Regional Operations Manager, Premium Support

The Community You Will Join: 

We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic candidate to provide exceptional Customer Service management to the Airbnb community as a Regional Operations Manager. The ideal candidate is hospitable, analytical, and committed to delivering the highest standards of service through coaching and up-leveling their team. This is a full time position based in Canada - Remote Eligible.

The Difference You Will Make:

The Regional Operations Manager supports one or more internal CS services. The Regional Operations Manager is an operational leadership role that requires substantial experience in customer service and team management. Regional Operations Managers oversee teams of approximately 4-8 people managers who each manage teams of 8-15 support agents. ROMs should have the ability to guide and uplevel their team members, demonstrating top-level coaching skills and operations management knowledge. Strong organizational skills and the ability to balance real-time and planned work are also required. They should also be adaptable and responsive in our fast paced environment, sometimes under pressure, while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, efficient and demonstrating a high level of professionalism and confidentiality.      

A Typical Day: 

Oversee a strong operational environment for your teams and ensure high quality support for the community from your team

Drive performance at the team manager, regional, and service level

Build and nurture an engaged and diverse team

Support strategic initiatives within Delivery and your service as needed

• Lead the team toward the successful execution of company or other strategic changes or goals within your service by cascading updates and changes, communicating new requirements, and providing feedback Support, as needed, internal Delivery performance & operations improvement projects, in collaboration with the Delivery Excellence team and cross-functional partners Think critically and constantly evaluate our procedures. Collect feedback from the team to identify opportunities to improve performance and better optimize processes for the team, service, and global community

Your Expertise

• 8+ years of progressive experience in a customer service or an operations role, with 5 years in a role directly managing staff & the employee lifecycle, ideally managing other managers
• Demonstrable experience in driving improved performance of teams as a manager
• Experience in the deployment of resources to manage real-time crisis situations, including managing high severity/sensitivity cases and decision-making authority for losses
• Experience in data analysis and reporting to identify performance trends, as well as developing and implementing performance management standards
• Experience translating big picture goals and strategy into implementable and concrete actions for your teams, including setting operational or functional targets or performance goals
• Ability to work weekend days, holidays, and on-call required

Additional skills & expertise:

• Exceptional leadership and team management skills to manage a team of professionals - comfort with conflict, giving and receiving feedback, and handling employee/Talent issues
• Strong communication skills to collaborate with different stakeholders and manage sensitive cases, while remaining calm and poised under pressure
• Organized and resourceful; able to juggle and multi-task, with an attention to detail and follow through even in ambiguous situations
• In-depth understanding of customer service operations and processes; able to translate that to your team
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities to evaluate procedures and identify opportunities for improvement
• Ability to cascade with context and lead your team through changes
• Exceptional coaching skills, you have high EQ and know how to tailor your feedback & communication style to meet the needs of your coachee or mentee
• Cultural competency and a strong commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion within the team
• Proficiency in various data analysis and reporting tools to track performance trends (tableau, SQL, Excel, Google Sheets, etc.)

Your Location

This position is Canada - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a province where Airbnb Canada, Inc. has a registered entity. Currently we can hire in the following provinces: Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with your recruiter on what provinces you are eligible to work from.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.

We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.

We use automated tools to help our recruiting team efficiently screen a large volume of applications. All final hiring decisions are made by a human reviewer. 

This role is newly created and does not replace or backfill an existing position.