Description
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 the evolving competitive landscape.
This team is responsible for understanding the market across geographies and product offerings, building evaluation criteria and metrics, and delivering clear insights to leaders across the company.
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, actionable narratives that inform executive decision-making at the highest levels of the company.
Responsibilities:
- 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
Requirements:
- 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.
- Strong communication skills with audiences at various levels.
- Advanced presentation skills (Google Docs, Keynote, Excel)
Benefits:
- The base pay range is $204,000-$245,000 USD
- Eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits