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Principal, Strategic Finance & Analytics, Technology

Airbnb· Technology Finance
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Hybrid (United States)$168k - $206kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Role focused on understanding, forecasting, and influencing Airbnb's total cloud and AI spend across traditional AWS infrastructure and AI platforms; lead cost narratives, planning cycles, and cost-variance analysis to drive efficiency without harming product or employee experience.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain the monthly/weekly cloud and AI cost forecast, reconciling actuals against plan and explaining variance drivers to leadership.
  • Track AI spend by category and by model/provider mix, flagging shifts in usage or pricing that affect the forecast.
  • Partner with Infrastructure and AI Platform engineering teams to size, validate, and prioritize efficiency initiatives (model routing, token optimization, provider migration).
  • Own migration-tracking reporting (e.g., provider mix shifts, cost impact of model changes) and ensure the underlying data is traceable back to source systems.
  • Prepare and present cost updates to a broad, senior audience, translating technical usage data into clear financial narratives.
  • Identify and quantify new cost efficiency opportunities in partnership with technical stakeholders, and track them through to landed savings.
  • Run monthly and ad hoc reviews with Finance and Tech leadership

Qualifications

  • 10 years of finance, FP&A, or cost management experience, ideally including direct exposure to cloud infrastructure costs
  • Prior experience with AI/ML infrastructure costs strongly preferred.
  • 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

Skills

Required:Cloud cost forecastingAI/ML infrastructure cost knowledgeFinancial storytelling
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Book accommodations around the world.

Founded in August of 2008 and based in San Francisco, California, Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world — online or from a mobile phone. Whether an apartment for a night, a castle for a week, or a villa for a month, Airbnb connects people to unique travel experiences, at any price point, in more than 33,000 cities and 192 countries. And with world-class customer service and a growing community of users, Airbnb is the easiest way for people to monetize their extra space and showcase it to an audience of millions. No global movement springs from individuals. It takes an entire team united behind something big. Together, we work hard, we laugh a lot, we brainstorm nonstop, we use hundreds of Post-Its a week, and we give the best high-fives in town. Headquartered in San Francisco, we have satellite offices in Dublin, London, Barcelona, Paris, Milan, Copenhagen, Berlin, Moscow, São Paolo, Sydney, and Singapore.

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