Senior Business Operations and Growth Lead

The role

You will own the business operations agenda for the UKI and Nordics. You will set regional growth strategy, translate it into execution plans, and manage the operating rhythm to drive commercial growth.

What you will do

• Own the UKI and Nordics growth strategy end to end
• Build annual and quarterly plans with the Country Manager
• Set and pressure-test regional targets
• Run deep-dive analyses on demand, supply, pricing, and seasonality
• Identify and stand up new growth initiatives
• Build the case for regional investment
• Own the region's operating cadence including business reviews
• Convert strategy into sequenced execution plans
• Track delivery against the plan and resolve bottlenecks
• Act as the connective tissue between the regional team and global functions

Required qualifications

• 12+ years in business operations, strategy, consulting, or commercial leadership
• Track record of owning outcomes in a market or business unit
• Demonstrated ability to set strategy and drive it through to execution
• Deep experience influencing without authority across a global matrixed organisation
• Strong analytical toolkit
• Exceptional written and verbal communication
• Executive presence in front of senior leadership
• Comfort with ambiguity
• Strong bias toward action and ownership
• Practical fluency with AI tools
• Familiarity with the UKI and/or Nordic markets, or comparable mature-market experience

Nice to have

• Experience in a two-sided marketplace, travel/hospitality, or consumer tech
• Experience launching or scaling new products or lines of business in-market

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits

About the company

Airbnb was born in 2007 and has grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe.