Principal, Strategic Finance & Analytics, Incubations

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 Principal, Strategic Finance & Analytics, Incubations role will partner closely with business, product, and analytics leaders across Luxe, Monthly Stays, and Airbnb for Business. This role will directly support the investment decisions behind Airbnb's fastest growing emerging businesses.

As a Principal in Strategic Finance & Analytics supporting Luxe, Monthly Stays, and Airbnb for Business, you will be highly visible and partner with senior leaders across each business to accelerate their path to scale. You will become the subject matter expert on the economics of these businesses, including how dem...

Investment Decision Support: Build the business cases behind major investment decisions across Luxe, Monthly Stays, and Airbnb for Business. Size the opportunity, model the returns, and frame the tradeoffs so leadership can decide where to place bets and how large those bets should be
Performance Management: Own end to end performance management for the incubation portfolio, including forecasting, goal and OKR setting, and executive reporting. Build scalable reporting frameworks that connect early signals to revenue and long term value
Full Funnel Analytics: Track and analyze full funnel performance across demand and supply for each business. Identify where the funnel leaks, why, and what it is worth to fix
Unit Economics and Scalability: Establish and pressure test the unit economics of each business. Determine which parts of the model improve with scale, which do not, and what needs to be true for these businesses to become material contributors
Capital Allocation Across the Portfolio: Assess how investment is allocated across the incubation businesses relative to their potential. Recommend reallocation where returns and readiness diverge from where capital is going today
Presentations to Leadership: Synthesize complex data into clear narratives and recommendations for senior leadership. Influence cross functional stakeholders to drive alignment on high impact investment and operating decisions

10+ years of relevant experience. Ideally, you have demonstrated relevant experience in an analytical role such as strategic finance, strategy/management consulting, investment banking, financial planning and analysis, business operations, or private equity
Advanced SQL proficiency with the ability to independently extract, analyze, and synthesize data
Superb financial modeling skills and extensive experience conducting quantitative and qualitative financial analysis
Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into decisions
Excellent communication skills, with experience presenting to senior leadership
Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
High ownership mindset with strong judgment and attention to detail
Experience evaluating growth strategies, ROI/efficiency returns, and the scalability of new business models is a big plus

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.