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# Staff Platform Manager, Payments Regional Growth at Airbnb

- **Company:** Airbnb
- **Location:** Mexico
- **Compensation:** MXN 153k–MXN 192k
- **Posted:** 2026-08-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://careers.airbnb.com/positions/8120721?gh_jid=8120721

## 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 Will Join:

At Airbnb, if there’s anything related to money, it comes to the Payments team. We are building a world-class payments and commerce organization - one that currently supports 191+ countries, 70 currencies, connects dozens of payment providers and banks, processes multiple billions of dollars, and empowers more people to participate in our global marketplace.

We’re looking for people who know and use Airbnb and believe in what we’re trying to accomplish. Airbnb is a marketplace that connects guests and hosts, and Payments is central to creating the trust that makes every transaction possible.

The Platform team plays the role of conductor, bringing together engineers, designers, and data scientists to build great product experiences. Our Payments Platform Managers own outcomes across foundation, growth, and empowerment, setting the vision and strategy, defining the roadmap, and driving execution.

The Difference You Will Make:

Latin America is one of the fastest-growing and most strategically important payments regions for Airbnb. Winning here means navigating complex, market-specific regulation, deep local payment ecosystems, and fast-moving compliance requirements across Brazil, Mexico, and the broader region — while unlocking meaningful growth through local payment methods, checkout optimization, and installments. We're hiring a Product Manager to own this regional payments portfolio end to end and serve as the product leader for one of Payments' highest-impact areas.

A Typical Day:

- Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for regional payments across Brazil, Mexico, and the broader region — prioritizing across regulatory, growth, and platform work.
- Optimize checkout and conversion — reduce friction at the moment of booking, improve regional checkout conversion funnels, and lift authorization/approval and payment-success rates to grow bookings.
- Grow through local payment methods and affordability products — expand local payment methods and installment/affordability options that improve access and conversion for regional guests.
- Drive the full product lifecycle — discovery, PRDs, launch, ramp (ERF), and iteration — using experiments and A/B tests to validate impact.
- Define product requirements for processor and payment-method integrations, partnering with the Partnerships and Engineering teams on delivery and performance.
- Lead regulatory and compliance workstreams in partnership with Legal, Tax, Compliance, and Finance to meet local market requirements.
- Define and track KPIs across conversion, cost, reliability, and revenue, and use data to prioritize and measure impact.
- Monitor the market — regulatory change, competitor moves, and emerging payment rails — and translate it into the roadmap.
- Partner cross-functionally across Engineering, Design, Analytics, Data Science, Finance, Compliance/Legal, Partnerships, and Country teams to execute a shared vision without direct authority.

Your Expertise:

- 10+ years of product management experience, with a strong track record building and scaling payments or financial products — owning strategy, roadmap, and execution.
- Deep understanding of the payments stack and how money moves in a marketplace environment — across payins, payouts, and the flow of funds.
- Strong checkout and conversion instincts — a demonstrated ability to reduce friction at the moment of purchase and improve funnel conversion.
- Hands-on experience with payments fundamentals: authorization and settlement, processors/gateways and acquirers, card-scheme rules, 3DS/SCA, tokenization/vaulting, and reconciliation.
- Experience with local payment methods and affordability products (e.g., wallets, bank transfers, BNPL/installments).
- Familiarity with the LATAM payments ecosystem — Pix, SPEI (Mexico's real-time interbank transfers), regional wallets, and installment culture ("parcelamento" / "meses sin intereses") — and local regulatory frameworks (e.g., Central Bank of Brazil, SAT Mexico).
- Data-driven: fluent in defining KPIs, running experiments, and using analytics to guide decisions.
- Technical acumen to partner closely with engineering and explain complex concepts simply.
- Strong product thinking and user empathy — able to imagine the ideal experience and work backwards from customer needs.
- English required; Portuguese and/or Spanish strongly preferred.

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. 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 shown below is monthly, 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.

Mexico Monthly Pay Range $153,333.33—$191,666.67 MXN

## About Airbnb

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Airbnb operates a global marketplace for unique stays, experiences, and adventures, connecting hosts with travelers.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NASDAQ: ABNB)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2007
- **Founders**: Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, Nathan Blecharczyk

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Online Travel & Hospitality, Software Development
- **Target customers**: B2C (travelers), C2C (hosts), with some B2B (Airbnb for Work, business travel)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere, providing unique travel experiences and economic opportunity for hosts.

## Products & Services
- **Airbnb Stays**: The core platform for booking short-term rentals (entire homes, private rooms, shared spaces) in over 220 countries and regions.
- **Airbnb Experiences**: Curated, hands-on activities hosted by locals (e.g., cooking classes, guided hikes, workshops).
- **Airbnb Adventures**: Multi-day, small-group immersive trips led by local experts.
- **Airbnb for Work**: A service for companies to manage business travel and team retreats.
- **Luxe**: A premium tier offering vetted, high-end vacation homes with dedicated trip designers.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: ~$77.8B (as of recent data)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of $12.2B (based on available data)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Y Combinator
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - **From 2007 to present**: 1.5 billion guest arrivals globally.
  - **Headcount Growth**: Employs ~21,644 people, a **+30.6% year-over-year increase**.
  - **Global Reach**: Operates in 176 countries with a strong international team (e.g., offices/employees in India, Italy, Canada, Brazil, UK, Australia, China).
  - **Public Company Status**: IPO in 2020, trading on NASDAQ.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Network Effects**: A massive, global two-sided network of 5 million+ hosts and 1.5 billion arrivals creates a formidable moat that is very difficult for competitors to replicate.
- **Brand & Trust**: A globally recognized brand synonymous with alternative accommodations and travel experiences.
- **Liquidity & Inventory**: Unrivaled inventory depth across 220+ countries, offering unique stays not found in traditional hotels.
- **Live and Work Anywhere Policy**: A radical shift in work culture that offers flexibility and a competitive edge in talent acquisition, allowing employees to live anywhere in their country of employment with no compensation change.

## Strategic Focus
- **International & Mainstream Expansion**: Continuing to grow its user base beyond early adopters into mainstream travel and new international markets.
- **Product Diversification**: Pushing hard into "Experiences" and "Adventures" to reduce reliance on accommodations and capture more of the travel wallet.
- **Leveraging AI & Technology**: Investing in AI (e.g., AI Engineer roles in Community Support) to improve the guest and host experience, search, and trust & safety.
- **Return to Travel & "Live Anywhere"**: Capitalizing on the post-pandemic shift towards remote work and long-term stays with its "Live and Work Anywhere" initiative.

## Why Work Here
- **Flexibility**: A ground-breaking **"Live and Work Anywhere"** policy. Employees can work from home, an office, or temporarily anywhere in the world (with approval). Compensation is not changed when moving within their country of employment.
- **Compelling Mission**: An opportunity to work on a platform that creates connection and economic empowerment for millions of people globally.
- **Diversity & Belonging**: Strong commitment to inclusion with numerous Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) such as Able@, Black@, Women@, Parents@, and many more.
- **Great Benefits**: 
  - **Travel Credit**: Quarterly Airbnb travel and experiences credit.
  - **Education**: Annual educational stipend.
  - **Wellbeing**: Subsidized healthcare, mental health support, family care support, and generous parental leave.
  - **Equity**: Competitive compensation including equity and an Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
- **Culture**: Values-driven with a focus on "Be a Host" (caring, open, encouraging), "Champion the Mission," and "Embrace the Adventure."
- **Work Model**: Supports a mix of remote, hybrid (be close to an office), and onsite work, giving employees significant control over their schedule.
- **Talent Community**: A highly creative and collaborative environment with industry-leading talent.

## Sources
1. [careers.airbnb.com](https://careers.airbnb.com/)
2. [careers.airbnb.com/life-at-airbnb/](https://careers.airbnb.com/life-at-airbnb/)
3. [airbnb.com](https://www.airbnb.com/)
4. [linkedin.com/company/airbnb](https://sg.linkedin.com/company/airbnb)
5. [careers.airbnb.com/positions/](https://careers.airbnb.com/positions/)

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