Airbnb

Marketplace Strategy Manager

Airbnb

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $132,000 - $155,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Analyze and synthesize both quantitative and qualitative data across the end-to-end customer journey.
  • Pull critical signals from research, raw data (via SQL/Python), and frontline conversations, turning them into validated journeys, key moments, and business requirements.
  • Execute complex investigations across product, policy, and operations to identify, analyze, and diagnose underlying issues.
  • Develop actionable recommendations, and support the implementation of effective solutions that address systemic challenges and prevent recurrence.
  • Uncover high-impact insights that inform decision-makers across the company about necessary improvements benefiting both the customer and the business.
  • Clearly articulate findings, trade-offs, and the potential size of the upside for strategic investments.
  • Maintain real-time awareness of community health and emerging trends by regularly reviewing dashboards, listening posts, feedback loops, and early-warning systems.
  • Oversee sentiment, quality, and equity indicators, proactively identifying and investigating significant changes or anomalies.
  • Serve as the initial point of escalation by detecting and communicating critical shifts—both positive and negative—to relevant stakeholders.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to translate insights into impactful actions that continually elevate the community experience.

Requirements

  • An undergraduate degree with a strong preference for candidates holding an MBA or equivalent advanced degree, with 7+ years of industry experience in a consulting, investment banking, strategy or business analytics manager, marketplace dynamics, customer insights or related commercial role.
  • Proven ability to perform comprehensive root cause analysis and manage intricate investigations spanning product, policy, and operational domains.
  • Expert-level proficiency in SQL for data extraction and manipulation.
  • Advanced skills in data visualization tools (e.g., Superset, Tableau) and data analysis using Python/R.
  • Familiarity with leveraging large language model (LLM) tools for research, pattern identification, or synthesis.
  • Demonstrated potential for commercial-mindedness and business acumen, with the ability to connect analytical findings directly to financial and operational outcomes.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, ability to breakdown complex data and insights to senior audiences.
  • A deeply customer-oriented philosophy, coupled with the ability to thrive at the intersection of community dynamics and the underlying business model.
  • An agile, growth-minded approach, demonstrated through a history of driving projects from ideation to impact.
  • Strong organizational skills, a strong sense of ownership and accountability, self-starter.
Benefits
  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Employee Travel Credits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
SQLPythondata visualizationdata analysisroot cause analysislarge language model (LLM) toolsbusiness requirementsinvestigationsactionable recommendationscustomer insights
Soft Skills
communication skillsorganizational skillsownershipaccountabilitycustomer-orientedagile mindsetgrowth-mindedanalytical thinkingcollaborationproblem-solving
Certifications
MBAadvanced degree