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Policy Manager, Korea

Airbnb· Public Policy
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Seoul, South KoreaFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Role focused on conceiving and executing policy campaigns in Korea, coordinating government relations, communications, stakeholder engagement, and mobilization to advance Airbnb’s policy objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement Airbnb’s legislative and public policy objectives, including helping determine advocacy priorities, positions, and strategies.
  • Review legislative language, draft comments, and research issues to provide analysis and critical thinking on legislation affecting Airbnb’s priorities.
  • Maintain relationships with an extensive network of contacts in local, regional, and national legislative, executive, and administrative offices, as well as with allied groups and coalition partners.
  • Represent Airbnb in meetings with government and elected officials, as well as industry associations, Airbnb hosts, and other stakeholders.
  • Manage consultants and agencies to support campaign plans.
  • Ensure progress is reported accurately and regularly, and roadblocks are flagged in a timely fashion.
  • Work closely with cross-functional partners to make sure that policy plans fit with business priorities.
  • Monitor and track legislation and regulatory matters as directed.
  • Support as needed to help implement Airbnb’s legislative and public policy activities.
  • Lead strategic engagement with the National Assembly, ministries, regulators, and policy stakeholders.
  • Define stakeholder strategies and engagement priorities aligned with business and policy objectives.
  • Drive initiatives from concept through delivery, including planning, sequencing, internal alignment, and external follow-through.
  • Exercise sound judgment in external communications, commitments, and escalation management in sensitive policy environments.
  • Maintain structured engagement with local district offices, ensuring commitments are realistic, messaging is consistent, and execution is disciplined.
  • Anticipate political dynamics, timing risks, and stakeholder sensitivities and translate them into clear recommendations for leadership.
  • Produce concise, decision-ready briefing materials, meeting readouts, and leadership updates.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years experience working with policy issues in a relevant business, political, governmental, legislative or regulatory context.
  • Background in the National Assembly, central government, or equivalent policy-facing role highly preferred.
  • Ability to quickly get up to speed on complex technical and regulatory issues.
  • Ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously and navigate a complex matrix organization with multiple stakeholders.
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills; planning, memo-writing and budgeting/basic accounting skills with proficiency in major computer applications.
  • Extremely creative; takes an entrepreneurial approach to the work with a proven track record of being proactive.
  • Highly results-driven and strives to find the most efficient way to do things without sacrificing a high quality of work and/or results.
  • Excellent communicator with great presentation and writing skills.
  • Acute attention to detail; extremely organized and able to help keep others organized.
  • Strong work ethic, and exhibits professionalism, courtesy and strong interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to exercise judgment and maintain confidentiality.
  • Flexible with the ability to remain poised under pressure; adapts to situations as they arise.
  • Embraces change and challenges with a positive and solutions-oriented approach.
  • Self-starter with a sense of humor and the ability to thrive in a fast moving and sometimes stressful environment; ability to resolve complex and unfamiliar problems in a timely and efficient manner.
  • Passion for home-sharing and the mission of the company.
  • Leadership skills and experience in managing other people and developing teams will be nice to have.
  • Willingness to travel regularly within the assigned region.

Skills

Required:Policy analysisStakeholder engagementProject managementStrategic communication
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Founded in August of 2008 and based in San Francisco, California, Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world — online or from a mobile phone. Whether an apartment for a night, a castle for a week, or a villa for a month, Airbnb connects people to unique travel experiences, at any price point, in more than 33,000 cities and 192 countries. And with world-class customer service and a growing community of users, Airbnb is the easiest way for people to monetize their extra space and showcase it to an audience of millions. No global movement springs from individuals. It takes an entire team united behind something big. Together, we work hard, we laugh a lot, we brainstorm nonstop, we use hundreds of Post-Its a week, and we give the best high-fives in town. Headquartered in San Francisco, we have satellite offices in Dublin, London, Barcelona, Paris, Milan, Copenhagen, Berlin, Moscow, São Paolo, Sydney, and Singapore.

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