Principal, Strategic Finance & Analytics

Airbnb

2d•$168,000 - $206,000•Remote

About The Position

Technology Finance partners across Infrastructure, Engineering, and Product teams to plan, forecast, and manage the cost of running Airbnb's cloud and AI platforms. The team sits at the intersection of finance and technical infrastructure, translating usage trends — cloud compute, storage, and AI spend — into forecasts and cost narratives that inform company-wide investment decisions. Key cross-functional partners include Engineering, Procurement, and FP&A, among others.

Requirements

10 years of finance, FP&A, or cost management experience, ideally including direct exposure to cloud infrastructure costs
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

Nice To Haves

Prior experience with AI/ML infrastructure costs strongly preferred.

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.