Experiences Market Manager, Japan

Job Description

Airbnb is one of the world’s largest marketplaces for unique, authentic places to stay and things to do, offering over 7 million accommodations and 40,000 handcrafted activities, all powered by local hosts. An economic empowerment engine, Airbnb has helped millions of hospitality entrepreneurs monetize their spaces and their passions while keeping the financial benefits of tourism in their own communities. With more than half a billion guest arrivals to date, and accessible in 62 languages across 191 countries and regions, Airbnb promotes people-to-people connection, community and trust around the world.

Airbnb Experiences are activities designed and led by local hosts to give guests unique access into places and communities.

We are looking to create a large number of entrepreneurs across Japan on the Experiences platform. As the Market Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the growth strategy of Experiences across the territory.

Responsibilities

• Create strategy to scale the growth of Experiences in multiple markets across Japan
• Build partnerships that serve for supply acquisition that meets guests origin as well as channeling the demand into the right supply
• Deep-dive into trend among Asian, build Experiences for intra-regional travelers
• Identify gaps in inventory and work to find and launch high quality bookable Experiences
• Help promote the Experiences platform to individuals, professionals, entrepreneurs and passionate Experience hosts
• Coach and account manage top hosts so they can be successful on the Airbnb platform
• Assess Experiences business performance using data and identify levers for growth
• Build expertise and share learnings from your market with the broader organization
• Collaborate with a cross-functional global team
• Support Experience host communities across Japan and organize meetups

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree or higher with at least 7 years work experience
• Think and act like an entrepreneur. Scrappy, hands-on and able to execute quickly
• Previous experience in sales or partnerships is highly desirable
• Analytical skills with experience making data-driven decisions. Able to use Excel or Google Sheets to manipulate data. SQL is a bonus
• Detail-oriented, organized and goal driven. Great communication and interpersonal skills, and able to quickly establish relationships
• Have your finger on the pulse of the latest local trends in entertainment, travel, lifestyle and what people want from their spare time
• Passion for Airbnb and the sharing economy
• Fluency in Japanese and English
• Chinese and Korean cultural and language familiarity are a plus