Sme Growth Program Management Director in Gurugram

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: The Airbnb ACC Enterprise Ops team is a dynamic business unit dedicated to delivering safe, quality stays and exceptional experiences for travelers worldwide. It helps increase supply effectiveness, utilization, and impact using people-powered operations. The Difference You Will Make: As a Senior operations Specialist, you will contribute to operational efficiency by supporting the Homes supply, onboarding funnels and assessing their readiness for listing on Airbnb, ensuring alignment with policy, design, and regulatory requirements. Through reliable delivery of key performance metrics and a growing understanding of domain knowledge, this role will support informed decision-making and consistent operational execution. By assisting with operational workstreams, flagging opportunities for workflow improvements, the role will contribute to continuous improvement and the overall success of the program. A Typical Day: As a member of the Operations team, you will apply foundational principles, practices, and methodologies within your designated focus area, developing expertise across a range of workflows. This role requires a blend of functional knowledge and hands-on experience to support efficiency and effectiveness in day-to-day operations. Review, qualify, and enrich global supply leads from multiple sources to support Airbnb's supply growth. Resolve complex lead qualification cases and provide guidance using sound business judgment. Serve as an SME/SPOC for assigned supply verticals, ensuring consistency and quality. Mentor new hires and support onboarding, training, and

About Paytm Paytm, a pioneer of digital payments in India, enables 450 Mn+ consumers & 49 Mn+ merchants to make and accept digital payments, alongside Financial & Commerce services. This scale is built on proprietary, full-stack technology that drives continuous innovation in India's digital economy. Paytm's model has proven successful at acquiring customers and merchants on payments, then cross-selling them financial services. Paytm plans to build on this success to expand internationally, leveraging its proprietary merchant acquiring stack, payment acceptance device, and SME Credit platform. About the Team The international team evaluates, plans, and executes market entry strategy in key international markets, with direct ownership of local execution and operations. Key activities include market research, forming and managing strategic partnerships, liaising with regulators and government authorities, working with consultants and experts, and driving AOP delivery - including launch readiness, operational roll-out, and day-to-day performance management of the local business. About the Role Paytm is looking for an experienced Senior Manager to own and drive its international expansion - from market entry strategy through to on-ground execution. Key Requirements 1. Market Research: Assess market and industry landscape — competitive positioning, pricing, commercial structures, distribution, and operating models — via primary and secondary research, translating findings into actionable market-entry and operating plans. 2. Partner Relationships: Identify and engage potential partners, shape collaboration models, lead negotiations, and close agreements within targeted timelines. 3. Business Plan: Co-develop financial/commercial models and strategic business plans with partners, and own delivery against plan once operations go live. 4. Project Management: Track international projects and AOP delivery, oversee the partner business, take corrective action as neede