Lead Platform Manager, Tech Foundations

Airbnb

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Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$232,000–$282,000 / yr
Posted
40 days ago
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Above market

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This role pays more than 96% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$213,200 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $257k versus about $182k for comparable roles.

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About Airbnb

Founded in 2008 and formerly known as AirBed & Breakfast, Inc., Airbnb is a global marketplace connecting travelers with hosts who offer unique accommodations, ranging from private rooms to entire homes. It operates a massive digital platform for booking stays, experiences, and travel services worldwide.

Airbnb currently has 46 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $206,000–$255,000 across 44 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Platform Manager, Tech Foundations

JOB TITLE: Lead Platform Manager, Tech Foundations As a Lead Product Manager for Developer Productivity, you will join the team responsible for the end-to-end workflows that determine how engineers work. You will own the product areas developers rely on, identifying where journeys break across infrastructure, reliability, and security. Your daily responsibilities include establishing a product vision, defining success metrics through instrumentation and qualitative research, and creating Product Requirements Documents and Business Requirements Documents. You will partner with engineering, design, data science, and technical program managers to align roadmaps and prioritize platform capabilities. The role requires expertise in technical architecture for scalable systems, CI/CD, build systems, and AI-powered developer workflows. You must demonstrate the ability to influence cross-functional teams and utilize frameworks like DORA, SPACE, and DevEx to improve engineering productivity.

What you'll do

  • Own end-to-end developer workflows by identifying and fixing friction points across infrastructure, reliability, and security pillars.
  • Define and instrument specific metrics to measure and improve overall developer productivity.
  • Develop and maintain the product roadmap, ensuring alignment on prioritization and timelines to meet business goals.
  • Create and own Product Requirements Documents (PRDs) and Business Requirements Documents (BRDs) to guide technical decisions.
  • Influence teams outside of your direct ownership to prioritize developer productivity work within their own roadmaps.
  • Partner with engineering, design, and data science teams to scale solutions across existing and emerging business segments.
  • Establish a clear product vision and northstar that connects into the broader developer productivity strategy.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of product management experience building tools and platforms for technical users.
  • 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 modern AI-powered developer workflows.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive outcomes across organizational boundaries without direct authority.
  • Ability to quickly absorb technical concepts and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical partners.
  • Previous experience as a software engineer, or working extremely closely with engineering teams (preferred).
  • Familiarity with developer productivity research and frameworks such as DORA, SPACE, or DevEx (preferred).

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