Senior Platform Manager, Defense Platform

The Community You Will Join:

At Airbnb, our top priority is to create safe and trusted experiences for our Hosts and guests. The Defense Platform is at the core of this mission — protecting our global community by proactively detecting, deterring, and preventing abuse at scale.

As a Platform Product Manager for the Defense Platform, you will shape the systems and capabilities that safeguard Airbnb from emerging risks. You’ll design scalable, intelligent defenses that balance safety and user experience — minimizing friction for trusted users while effectively blocking malicious activity.

In this role, you’ll partner closely with engineering, data science, and operations teams to deliver cutting-edge AI/ML-powered solutions, such as real-time risk detection, automated enforcement, and adaptive defenses that evolve with new threats. Your work will directly strengthen the trust and integrity that make Airbnb a place where anyone can belong.

The Difference You Will Make:

As a Platform Product Manager on the Defense Platform, you will define the vision, strategy, and execution for products that power our safety and integrity defenses across Airbnb. You’ll partner with engineers, data scientists, designers, and operations experts to build intelligent, scalable platform solutions that identify emerging risks, stop bad actors, and minimize friction for trusted users. Your work will ensure our defenses are adaptive, automated, and seamlessly embedded across the Airbnb ecosystem.

A Typical Day: 

• Define and deliver a compelling product vision and roadmap for the Defense Platform.
• Lead a cross-functional working group of engineers, data scientists, designers, operations experts, policy leaders, and product partners to drive alignment, execution, and measurable impact.
• Manage the product backlog and prioritization process, balancing business value, risk reduction, and user experience.
• Establish clear goals, metrics, and success criteria in partnership with cross-functional leadership.
• Communicate strategy, progress, and insights effectively to stakeholders across all levels, including senior leadership.
• Leverage data-driven experimentation and measurement frameworks to continuously improve defenses and decision systems.
• Collaborate closely with teams across Global Operations, Policy, Product, and Shared Services to ensure alignment, manage dependencies, and streamline execution.

Your Expertise:

• 5+ years of product management experience, ideally in platform, trust & safety, or risk domains.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence across diverse technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills with a bias toward data-informed decision making.
• Experience driving hypothesis-based product development and iterative learning.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
• Proven success leading through influence, fostering collaboration, and driving alignment across global, cross-functional teams.

Your Location:

This position is US - 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 state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states 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: [email protected]. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process. 

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