Senior Principal, Competitive Intelligence

Airbnb

Senior Principal handling competitive intelligence for Airbnb. Blending art and science to evaluate the competitive landscape and inform executive decision-making.

Posted 7/9/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $204,000 - $245,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Competitive Monitoring: Develop and manage regular reporting to review key metrics across marketplace and product; track developing news and industry trends; lead monthly leadership insights forum
Strategic Deep Dives: Partner with key stakeholders across Supply, Global Markets, Product, and Marketing to conduct deep dives that will inform key decisions
Data Strategy: Lead the competitive intelligence data strategy — evaluate data required to achieve key growth initiatives and potential data sources; own relationships with external data providers and research vendors
Cross-Functional Enablement: Ensure competitive insights and datasets are accessible and actionable for XFN teams; partner with Engineering and Data teams to deliver reliable reporting infrastructure

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years of relevant business and insights experience. Ideally you have a mix of finance and analytics, management consulting, investment banking, and/or business operations.
Reference leveling guide and Finance Career Frameworks for expectations by level of role
Ability to work and influence cross-functionally. You will need to partner across internal and external partners - proactively facilitating connections between teams
Strong communication skills with audiences at various levels. You enjoy working with fragmented and synthesizing it into a story with recommendations
Advanced presentation skills (Google Docs, Keynote, Excel)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Bonus
Equity
Employee Travel Credits

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Hard Skills & Tools

Data AnalysisFinancial AnalysisMarket ResearchCompetitive IntelligenceReporting Infrastructure

Soft Skills

Strong CommunicationInfluencing SkillsStorytelling