Principal, Strategic Finance & Analytics, Technology

The role

This person will own the understanding, forecasting, and influencing of Airbnb's total cloud and AI spend. They will partner with technical teams to translate usage trends into financial narratives and identify efficiency opportunities.

What you will do

• Build and maintain the monthly/weekly cloud and AI cost forecast
• Reconcile actuals against plan and explain variance drivers to leadership
• Track AI spend by category and by model/provider mix
• Partner with Infrastructure and AI Platform engineering teams to size, validate, and prioritize efficiency initiatives
• Own migration-tracking reporting and ensure data is traceable to source systems
• Prepare and present cost updates to a broad, senior audience
• Identify and quantify new cost efficiency opportunities in partnership with technical stakeholders
• Run monthly and ad hoc reviews with Finance and Tech leadership

Required qualifications

• 10 years of finance, FP&A, or cost management experience
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain complex financial models and forecasts in ambiguous, fast-changing environments
• Strong track record partnering with engineering/technical teams to translate usage data
• Must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity

Nice to have

• Direct exposure to cloud infrastructure costs
• Prior experience with AI/ML infrastructure costs

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits

About the company

Airbnb was born in 2007 and has grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe.