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Lead Platform Manager, Tech Foundations

Airbnb
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Hybrid (United States)$232k - $282kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Lead Product Manager for Developer Productivity responsible for end-to-end workflows that impact engineers across infrastructure, reliability, developer experience, and security. Owns developer productivity metrics, roadmaps, PRDs/BRDs, and works with cross-functional teams to scale solutions across business segments.

Responsibilities

  • Establish product vision and northstar for the developer productivity area
  • Own cross-cutting developer workflows end to end across App & Cloud Infra, Reliability Engineering, and Developer Experience
  • Define and measure developer productivity using metrics, instrumentation, and qualitative research
  • Partner with Engineering, Product, TPM, and Data Science to set goals and success criteria with measurable OKRs
  • Develop and align the product roadmap and prioritize to meet business goals
  • Influence and coordinate with teams outside of own org to prioritize developer productivity work
  • Understand engineers' day-to-day work and underlying architecture to build products that fit real workflows
  • Execute efficiently to ship products and deliver impact
  • Lead cross-functional groups as the system voice
  • Communicate concisely and influence outcomes at all organizational levels

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of product management experience building tools and platforms for technical users (developer tooling, infrastructure, or platform products)
  • Track record of improving developer or engineering productivity with measurable results
  • Experience defining and operationalizing metrics for hard-to-quantify outcomes
  • Strong understanding of technical architecture for complex, scalable systems and AI-powered developer workflows
  • Ability to influence roadmaps across organizational boundaries without direct authority
  • Customer-focused ability to understand goals and needs and build aligned products
  • Entrepreneurial drive and ability to lead cross-functional teams to a shared vision
  • Ability to absorb technical concepts quickly and communicate with both technical and non-technical partners
  • Skill in prioritizing and scoping requests to balance long-term vision with short-term needs
  • Previous software engineering experience or close collaboration with engineering teams (strong plus)
  • Familiarity with developer productivity research frameworks (DORA, SPACE, DevEx) (plus)
  • Storytelling skills to connect problems to a compelling vision

Skills

Required:Product management for developer toolsMetrics design and instrumentationCross-functional leadershipSystem architecture understanding
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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