Senior Manager, Technical Brand & Content

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Determine the key information that the engineering community associates with Airbnb.

• Oversee the complete operation of the Airbnb Tech Blog, which includes topic selection, mentoring engineer-authors, editing content, and coordinating legal, security, and communications reviews.

• Create and sustain a consistent publishing schedule.

• Recognize and share cross-team technical narratives by publishing interconnected content sets.

• Assist engineers and technical leaders in enhancing their public profiles through bylines, presentations, speaker coaching, and the development of new voices.

• Collaborate with the CTO to cultivate his public technical identity.

• Establish a central hub for Airbnb's official technical content on an Airbnb-owned domain.

• Create additional distribution channels, such as video, and define the role of social media platforms.

• Develop strategies for conferences and events, manage hosted functions, and oversee partnerships with academic institutions and technical media.

• Handle associated budgets and vendor relationships.

• Manage Airbnb's open source initiatives, ensuring that public claims and projects are correct and up to date.

• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to align technical branding efforts with hiring outcomes and evaluate attribution.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in technical content creation, developer relations, engineering communications, or technical editorial work, including direct collaboration with engineers.

• Technical proficiency adequate to engage in systems design discussions, read design documents, and evaluate technical content.

• Strong editorial judgment and practical editing capabilities.

• Ability to influence without formal authority through the development of systems and incentives.

• Experience managing events, budgets, and vendor relationships from start to finish.

• Ability to link branding initiatives to funnel outcomes and comprehend attribution limitations.

• Experience navigating legal and security reviews and assessing publication risks.

• Nice to have: Experience transitioning a technical publication across platforms, including search engine optimization and redirect tasks.

• Nice to have: Experience managing or enhancing an open source program.

• Nice to have: Experience assisting a senior executive in establishing a public technical presence.

• Nice to have: Familiarity with AI and ML engineering subjects, as well as academic or research communications.

• Nice to have: Experience with video or multi-format content creation.

• Must reside in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for bonuses.

• Eligibility for equity.

• Comprehensive benefits.

• Employee travel credits.

• Opportunity for remote work.

• Possible in-office work at an Airbnb location or attendance at offsite events, as coordinated with the manager.

• Reasonable accommodations provided throughout the recruitment process.