[Hiring] Staff, Advanced Analytics, Global Markets and Policy @Airbnb

Role Description

The Global Markets & Policy Advanced Analytics team is building the data infrastructure, measurement systems, and self-service tools that will power Airbnb's international growth in 2026 and beyond. This is a greenfield opportunity to shape how global teams make nimbler decisions, moving from HQ-dependent reporting cycles to fast, local, data-driven action.

This role will partner directly with Global Markets regional teams combined with Finance and Supply to surface local insights, build scalable tooling, and drive measurable impact on core business metrics. The ideal candidate brings deep technical rigor, strong business instincts, and a bias toward proactively building things—not just analyzing them.

This Advanced Analytics role will develop and lead initiatives focused on ensuring we have the right international growth strategy. They will lead measurement, build tools, and develop insights leveraging a wide range of internal and external data sources to ensure the business is making the right decisions for both strategic direction and tactical execution.

The ideal candidate is someone with a strong data and analytics background. This person is curious, engaged, positive, and detail- and solutions-oriented. The world—and thus our industry—is changing quickly so the ideal candidate will be comfortable with responding promptly and changing course as needed when priorities and reporting needs shift.

This role will be expected to be highly collaborative, and work regularly with multiple stakeholders and cross-functional partners across:

• Regional Teams
• Policy
• Supply
• Finance
• Data Science
• Operations
• Engineering
• Marketing

The right candidate will already be recognized as a leader in the data and analytics field at this level, with a proven track record of using a range of strategies and disciplines to solve complex and ambiguous measurement problems for business teams. This person will also use their considerable experience with data and insights storytelling to influence large-scale strategic programs, and be adept at leveraging AI technologies to accelerate and raise their craft.

You must be comfortable working in a global company, delivering counsel and guidance to senior leadership across the team and organization. The successful candidate will have solid experience creating internal advocacy and influencing multiple senior audiences on hard to communicate topics.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or business intelligence, ideally within a marketplace, e-commerce, or global consumer technology environment
• Expert-level SQL skills; proficiency in Python or R for data manipulation, modeling, and analysis
• Industry experience applying AI technologies for business growth and workflow acceleration
• Strong experimentation background — fluent in A/B testing, causal inference methods, and incrementality measurement
• Demonstrated experience building self-service data products and tools — dashboards, automated pipelines, or decision-support applications
• Experience working in or supporting international / multi-market business contexts
• Exceptional ability to translate complex analytical findings into clear, compelling narratives for senior business audiences
• Proven track record of operating with autonomy in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
• Collaborative, low-ego working style with a strong orientation toward enabling the people around you
• Familiarity with modern data stack tooling (e.g., dbt, Airflow, Tableau, Looker, or equivalent)

Requirements

• Design and build self-service analytics tools and dashboards that enable country teams to monitor performance, deploy local marketing levers, and act without waiting on centralized analytics cycles
• Partner with country GMs and regional leads to translate local business questions into structured analytical frameworks and actionable insights
• Develop and maintain measurement infrastructure for local marketing programs, including campaign performance tracking, incrementality testing, and contribution to marketing mix models (MMM)
• Identify and size new growth opportunities across international markets using a combination of internal behavioral data, supply/demand signals, and external market data
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Research teams to ensure data and tooling needs are scoped into roadmaps and delivered on time
• Contribute to the build-out of new local growth levers (incentives, promotions, merchandising, affiliate programs) by providing the analytical foundation for targeting, measurement, and iteration

Preferred Experience

• Experience with supply/demand modeling or geo-based analytics in a marketplace setting
• Exposure to growth marketing analytics (SEM, paid social, performance channels)
• Awareness of emerging AI/LLM-driven discovery and search trends and their implications for organic traffic and demand generation strategy
• Familiarity with marketing analytics and measurement methodologies, including marketing mix modeling (MMM), attribution, and campaign performance frameworks

Location

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.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: [email protected]. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.

How We'll Take Care of You

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Pay Range: $180,000 — $221,000 USD