Business Development Manager

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'll Join The Homes team plays a key role in shaping the Airbnb stays experience. As a multidisciplinary team, we partner with Hosts to build high-quality, repeatable, commercially viable offerings that reflect our brand values. We're building something new: a dedicated Business Development function across EMEA, focused entirely on winning new professional supply for Airbnb. This isn't a role that inherits an existing book of business, it's a genuine new-business mandate, and you'll be one of the first people helping shape how we approach it. For this role, you'll be at the forefront of expanding Airbnb's professional supply base in one of Europe's most important travel markets, reporting into our Homes EMEA team under the Field Operations Manager. The Difference You'll Make You're not managing what already exists, you're building what's next. You'll hunt down new opportunities, win new business, and bring high-quality professional hosts and partners onto Airbnb for the first time. No inherited portfolio. No fixed playbook. Just a market to win, and the autonomy to figure out exactly how to win it. You'll own the full deal, sourcing, pipeline, negotiation, signature, onboarding, and shape how Airbnb approaches new supply acquisition from the ground up. What You'll Bring Genuine new-business, hunter-style sales experience, not account management A proven track record of personally sourcing, negotiating, and closing deals end-to-end Comfort operating without an established playbook, and the drive to build your own approach A self-directed, entrepreneurial mindset, you create opportunities rather than wait for them Strong commercial instinct and the ability to think strategically about a market Confidence taking full personal ownership of a deal, from first conversation to signed contract A Typical Day: <span style=&q