Description

You will partner with product and business teams to develop policies for AI-powered initiatives, ensuring innovative features are launched with appropriate guardrails. Through cross-functional collaboration, you'll shape how millions of hosts and guests experience Airbnb safely and confidently.

Requirements

• 10+ years experience in a Policy, Legal, or Trust and Safety role
• Prior leadership on product policy, with demonstrated experience developing AI policy in support of AI-driven product initiatives
• Familiarity with the AI policy landscape
• Demonstrated capacity for critical thinking, research, and analysis
• Strong attention to detail
• Exceptional writing and communication skills
• Thoughtful business judgment, strategic thinking, and ability to work well under pressure
• Proven ability to partner with and enable business teams, translating policy requirements into practical solutions that support commercial objectives
• Experience working in a matrix and driving solutions to complex problems through cross-functional collaboration
• Fluency in data analysis and data-driven decision-making, including proactively using data to surface policy improvement opportunities
• Ability to explain and simplify complex information to others

Responsibilities

• Lead policy development for new and existing product areas, including AI-powered features, drafting clear and scalable policy frameworks that keep pace with product innovation
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across the organization, including Product, Business, Supply, Design, Communications, Operations, Public Policy, and Legal
• Foster, build, and maintain relationships with leadership of internal business verticals, acting as a trusted policy partner who helps teams move forward
• Guide policy operationalization efforts in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders
• Support product and AI feature launches with appropriate risk mitigation guidance and policy deliverables
• Proactively use data, research, and community insights to evaluate existing policies, identify improvement opportunities, and drive revisions before issues escalate