Process Risk and Compliance Operations Manager

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 & Listing issues, Safety & Claims. The organization is globally distributed with offices in San Francisco, Dublin, Montreal, Seattle, Singapore, Manila, Gurgaon and an extensive partner network serving all regions. The Difference You Will Make: • In this role you will own the strategic design and continuous evolution of risk frameworks, the risk registry, and executive risk narratives for Community Support — translating investigative findings, AI/ML model outputs, operational signals, and emerging threats into decisions and actions that protect Airbnb. • A defining element of this role is your close partnership with the Insider Threat program. Together, you will form a complementary unit: you will ensure that investigative outcomes are contextualized within the broader risk ecosystem — informing risk appetite decisions, shaping detection strategy, and driving remediation accountability. You will co-own escalation frameworks, jointly challenge detection model effectiveness, and ensure that the feedback loop between investigations, risk governance, and AI-driven detecti…