Principal of Strategic Finance & Analytics (Incubations)
Airbnb
United States Posted October 28, 2026
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Salary Range
$168,000 - $206,000
Job Description
Join Airbnb as a Principal of Strategic Finance & Analytics, where you will partner with business, product, and analytics leaders to support investment decisions for Airbnb's fastest-growing emerging businesses. You will be responsible for building business cases for major investment decisions, managing performance, analyzing full funnel performance, establishing unit economics, assessing capital allocation, and presenting to leadership. This role requires a strong commercial mindset, superb financial modeling skills, strategic thinking, and excellent communication skills.
- Construire des cas d'affaires pour les décisions d'investissement majeures dans les entreprises Luxe, Monthly Stays et Airbnb for Business.
- Posséder la gestion de la performance de bout en bout pour le portefeuille d'incubation, y compris la prévision, la définition des objectifs et la création de rapports exécutifs.
- Établir et tester la viabilité économique de chaque entreprise, déterminer les parties du modèle qui s'améliorent avec l'échelle.
- This role requires a strong commercial mindset, with the ability to size opportunities, evaluate returns, and translate performance and funnel insight into clear business implications and strategic recommendations for senior leadership
- The ideal candidate relishes the opportunity to roll up their sleeves, and is a self-starter comfortable embracing the adventure of a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
- 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
- Experience evaluating growth strategies, ROI/efficiency returns, and the scalability of new business models is a big plus
- Excellent communication skills, with experience presenting to senior leadership
- 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
- High ownership mindset with strong judgment and attention to detail
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
- Advanced SQL proficiency with the ability to independently extract, analyze, and synthesize data
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