Airbnb
Technology
ProcessRiskandComplianceOperationsManager
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“Process Risk and Compliance Operations Manager at Airbnb. Skills: Risk governance, Process management, Root cause resolution. Design CS Risk Appetite Framework. Define guardrails”
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
Occasional office work, Attendance at offsites
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years experience, Experience with AI-driven processes, Experience with risk governance, Experience with risk appetite framework, Experience with risk registry, Experience with risk assessment standards, Experience with KRIs, Experience with threat hypotheses, Experience with detection triage, Experience with investigation support, Experience with governance cadences, Experience with risk review boards, Experience with quarterly risk assessments, Experience with challenge sessions, Experience with insider threat investigations, Experience with investigation outcomes, Experience with escalation protocols, Experience with high-severity findings, Experience with risk non-compliant transactions, Experience with joint case reviews, Experience with incident debriefs, Experience with root cause resolution, Experience with remediation, Experience with root cause tracker, Experience with systemic issues, Experience with remediation tracker, Experience with remediation milestones, Experience with remediation deadlines, Experience with remediation progress, Experience with symptomatic fixes, Experience with root cause resolution, Experience with GRC platforms, Experience with risk management tools, Experience with case management systems, Experience with investigation ticketing platforms
Nice to Have
Leadership role over time
What You'll Do.
Design CS Risk Appetite Framework
Define escalation triggers
Define pre-approved response actions
Evolve CS Risk Registry
Challenge prioritization
Determine risk score accuracy
Identify missed risks
Ensure remediation accountability
Develop risk assessment standards
Stress-test risk assessment standards
Evaluate KRI meaningfulness
Support model evolution
Interrogate model assumptions
Establish governance cadences
Pressure-test risk assumptions
Capture investigative outcomes
Contextualize investigative findings
Integrate findings into risk governance
Provide strategic risk lens
Identify risk posture patterns
Identify investigation needs
Co-design escalation protocols
Co-design review protocols
Evolve escalation criteria
Account for edge cases
Participate in case reviews
Participate in postmortems
Participate in incident debriefs
Extract systemic insights
Provide strategic risk context
Prioritize investigative focus areas
Coordinate feedback loop
Inform detection improvements
Track detection model performance
Challenge detection models
Report detection model performance
Own root cause resolution lifecycle
Govern centralized tracker
Capture systemic issues
Define resolution milestones
Define resolution deadlines
Provide visibility into progress
Review tracker at cadences
Escalate timeline slips
Distinguish symptomatic fixes
Distinguish root cause resolution
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Senior leaders; Cross-functional partners; Investigations team; Diverse stakeholders
Process & Methodology
Program management
Full Job Description
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 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. The Community You Will Join: The Community Support org handles tens of millions of interactions yearly, engaging with Airbnb customers by phone, messaging, chat, or social media channels. The group handles hundreds of issues across categories including Cancellations, Account Issues, Refunds, Payments, Reservations, Extenuating Circumstances, Booking it is a role that requires you to ask the right questions of technical teams, interpret outputs with skepticism, and ensure that AI-driven processes are governed with the same rigor as human-driven ones. You will be joining a new team and have the opportunity to shape its development, taking on a growing leadership role over time. We are looking for someone with the drive to build something from nothing and push for growing excellence. A Typical Day: Risk Strategy, Frameworks and AI Risk Governance Design and own the CS Risk Appetite Framework — define guardrails, escalation triggers, and pre-approved response actions. This is not a documentation exercise; it requires continuous negotiation with senior leaders and cross-functional partners to calibrate organizational tolerance in a rapidly changing threat environment. Own and evolve the CS Risk Registry as a living strategic instrument. Your job is to challenge what gets prioritized, determine whether risk scores reflect reality, identify risks that automated systems miss entirely (e.g., emergent social engineering tactics, regulatory shifts, insider collusion patterns), and ensure accountability for remediation. Develop and stress-test risk assessment standards — including key risk indicators (KRIs), risk typologie
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