Senior Project Specialist, Recruiting Events & Partnerships

Airbnb is a mission-driven company dedicated to helping create a world where anyone can belong anywhere. It takes a unified team committed to our core values to achieve this goal. Airbnb's various functions embody the company's innovative spirit and our fast-moving team is committed to leading as a 21st century company.

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. Airbnb,Inc. can employ in  states where we have registered entities. Currently, employees can not be located in: Alaska, Indiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Delaware and Rhode Island. This list is continuously  evolving and being updated, 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. 

Airbnb is seeking a Senior Talent Pathways & Communities Project Specialist to play a critical role in driving initiatives that increase the diversity of our talent pipeline. This role sits within our Global Recruiting organization, and will work closely with individual recruiting teams and various business units at Airbnb, as well as external partners.

In this role, you will develop and drive an events and partnerships strategy focused on engaging and building relationships with prospective candidates from diverse talent communities. This includes piloting and managing diversity recruiting initiatives, producing engaging recruiting events, managing diversity-focused external recruiting partnerships, and identifying/tracking key metrics related to pipeline diversity and candidate engagement. Strong project management skills will help you excel in this role, and an appetite for operational best practices is a must. 

Role & Responsibilities

• Develop and drive an events-focused diversity recruiting strategy 
• Evaluate and engage potential diversity recruiting partnerships and ultimately manage a portfolio of partners to help drive talent engagement and pipeline diversity
• Design and produce unique and engaging recruiting events, serving as project leader and overseeing all operational aspects of each event
• Partner with inbound sourcing teams to develop a post-event engagement and activation strategy
• Partner with Airbnb’s business units and functionally aligned recruiting teams to design events and other engagement opportunities for audiences aligned to their hiring priorities 
• Utilize market research to surface insights and target hubs of diverse talent and inform your engagement strategy 
• Develop a framework for Airbnb’s Recruiting to engage talent communities and welcome candidates to our recruiting process via a range of diversity-focused partnerships 
• Collaborate with a cross-functional group of stakeholders in Recruiting, the Airbnb affinity group community, Airbnb’s Diversity & Belonging team, various business units, and other applicable functions to drive diversity recruiting initiatives
• Identify opportunities to strategically place Airbnb employees in speaking engagements to help build Airbnb’s employer brand 
• Ensure events are launched on time, within budget, and within the designated scope
• Manage proposals, documentation, processes, and project tracking frameworks applicable to the scope of work
• Develop and track success metrics and leverage feedback to constantly improve the team’s ongoing events, projects, partnerships, and initiatives
• Serve as an effective and clear communicator with the ability to align disparate groups of stakeholders to establish timelines, benchmarks, and drive outcomes for key business objectives 

Qualifications

• 5+ years of combined recruiting, event management, talent sourcing, and project management in the talent acquisition space with a focus on diversity
• An ability to manage relationships with stakeholders and clients, including business leadership, Recruiting leadership, Airbnb’s Diversity & Belonging team, and Airbnb’s Affinity (ERG) group community
• Experience managing projects that include both internal and external/3rd-party stakeholders/contributors
• Strong oral and written communication, with extraordinary attention to detail
• Knowledge of systems and tools that support event management, sourcing, application tracking systems or CRM tool, data management / reporting, workplace collaboration 
• Ability to create and sustain effective relationships with internal and external partners
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with autonomy
• Ability to manage multiple demands, and prioritize/push back when needed
• Passion for trying new things, learning, improving, and sharing best practices
• Ability to work at both strategic and tactical levels
• Passion for and willingness to champion diversity, equity, and inclusion 

The starting base pay for this role is between $94,000 and $112,000. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: education, experience, and skills. 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.

Airbnb is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We believe a diversity of ideas fosters innovation and engagement, and allows us to attract the best people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. If you need assistance, or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com.