CS Labs Supervisor (French-Speaking)

The Community You Will Join: 

We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic candidate to provide exceptional Customer Service management to the Airbnb community as a Supervisor. The ideal candidate is hospitable, analytical, and committed to delivering the highest standards of service through coaching and upleveling their team. This is a full-time position based in Ireland. 

The Difference You Will Make:

The Supervisor supports one or more internal CS services. The Supervisor is an operational leadership role that requires substantial experience in customer service and team management. Supervisors oversee teams of approximately 10-15 specialists and should have the ability to guide and uplevel their specialists, demonstrating top-level customer service skills. The Supervisor manages the performance and quality of their team, monitoring team performance as measured by agreed-upon service delivery targets and key performance indicators, and mentoring, coaching, and professionally developing their team. On top of this, the Supervisor, CS Labs supports ambassadors in pilot execution according to the CS Labs Pilot Playbook.

Strong organisational skills and the ability to balance real-time and planned work are also required. They should also be adaptable and responsive in our fast paced environment, sometimes under pressure, while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, efficient and demonstrating a high level of professionalism and confidentiality.      

As part of this role, you are required to be flexible and may be required to move to different teams within Community Support and/or take up different responsibilities from those set out below. The ideal candidate will be open to a role which will evolve based on business needs and will be flexible to meet those needs.            

A Typical Day:  

The responsibilities listed below are not exhaustive. Given the fast-moving nature of this work, the responsibilities set out below may change and additional duties may be assigned as needed.

Oversee a strong operational environment for your teams and ensure high quality support for the community from your team

• Manage the team execution of complex, sensitive, and/or urgent issues that might pose a significant risk to our brand or community, including acting as the highest escalation point for case consults and high level escalations from other stakeholders
• Meet with your direct reports regularly to review their work and provide high quality, behavior-based coaching; must be able to create a performance development strategy/plan for your service(s).
• Provide best practices guidelines to your team on how to handle cases and situations, and ensure that ways of working are documented and followed.
• Ensure that the team is consistently staffed appropriately and that staff complete onboarding and ongoing trainings.

Drive performance at the specialist, team, and service level

• Ensure individual team members are held accountable to performance goals in a fair and equitable manner by setting clear expectations, following-up individually, and coaching team members positively to develop and improve their skills in a tailored way
• Manage both specialist and team performance, including identifying trends in performance, providing corrective actions and positive overall feedback, and writing year end reviews and improvement plans
• Share input and recommendations about service target setting.
• Work collaboratively with regional Talent teams for the execution of all personal improvement plans and terminations as required.

Build and nurture an engaged and diverse team

• Own and manage end-to-end people strategy and operations within your specialist team to foster a high performing and sustainable team environment. This includes hiring, driving onboarding, talent development, and people engagement/wellness/morale
• Enable team and individual professional success through supporting and challenging your team to meet and exceed expectations with clear goals/expectations, feedback, one-on-ones, and coaching
• Support team in professional development within team by finding and creating development opportunities and leveraging company-wide resources to regularly drive development within your team.
• Keep up with day-to-day management duties such as time off approvals, team and one-on-one meetings, and managing Talent-related issues
• Maintain a culture of openness, transparency and accountability allowing our teams to deliver their best work while being themselves 
• Demonstrate strong leadership on important issues including Diversity & Belonging, Allyship, Ethics, Compliance and maintaining high standards of service to the company

Support strategic initiatives within Delivery and your service as needed

• Lead the team toward the successful execution of company or other strategic changes or goals within your service by cascading updates and changes, communicating new requirements, and providing feedback
• Think critically and constantly evaluate our procedures. Collect feedback from the team to identify product, process, and other opportunities to improve performance and better optimize processes for the team, service, and global community
• Support, as needed, internal Delivery performance & operations improvement projects, in collaboration with the Delivery Excellence team and cross-functional partners. This includes collaborating with leadership and key stakeholders to ensure successful project deliverables by aligning expectations, informing on changes, and meeting core responsibilities
• Prioritize our community by demonstrating agility and proactive support of team initiatives, even if outside their scope
• Leads and manages testing of products and service strategies, including leading specialists in pilot execution, attending operations meetings as needed, and working closely with the leadership team, regional peers, and other cross-functional teams. 

Your Expertise:

• 6+ years of progressive experience in a customer service or an operations role, with 3 years in a role directly managing staff & the employee lifecycle
• Demonstrable experience in driving improved performance of teams as a line manager
• Experience in the deployment of resources to manage real-time crisis situations, including managing high severity/sensitivity cases and decision-making authority for losses
• Experience in data analysis and reporting to identify performance trends, as well as  developing and implementing performance management standards
• Ability to multi-task and adapt to new tasks and responsibilities as needed
• Ability to work weekend days and public holidays, as well as early morning / evening shifts. Your schedule can change to meet business needs
• Fluent in English and French

Your Skills

• Good leadership and team management skills to manage a team of professionals - comfort with conflict, giving and receiving feedback, and handling employee/Talent issues
• Strong communication skills to collaborate with different stakeholders and manage sensitive cases, while remaining calm and poised under pressure
• Organized and resourceful; able to juggle and multi-task, with an attention to detail and follow through even in ambiguous situations
• In-depth understanding of customer service operations and processes
• Ability to cascade with context and lead your team through changes
• Cultural competency and a strong commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion within the team
• Proficiency in various data analysis 

Competencies 

• Building and Nurturing Engaged Teams - Your first priority as a leader is to have an engaged, high-performing team. You set clear expectations, create meaningful connection to the organization and company missions, and cultivate a growth mindset
• Coaching - You’ll need to be able to identify and discuss behaviors that lead to success, and then enable your team to learn and to practice those behaviors. 
• Collaborating - You work effectively with others in one-on-one or group settings. You openly receive new ideas and contribute your own. You understand the need for an open and collaborative team environment, and you foster this in your interactions with others.
• Valuing Diversity - You appreciate and leverage the capabilities, insights, and ideas of all people. You work effectively with people of diverse styles, abilities, and motivations. You champion equal and fair treatment and opportunities for everyone, and encourage others to do the same.

Managing Innovation - You encourage creativity, and show good judgment when deciding which ideas to champion. You envision potential outcomes, anticipate complications, and plan accordingly. You effectively analyze risks and financial implications. You develop clear delivery processes and meet crucial deadlines. You gain trust and support from relevant stakeholders, and effectively use change management techniques to ensure a smooth and successful rollout. You drive the team successfully through ambiguity, welcoming it as a day to day aspect of working in a fast pace environment.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

Offices: Ireland