Senior Business Development Manager, EMEA

Airbnb

London, UKhybrid$72k-$85k/yrPosted Jun 11, 2026

Skills

salesforce

About the role

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

The Community You Will Join:

Airbnb for Real Estate is an entrepreneurial group within Airbnb partnering with developers, owners, and operators of, and investors in, rental and for sale housing. By leveraging Airbnb-friendly tools, our partners are able to help promote their developments, drive incremental revenue, gain visibility and control over short term rental activity, and differentiate their properties. We move fast and are passionate about serving our hosts and customers. We are looking for people that want to collaborate with us to change the way people live and host on Airbnb!

The Difference You will Make:

As a Senior Business Development Manager, EMEA, you will be responsible for expanding the Airbnb-friendly program in EMEA, with three primary focuses:

Airbnb-friendly apartments

Airbnb-friendly for sale partnerships

Aparthotels and other more intensive hosting use cases

For all, you’ll be responsible for:

Collaborate with our Supply Operations team to develop outreach strategies for developers, owners, and operators of, and investors in, rental and for sale housing

Create and curate a prospect list focused on high impact partners

Move each prospect through our sales funnel (from outreach to nurture to close) and effectively hand off each closed deal to Implementation and Account Management

Collaborate with Account Management to grow existing partnerships

In every aspect of this role, you are measured on the ability to increase sales into high impact partners while building relationships with groups based in your region. Throughout the sales cycle and during the day-to-day of this role, collaboration with others on our talented teams (business development and elsewhere within Airbnb for Real Estate) is encouraged, celebrated and expected. Our team is building the proverbial plane as we are flying it, so there will no doubt be opportunities to work on other areas of our growing and changing business. Travel throughout your region and nationally to meet prospects and clients, attend events, and launch new partners is estimated to be 33%.

A Typical Day:

Conduct research into high value developers, owners, operators and investors in your region

Engage with prospects through various means including leveraging your own network, cold calling, market visits, industry events, etc.

Qualify prospects and identify areas where our solutions can provide value

Interface with external partners at all seniority levels and across disciplines throughout the deal process

Lead presentations for potential partnerships in person and virtually

Accurately manage a CRM sales pipeline to forecast quota achievement

Negotiate contracts through our legal process

Work towards monthly, quarterly and annual sales targets

Provide product feedback from partners to the larger Airbnb for Real Estate team and contribute to improvements to our systems and processes

Your Expertise:

Approximately 8+ years of experience

Working knowledge of multifamily, condominium and/or hospitality real estate acquisitions, development, finance and operations strongly preferred

Drive and ambition with proven ability to repeatedly exceed sales objectives

Track record of cold outreach and prospecting to drive top of funnel conversion

Highly developed analytical, interpersonal, and verbal/written communication skills

Time management skills to balance cold outreach while negotiating warm prospects

Advanced level of proficiency in Salesforce and Google Suite

Consultative approach to solving problems and presenting solutions

Talent for distilling meaning from data and then presenting information clearly and concisely

Positive and motivated attitude with a desire and willingness to collaborate effectively with others

Willingness and ability to consistently solicit, provide and receive feedback to help improve individual and team performance

Desirable Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in real estate/finance

Advanced degree in real estate/finance

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.

How We'll Take Care of You:

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range shown below is annualized, is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

United Kingdom Annual Pay Range

£72,000—£85,000 GBP

Compensation

This Sales role pays $72k-$85k/yr. Within typical range for sales roles in United Kingdom.

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