Airbnb

Technology

ProcessRiskandComplianceOperationsManager

$156–193k United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Manager candidates.

The Brief

“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.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

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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