Senior Principal, Strategic Finance & Analytics, Stays Supply

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 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 is looking for a finance & strategy leader to support and evolve our Airbnb Stays Supply Strategic Finance and Analytics team. This team is responsible for identifying and pursuing opportunities to grow high-quality supply on our marketplace.

The Difference You Will Make:

The Sr. Principal will work in cross functional teams spanning revenue operations, field operations, data science, finance, advanced analytics, and product marketing to help evaluate and synthesize analytical insights, perform rigorous financial analysis, develop go-to-market strategies, and drive operational excellence. In particular, this individual will support the Supply team across 3 key pillars including:

• New Opportunities. Identify new growth opportunities that the company could pursue to increase company revenue and profitability
• Supply Insights. Evaluate proposed initiatives from across the company and determine their feasibility and potential. Perform rapid and accurate opportunity sizing with an eye towards driving short-term growth. Serve as an internal consultant partnering with teams and executives. Advise business leaders and decision makers on risks, opportunities, and trade-offs so they have the full picture
• Operational Excellence. Organize and track existing growth levers, measure their performance, and help hold teams accountable for driving improvements to revenue operations, product and marketing

The Senior Principal is expected to be a strong cross-functional business partner who has a combination of hands-on analytical skills, financial modeling expertise, business savviness, and the ability to package their insights into strong narratives appropriate for senior executive consumption. The ideal candidate relishes the opportunity to roll-up their sleeves to drive meaningful impact, possess strong stakeholder management skills, and is a self-starter that is comfortable with ambiguity in a fast paced work environment.

This person will have a high degree of visibility with senior management within the organization, including VP of Supply, Director of Revenue Operations, Product Marketing and Growth Marketing leadership, and Finance leadership.

A Typical Day: 

• Develop insightful recommendations based on hands-on analytics, financial modeling, and strategic analyses. Help bring together insights and data from across the company into a single, synthesized view that provides the company with clear, compelling recommendations that drive impact.
• Support development of business strategy and drive outcomes across our Host communities. Develop a deep understanding of what drives growth and efficiency for our business, and partner with the leadership team to translate insights into action
• Identify step-change opportunities by partnering with key stakeholders to identify areas of outsized impact through quantitative analysis, industry benchmarks, and competitive research
• Create business cases for new initiatives with an investor mindset, and help leadership prioritize resourcing
• Partner with the business in driving operational rigor and performance management, including development and ongoing analysis of KPIs, dashboards, creating goals/OKRs, and holding the business accountable to those goals

Your Expertise:

• 12+ years of relevant experience. Ideally you have an analytical background in strategy consulting, biz ops, investment banking, product management, or have been in a similar embedded internal consultancy role
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, mathematics, accounting, engineering, statistics or other relevant field that demonstrates quantitative orientation. MBA or advanced degree a plus
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to put together clear, compelling narratives that are appropriate for consumption by senior executives including the CEO, CFO, and other senior leaders
• Superb financial modeling skills and extensive experience conducting quantitative and qualitative financial analysis
• Deep experience and understanding of two sided marketplaces, development of market entry strategies, and helping scale businesses
• The ability to work and influence cross-functionally is a must. You are proactive