Senior Manager, Intelligence & Advocacy

Remote · USD 175,000-220,000 · 5+ years experience · Remote · Posted Sep 28, 2026

At a glance

Airbnb is seeking a Senior Manager, Intelligence & Advocacy to lead the Fraud Intelligence and Global Trust Advocacy teams within Fraud & Safety Detection.
The role owns proactive intelligence to identify and disrupt novel fraud threats and oversees regional compliance and global-to-local translation across APAC, EMEA, and LATAM.

Manage the Fraud Intelligence manager and three Global Trust Advocacy regional leads (APAC, EMEA, LATAM) to build a high-performance, distributed team.
Set the strategy and operating rhythm for how Intelligence & Advocacy delivers against roadmaps and organizational priorities.
Represent Intelligence & Advocacy on the FSD leadership team, bringing proactive intelligence and regional advocacy perspectives to org-wide decisions.
Build and deepen strategic relationships with regional GMs, Country Managers, and local leadership across every market.
Own the strategic direction of FRINT to proactively identify, analyze, and disrupt novel fraud threats before they scale.
Oversee the intelligence cycle, including detecting anomalies, analyzing threat actor methodologies, and implementing real-time mitigations via grigri and live rules engines.
Partner with Trust Engineering, Data Science, and Product to translate intelligence findings into automated detection rules and platform defenses.
Serve as the authoritative voice on regional compliance, legal requirements, and cultural nuances across FSO queues.
Ensure global playbooks built by GM and platform teams translate well to local execution without creating compliance risk or cultural friction.
Lead structured stakeholder engagement with Country Managers, Legal, Public Policy, and Supply teams through QBRs, forums, and recurring syncs.

12+ years of experience in trust and safety, fraud intelligence, risk operations, or a related field with deep analytical and cross-functional leadership.
5+ years managing teams, including experience managing managers.
Demonstrated experience in fraud intelligence, risk strategy, or threat analysis.
Deep understanding of regional and international trust and safety dynamics, local legal requirements, and cultural nuances.
Strong cross-functional influence skills to build credibility with regional business leaders, Legal, Policy, and Product partners.
Analytical depth to interpret large volumes of data and surface insights from ambiguous signals.
Clear, direct communication skills to produce authoritative intelligence products and present regional risk assessments to executive audiences.
Experience operating in a global, distributed team environment across time zones and cultures.

Familiarity with fraud detection tooling, rules engines, or intelligence platforms