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 has become a global platform that connects travelers and hosts from over 34,000 cities. The main focus of the Central Strategy and Insights team is to identify and explain trends associated with key metrics that align with business growth and development opportunities. We strive to build a robust reporting process around core KPIs and are razor-focused on key metrics that drive decisions made by Airbnb’s most senior leaders. This role will be responsible for partnering with the business on growth, analytics, and strategy within the Strategic Finance & Analytics organization and is highly cross-functional.
The Difference You Will Make:
We are looking for an individual who is proactive and excited to seek out data-backed solutions for projects related to key metrics reporting, with a focus on executive presentations, Excel modeling, automation of data pipelines, and serving as a trusted cross-functional collaborator. We’re looking for a self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset, who can understand drivers that are important to a rapidly shifting business environment and who can effectively communicate complex business insights to a wide audience.
A Typical Day:
- Define metrics and manage performance: collaborate with cross functional partners across multiple teams to identify trends associated with key metrics that align with business drivers. Partners come from a wide range of teams including marketing, hosting, product, payments, and finance, just to name a few.
- Lead bi-weekly business reviews to share performance updates and drive strategic focus based on latest data. The audience for these business reviews include our CFO, CBO, Global Head of Operations, and other senior leaders.
- Provide additional support during monthly and quarterly financial review cycles.
- Work alongside a cross-functional team of Strategic Finance leaders, Data Scientists, and Tech Analysts to help define the scope, vision, and roadmap for company-wide metrics at Airbnb.
- Help build and maintain models that forecast topline metrics at a regional and country-level granularity.
- Provide actionable insights through reporting and analytics. This individual seeks out opportunities to iterate on existing processes to achieve higher measures of accuracy, efficiency, speed, and accessibility.
Your Expertise:
- 7+ years of experience in strategic finance, product analytics, management consulting, or investment banking.
- Proficient in Excel/Gsheet modeling skills, including macros, charts, and advanced formula creation (e.g., index match, vlookup, iferror).
- Strong SQL and PowerPoint/Gslides skills.
- Familiarity with Tableau is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to work and influence cross-functionally; proactive in communication with diverse audiences and skilled at bringing stakeholders on board. Proven track record of driving change and impact in fluid, unstructured environments.
- Capable of navigating dynamic settings and solving complex problems while exercising sound judgment in ambiguous situations.
- Enthusiastic about learning and growth, demonstrating proactivity with a mission-driven approach.
- Committed to effective teamwork, maintaining a positive and solution-oriented outlook.
Your Location:
This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.
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.
We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: [email protected]. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.
We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.
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 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.
Airbnb Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Airbnb and has not been reviewed or approved by Airbnb.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay ranges and total compensation components are increasingly disclosed, and country-level pay practices avoid location-based cuts, which feedback suggests improves consistency and perceived fairness.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive core health coverage for employees, mental health resources, and substantial dependent support are repeatedly highlighted as robust and a standout element of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, a winter shutdown, sabbaticals, and paid volunteer time are described as extensive, with parental leave and phased return options reinforcing time-off flexibility.
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What We Do
Airbnb is a community based on connection and belonging—a community that was born in 2008 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to 4 million hosts who have welcomed over 800 million guest arrivals to about 100,000 cities in almost every country and region across the globe. Hosts on Airbnb are everyday people who share their worlds to provide guests with the feeling of connection and being at home. At Airbnb, we believe that hosts, guests and the communities where we operate are all stakeholders we have a responsibility to serve, and that by serving them alongside our employees and investors, we will build an enduringly successful company.
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