Senior Manager, Technical Program Management (Search & AI Foundations)

We are seeking a Senior Manager of Technical Program Management (TPM) for our Infrastructure team to lead AI Platforms initiatives spanning Search Relevance, Machine Learning Infrastructure (MLI), and Search Knowledge Infrastructure (SKI).

The successful candidate will partner with our engineering and product teams to build and enhance data-driven decision-making across multiple areas in Airbnb.

Key responsibilities:

• Shape and influence the technical direction of projects, ensuring stakeholder needs are met while maintaining high-quality standards.
• Rapidly prototype and validate project ideas through iterative development cycles, adapting as necessary based on insights and data.
• Balance broad, outcome-driven thinking with attention to critical details, exercising sound judgment to prioritize where deep focus is necessary to ensure successful execution.
• Define and secure stakeholder alignment on clear, measurable success criteria to accelerate AI initiatives.
• Regularly assess risks and opportunities, and devise proactive mitigation strategies to maintain momentum and project success.
• Maintain transparent and effective communication channels to keep stakeholders informed of progress, developments, and challenges.
• Expertly present outcomes and updates to senior leadership, clearly and comprehensively articulating trade-offs, risks, and emerging opportunities.

Requirements:

• 13+ years in technical program management function, with at least 8 years of experience leading and mentoring a team of TPMs.
• Demonstrated experience in search relevance, natural language search, and recommendation systems.
• Experience with applying GenAI/LLM technologies on search is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to work through ambiguity to detailed solutions.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and proven ability to adapt well and work with teams having different operating cadences.
• Sound business judgment, a proven ability to influence others, strong analytical skills, and a track record of taking ownership, leading data-driven analyses, and influencing results.
• Experience with ML models, LLMs, LRMs, feature development, model testing, and resource management to support the development of AI-powered product experiences.
• Familiar with A/B testing, incremental delivery, and deployment.
• Ability to ramp up quickly and learn new technologies with minimal lag time.
• Excellent written and oral business communication and people skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders.

This is a remote-eligible position, and the base pay range is $232,000-$282,000 USD per year.