb across various categories.. Build personalized sales scripts and a library of host objections.
• Referral Programs: Build and structure targeted referral campaigns and programs with incentive structures to drive conversion. Develop local partnerships with neighborhood influencers to generate high quality referrals.

Host Workshops and Roundtables: Analyze prototyping insights to build scalable playbooks.

Your Expertise:

Travel: up to 75 travel both domestic and international.

• Passion for Selling: 8 years of sales experience with a proven track record in lead generation qualification and closing accounts.
• Supply Growth: Demonstrated experience in onboarding and scaling supply for multisided marketplaces with both a local focus and at scale.
• Segments and Personas: Experience selling across different customer personas ideally including both hightouch and scaled sales motions.
• Problem Solving and Creative Thinking: Ability to think creatively and effectively address customer objections and understand their underlying motivations.
• Entrepreneurial : Handson experience in entrepreneurship demonstrating agility and quick decisionmaking to build initiatives from the ground up.
• Ownership Mindset: A strong sense of ownership and accountability with a high pace for the team and a bias for action that inspires others.
• ResultsDriven: A track record of meeting and exceeding sales targets demonstrating strong metricsoriented performance. Proficient in using data analytics to inform decisionmaking and refine sales strategies.
• Adaptability: Ability to adapt to changing market conditions and pivot strategies as necessary. Resilience in the face of challenges with a focus on continuous learning and improvement.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate value propositions clearly and crafting compelling presentations and pitches tailored to diverse audiences.

Your Location:

Due to the nature of this position the successful applicant will need to be based in California to be able to conduct their work. Currently employees can not be located in: Alaska Indiana Nebraska North Dakota Ohio South Dakota Wisconsin Alabama Mississippi Oklahoma Delaware And Rhode Island. This list is continuously being updated please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement and allow us to attract creativelyled people and to develop the best products services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

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