Founded in August of 2008 and based in San Francisco, California,
Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover,
and book unique travel experiences around the world. Whether an
apartment for a night, a castle for a week, or a villa for a month,
Airbnb allows people to Belong Anywhere through unique travel
experiences at any price point, in more than 65,000 cities and over 191
countries. We promote a culture of curiosity, humanity, and creativity
through our product, brand, and, most importantly, our people.
Airbnb’s public policy team aims to
work closely with politicians, regulators, and the broader public to
introduce them to Airbnb and the “sharing” or “collaborative” economy,
highlight the significant social and economic contribution our business
makes to local areas and its inhabitants, and showcase best practices
from around the world.
On the one hand, we want policy makers
to understand the regulatory challenges that affect our host community
and find models that are good for cities and our thriving local
communities. On the other, we want to help our societies embrace a new
collaborative economy, where we can all belong.
Across EMEA, we are engaged in well
over a hundred local conversations and negotiations with governments big
and small, and our skilled colleagues and network of activists across
the region engage not only governments at local, regional and national
levels directly but also use innovative advocacy strategies that
actively involve our community in making the case for fair, progressive
home sharing rules, and innovative approaches to local experiences.
We structure our work in local
campaign pods, drawing on a wide range of tools and campaign disciplines
- from detailed policy work, through high-impact partnerships,
proactive media relations, community organising, digital platforms and
content, polling, and innovative data science and research. The role of
the Campaign Manager is to lead that work within the pod to ensure the
conception and execution of successful campaigns.
Campaign Manager, Spain & Portugal
The Campaign Manager for Spain &
Portugal is responsible for developing and executing integrated plans
and leading our public policy team on a day-to-day basis for our pod in
Barcelona, Spain, designed to legitimise and enable Airbnb’s business in
local, regional and national legislation and regulation.
S/he conducts an integrated team of
functional specialists, who are delivering complementary strands of work
to deliver the overall campaign strategy.
Strategy Development:
The Campaign Manager leads the process
of setting strategy for each market and geography - determining the
ultimate policy goals and developing operational plans that deliver
progress towards those goals.
These strategies are developed in
close collaboration with the functional leadership of the policy team in
EMEA - covering government relations, digital content, strategic
partnerships, community organising and public affairs communications.
At Airbnb, our strategies are always
founded on high-quality insight and analysis, and are well aligned with
the company’s global approaches and values.
Leadership and Delivery:
Leading a diverse operation, s/he provides direction and motivation to a multi-disciplinary team.
Core tasks within this area includes:
- Inspire
others to get behind a vision, and deploy first-rate organisational
skills to ensure that developed strategy is executed, targets are set,
and projects delivered;
- Commission
and empower other functions in the EMEA campaign organisation to devise
and execute tactics that will contribute to the agreed strategic goals.
- Recruit and manage consultants and agencies to support campaign plans.
In addition to overall day-to-day de
facto leadership of operations, s/he will be directly line-managing some
members of the Campaign Team, and take responsibility for recruitment
in many cases.
Resource management:
In charge of a policy campaign, the
successful Campaign Manager sets the strategic foundation and vision for
the overall direction, allowing functional specialists to work directly
with legislative bodies and government agencies on Airbnb’s priority
issues.
In charge of the operational budget
for her/his concerned pod, s/he ensures all work done is
cross-functional and that existing campaign resources (money, people,
time) are spent in the best possible of ways, in harmony with the
overall campaign plan of the concerned market.
An integral part of this area also
involves flagging local issues that may have pan-regional implications,
and working with colleagues in San Francisco to develop global solutions
and approaches as required.
Communication and Accountability:
Being an integral part of a larger
business, the Campaign Manager liaises closely with their local business
partners (e.g. Country Manager, marketing lead, legal counsel) to make
sure that campaign plans fit with other local business priorities and
outcomes.
S/he also ensures that crucial
internal stakeholders understand the campaign strategy and plans, and
that information is flowing smoothly to everyone with a “need to know”.
Progress is reported regularly, and roadblocks flagged in a timely
fashion.
Requirements:
- Well-developed leadership skills, substantial experience in managing other people and supporting and developing growing teams;
- Experience
of managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders. Highly
organised and able to stay on top of multiple projects simultaneously;
- At least
five years experience working with policy campaigns in a relevant
business or non-governmental organisation, or in a political,
governmental or regulatory context (a mix of public and private sector
experience is an advantage);
- Experience
of policy or campaigning in the fields of tourism, housing,
landlord/tenant relationships, e-commerce and internet would also be
advantageous.
- Experience of budget/resource management and allocation;
- First-rate personal, political, analytical and organisational skills;
- Ability to quickly get up to speed on complex technical and regulatory issues
- Excellent communicator with great interpersonal and presentation skills, both for subject matter experts and the layperson;
- Ability to
work independently as well as a team player in a multi-task work
environment while producing the highest calibre work product in a timely
manner;
- Self starter with a sense of humour and the ability to thrive in a fast moving and sometimes stressful environment.
Airbnb is committed to working with the best and brightest people
from the broadest talent pool possible. We believe a diversity of ideas
fosters innovation and engagement, and allows us to attract the best
people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions.
Qualified individuals from all walks of life are encouraged to apply.