Senior Principal, Competitive Intelligence

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 conne...

The Senior Principal, Competitive Intelligence will report to the Director, Product & Performance within Strategic Finance & Analytics. Airbnb is looking for a unique individual that can blend art and science to evaluate our evolving competitive landscape. This team is responsible for understanding the market across...

The individual will serve as the company's go-to authority on the competitive landscape, including current and future competitors, adjacent marketplaces, the travel industry at large and macroeconomic trends. They will partner with technical and business operating teams to synthesize competitive signals into clear, ...

Competitive Monitoring: Develop and manage regular reporting to review key metrics across marketplace and product; track developing news and industry trends; lead monthly leadership insights forum
Strategic Deep Dives: Partner with key stakeholders across Supply, Global Markets, Product, and Marketing to conduct deep dives that will inform key decisions
Data Strategy: Lead the competitive intelligence data strategy — evaluate data required to achieve key growth initiatives and potential data sources; own relationships with external data providers and research vendors
Cross-Functional Enablement: Ensure competitive insights and datasets are accessible and actionable for XFN teams; partner with Engineering and Data teams to deliver reliable reporting infrastructure

12+ years of relevant business and insights experience. Ideally you have a mix of finance and analytics, management consulting, investment banking, and/or business operations.
AI proficient or able to become AI proficient (Claude or Gemini). 
Ability to work and influence cross-functionally. You will need to partner across internal and external partners - proactively facilitating connections between teams
Strong communication skills with audiences at various levels. You enjoy working with fragmented and synthesizing it into a story with recommendations
Advanced presentation skills (Google Docs, Keynote, Excel)