Staff Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure Security
About The Position
Airbnb is seeking a hands-on, mission-driven Staff Technical Program Manager to lead Infrastructure Security initiatives. The role partners with security and infrastructure engineers, senior individual contributors, and senior leaders to help keep Airbnb’s cloud and data infrastructure secure, resilient, and transparent. It combines program leadership with technical depth in security and infrastructure, and includes understanding the problem space, defining requirements, and addressing strategic challenges aligned with Airbnb’s goals. The position shapes technical direction, validates ideas through iterative development, establishes measurable success criteria, and manages risks and stakeholder alignment. It requires balancing strategic outcomes with detailed execution, communicating project progress and trade-offs clearly, and presenting results to senior leadership. The role is US remote eligible, with occasional office work or offsites as agreed with the manager; employees must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity.
Requirements
- 10+ years of work experience, including at least 8 years as a TPM or in relevant experience.
- Ability to work through ambiguity, frame vague problems clearly, identify a path forward, and drive initiatives to completion.
- Self-motivation, proactivity, and adaptability when working with teams that have different operating cadences.
- Sound business judgment, ability to influence others, strong analytical skills, and a track record of ownership and data-driven analysis.
- Hands-on technical experience with infrastructure security, such as identity and access management, network security, encryption and key management, secure configuration, container and Kubernetes security, and data protection in cloud environments or data platforms.
- Familiarity with incremental delivery and deployment.
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies.
- Excellent written and oral business communication and people skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Lead Infrastructure Security initiatives in partnership with security and infrastructure engineers.
- Shape and influence the technical direction of infrastructure security projects while meeting stakeholder needs and quality standards.
- Rapidly prototype and validate project ideas through iterative development cycles, adapting based on insights and data.
- Balance outcome-driven thinking with attention to critical details and prioritize areas requiring deep focus.
- Define clear, measurable success criteria for security initiatives and secure stakeholder alignment.
- Assess risks and opportunities and develop proactive mitigation strategies.
- Maintain transparent communication with stakeholders about progress, developments, and challenges.
- Present project outcomes and updates to senior leadership, articulating trade-offs, risks, and emerging opportunities.
- Drive initiatives from ambiguous problem statements through detailed solutions and completion.
Benefits
- The role may be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
