# Principal, Strategic Finance & Analytics, Technology at Airbnb

- Company: Airbnb
- What the company does: Get an Airbnb for every kind of trip → 8 million vacation rentals → 2 million Guest Favorites → 220+ countries and regions worldwide. Backed by General Catalyst, Greylock and Kleiner Perkins.
- Company website: http://www.airbnb.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-13
- Apply by: 2026-11-27
- Apply: https://careers.airbnb.com/positions/8275416?gh_jid=8275416&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/airbnb-principal-strategic-finance-and-analytics-technology/

## About the role

This role owns the understanding, forecasting, and influencing of Airbnb's total cloud and AI spend, spanning traditional AWS infrastructure and AI. Success looks like a cost narrative leadership can act on, and identified efficiency opportunities that measurably bend the cost curve without degrading product or employee experience. This includes leading planning cycles (FY26 close-out, FY27 guidance) and driving month-over-month rigor in cost variance analysis. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 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

Tags: Finance

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/airbnb-principal-strategic-finance-and-analytics-technology/