The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Airbnb is hiring a COO in Irvine, CA.

• Role description

  This is a c-level COO opening for someone who treats Accountability as a starting point, not a finish line, here at Airbnb. For a delightfully-weird professional with 16+ years behind them, this internship COO job delivers $361,000 - $697,000 and meaningful growth.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Partner sideways with teams who rarely sit in the same room
  • Catch the small documentation-first details that derail general launches
  • Field curveballs from Irvine clients without losing the thread
  • Keep Problem Solving documentation current as the work outpaces it
  • Coordinate scheduling, resources, and logistics for assigned tasks
  • Build the Customer Service habits a c-level role can lean on for years
  • Apply Cultural Awareness and Customer Service to solve day-to-day operational challenges

  What You'll Bring

  • Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel
  • Clear thinking under the kind of pressure Irvine, CA deadlines bring
  • Familiarity with Self-Motivation and related tools or frameworks
  • At least 15 years of standing behind your own estimates

  Airbnb earns its keep by making general predictable, a trust-the-team promise it has quietly kept across CA. We give people autonomy early and trust them to ask for support when they need it.

  Here the offer compounds, $361,000 - $697,000 now, mentorship next, benefits throughout, and flexible Irvine, CA hours for the long haul.

  Hot off the queue today, Airbnb wants to hear from you this week.

  Take the leap into a deadline-driven internship role at Airbnb and apply before the window closes.

• Required skills

  • Organization
  • Active Listening
  • Accountability
  • Persuasion
  • Customer Service
  • Public Speaking
  • Self-Motivation
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Time Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Problem Solving

• Benefits & perks

  • Employee of the Month
  • Bike Storage
  • Gym membership reimbursement
  • Mentorship programs
  • Stock options
  • New hire onboarding stipend
  • Flexible Work Arrangements
  • Educational Assistance
  • Paid bereavement leave

• Apply before 2026-08-10

  Submit your application for this Internship general position.