Principle Executive Business Partner

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

The Administrative Community is composed of global Business Partners who support Airbnb’s leaders and their teams around the world. Our Business Partners bolster Airbnb’s mission to create a world where anyone can belong by:

• Exercising sound judgment and strategy to coordinate core meetings
• Utilizing diverse communications methods to execute projects and tasks critical to the business
• Developing, iterating and driving team operations
• Curating meaningful moments through team events and gatherings
• Influencing team culture through leadership and collaboration

Our Business Partners are expected to be self‑motivated, incredibly organized, and resourceful, with excellent communication skills, acute attention to detail and follow through, and the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced and ever changing environment. It is important that our Business Partners have the ability to interact and manage up with staff at all levels while remaining flexible, proactive and efficient, with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality.

The Administrative Community is a critical partner that is an integral part of the operational success at Airbnb.

Airbnb is seeking a Principal Executive Business Partner to support the Chief Technology Officer. This is a full time position based in our San Francisco HQ. The Principal Executive Business Partner is a strategic leader and requires an ability to interact with staff at all levels in a fast paced environment, sometimes under pressure, while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, efficient and demonstrating a high level of professionalism and confidentiality.

With so much going on in so many places, we need an experienced Principal Executive Business Partner to join the team.

• Manage all day to day administrative responsibilities for the Chief Technology Officer. This includes advanced calendar management, travel and expense management, note‑taking, meeting preparation and follow up, report and resource/database maintenance and coordinating office access. Act as a thought partner to the leader to strategically align their calendar with their priorities.
• Plan and execute team events, offsites, activities, and recognition
• Assist and/or own content creation including drafting emails and creating presentations
• Manage purchase orders and partner with the leader and finance to track and analyze budget and expenses
• Lead complex projects and initiatives that go beyond the scope of typical administrative work. This includes compiling and analyzing data sets, deep involvement in executive recruitment activities, driving operating system effectiveness - beyond scheduling and coordinating - budget management, cross‑functional E‑team initiatives such as M&A work, company OS work, or leadership huddles.
• Manage end‑to‑end activities related to internal/external board, committee and advisory commitments
• Manage and maintain the security of the leader’s email inbox, in compliance with our code of ethics and data privacy, security and protection policies as requested by the Leader.
• Use sound judgment and discretion to produce work that touches the most sensitive and highly confidential information (e.g. executive hiring, significant organizational changes)
• Represent the organization to internal and external stakeholders
• Manage and maintain strategic relationships with key stakeholders (e.g. vendors, executive candidates, political figures)
• Strong partnership with internal/external comms, talent partners and recruiting for org effectiveness
• Set the staffing strategy for admin support across Tech, including allocating resources, identifying gaps, and reviewing support on an annual basis in partnership with Talent to ensure that support is aligned with the set criteria
• Manage the…