Senior Manager, Sourcing - EMEA

<p><span>Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 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.</span></p><p><strong>The Community you will join:</strong></p> <p>Every day, Airbnb hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. Since our founding, more than 5 million hosts have welcomed over 1.5 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe.</p> <p>The Supply Experiences team is a unique, multidisciplinary team responsible for partnering with our Hosts to conceptualise and develop high-quality, repeatable and commercially viable experiences that are in alignment with our brand values. In partnership with our cross-company peers, we invent novel ways to foster human connection and belonging in our shared physical world.</p> <p><strong>The difference you will make:</strong></p> <p>As a Senior Manager of Sourcing, you will lead a team of Sourcers across EMEA and will be responsible for researching, curating, sourcing, and acquiring high-quality, in-demand experiences for the Airbnb platform. You will work cross-functionally to deliver month-over-month experience supply goals globally.</p> <p><strong>A typical day: </strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead the Sourcing team across EMEA </li> <li>Conduct prospect/talent outreach and qualify prospects based on established criteria</li> <li>Build relationships and develop rapport with prospects by anticipating needs and understanding unique customer environments</li> <li>Engage with prospects to ensure a smooth transition into Experiences hosting, setting them up for success during the production phase </li> <li>Produce clear and compelling visual communications and presentations, pitches, and updates to senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and external partners.</li> <li>Ensure vendor-sourced leads meet  Supply definition and quality guidelines.</li> <li>Partner with our Production, Account Management and regional Sourcing teams to coordinate and manage sourcing, acquisition and production professionals to support in the acquisition of experiences as needed.</li> <li>Establish and maintain strong cross-functional relationships with stakeholders in Product, Design, and others.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Your expertise: </strong></p> <ul> <li>12+ years of overseeing creative development, editorial sourcing or similar experience, with 5+ years managing teams in high-growth environments.</li> <li>Proven ability to scale high-performing teams, driving growth while balancing entrepreneurial market-driven approaches with structured management.</li> <li>Creative, curatorial eye, and a knack for trendspotting. Proven sharp sense for identifying experiences that represent the current cultural pulse of a city.</li> <li>A strong track record of managing cross-functional relationships and influencing senior stakeholders.</li> <li>Consumer-centric mindset and evidence of delivering world class product/service for a renowned brand. </li> <li>Ability to direct and ensure consistently high-quality technical deliverables of a sourcing and production team, including project budgets, resource plans, goal tracking, dashboard creation and tracking, and CRM database management.</li> <li>Experience with management of outside vendors to source and acquire experiential products.</li> <li>Excellent project management, mentorship, and interpersonal skills, with a track record of inspiring diverse, cross functional project teams to achieve their best work</li> <li>Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage and prioritise the coordinator and production of multiple projects and workstreams simultaneously end-to-end</li> <li>Excellent presentation and communication skills, with an ability to convey complex concepts in compelling terms to audiences at all levels, and articulate creative solutions to complex challenges</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships of trust and collaboration across internal and external teams, including a broad spectrum of creative, technical and business discipline.</li> <li>Track record of working closely with senior leadership and acting as a thought partner to Directors, Regional Directors, and VPs to inform strategy and decision-making yielding positive outcomes.</li> </ul> <p><span><strong>Our Commitment To Inclusion &amp; Belonging:</strong></span></p> <p><span>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.</span></p>