Senior Manager, Public Policy, Pacific Northwest

The role

The Senior Manager, Public Policy will lead government relations, campaign and engagement strategies in the Pacific Northwest. This person will focus on engagement with local officials and regulators to advance Airbnb and host interests.

What you will do

• Lead and develop public policy campaigns to mitigate risks and promote growth
• Execute public policy strategy influencing policy and regulations impacting host eligibility
• Represent Airbnb in associations, meetings, and events with government and stakeholders
• Develop communications, local stakeholder engagement strategy and partnership programs
• Research, analyze, distill and synthesize ordinances and bills
• Collaborate with internal cross-functional partners
• Manage local consultants and agencies
• Monitor and analyze legislation, regulation and local issues
• Report progress and flag roadblocks

Required qualifications

• At least 10+ years experience with direct legislative lobbying and working in public policy in a political, governmental, consulting or regulatory context
• Experience in direct government relations and public policy advocacy at the local and state levels of government
• Ability to quickly get up to speed on complex technical and regulatory issues
• Ability to manage multiple projects and navigate a complex matrix organization
• Extremely creative with an entrepreneurial approach
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Highly results-driven
• Excellent communicator with great presentation and writing skills
• Acute attention to detail and extremely organized
• Strong work ethic and professionalism
• Ability to exercise judgment and maintain confidentiality
• Willingness to travel regularly

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits

Before you apply

• Successful applicant will need to be based in Oregon or Washington state

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.