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The Community You Will Join: 

We’re the Airbnb Talent team - playful, fun, helpful, and deadly serious. We’re tasked with one of the company’s most important goals: preserving and driving Airbnb’s amazing culture. We do this by making sure we work with brilliant, inspiring individuals and teams. It’s our job to make sure we help all of our people raise the bar with their work and career. We work hard - very hard - but every day, we are rewarded by the amazing, joyful people around us. We’re creating the best team in the world.

The Difference You Will Make:

We're looking for an experienced Senior Talent Business Partner (HR Business Partner Lead) to partner with our teams in the Technologyorganization.

The successful candidate thrives in a fast-paced and challenging environment and has a passion for partnering with business leaders to deliver impactful talent solutions.  The Sr. Talent Partner will be skilled in driving business transformations, designing HR practices, is strong in influencing and mentoring others and builds strong relationships with leaders and employees. We need an HR thought leader who can balance the need to be a strategic, data driven business partner along with a roll up your sleeves attitude. Experience in a high growth organization and/or tech firm is a plus as is a leadership role in a multinational organization.

This is a critical role which will partner with multiple senior leaders in technology and reports to the Talent Director for Global Technology.

A Typical Day: 

• Partner with Business leaders to provide thought leadership regarding organizational and people-related strategy and execution that’s aligned with business strategies. Help leaders to create and execute on the vision for a world class Technology organization.
• Is a trusted advisor to senior leaders who operates with a strong business mindset and understanding of business needs. Is an expert in stakeholder management and is able to communicate effectively to influence and deliver high impact. 
• Take risks in designing and delivering 21st Century Talent programs and solutions to creatively solve business challenges in areas such as employee engagement, talent design, workforce planning, cultural change, organizational design, and change management. Is comfortable to lead through ambiguous situations and effectively manage trade-offs between short term long-term strategic plans.
• Have a data driven mindset to assess organizational metrics and provide insights to leaders to drive business outcomes
• Partner with leaders to build high performing leadership teams and coaches executives to enhance their leadership effectiveness.
• Design and deliver key inclusion programs/initiatives that continue to build a sustained culture of belonging 
• Actively engage in various leadership forums  to diagnose and solve talent and organization related problems
• Advocate for and represent teams’ needs to the global EX team and senior leadership
• Provide consultative support and guidance to managers on implementation of core HR/Talent programs
• Guide and coach managers on how to appropriately manage and resolve complex HR issues (e.g., performance management, rewards, mutual separations, conflict management...)
• Work closely with Talent COE partners (Total Rewards, Learning, D&B, Talent Design and Internal Comms) to deliver world class talent programs to deliver business results
• Promote a culture of feedback and open communication, reinforcing our mission and core values
• Serve as a mentor to other Talent Partners and support their development through knowledge sharing and partnership 

Your Expertise:

• 15+ years of progressive HR experience in a high speed, high growth environment; BA/BS in related field; MA/MBA is a plus.
• A collaborative, thoughtful HR leader who sees the big picture and is comfortable getting into the details (can operationalize a strategy)
• Strong analytical skills and uses data to influence strategic decisions at the executive level.
• Genuine curiosity and strong desire to continuously learn, grow and develop others
• Proven ability to think creatively, participate fully and work collaboratively to develop and execute programs. Ability to work in and navigate a matrixed environment.
• Comfortable with open communication and giving and receiving open, constructive feedback respectfully
• Impeccable judgment and ability to balance the needs of the company, managers and employees
• Not afraid to roll up their sleeves and get involved in all aspects of the role - no job too big or too small
• Unquestioned integrity and a confident presence to effectively resolve sensitive issues.
• A sense of humor and passion for Airbnb are essential - we are really excited to work here, and you should be too!

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: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process. 

We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.

How We'll Take Care of You:

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.