Staff Analyst, Airbnb
Advanced Analytics
$172-243.5k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Open for applications
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$172-243.5k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled individual contributor Advanced Analytics professional with deep expertise in supporting strategic business initiatives through detailed data analysis, experimentation, statistical modeling, forecasting, and development of reporting tools and metrics
- The ability to communicate a robust understanding of the key drivers - what moves these metrics and why - will be critical to success
- We are looking for a scrappy self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset who thrives in ambiguity and can deeply understand the nuances of our rapidly evolving business and use data to explain key drivers
- A quantitative undergraduate degree with a strong preference for candidates holding an MBA or equivalent advanced degree, with 9+ years of industry experience in a Data Science, Analytics, Investment Banking or equivalent role
- Deep technical expertise in data and statistical analysis, experimentation, causal inference, forecasting methods, and familiarity with LLMs
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or R for data analysis and modeling
- Experience working with large datasets and SQL for data extraction and manipulation
- Self-starter, thrives in ambiguity, and has an investigator mindset of wanting to get to the bottom of problems
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking abilities, with a keen attention to detail
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to collaborate and influence across functions
- An agile, growth-minded approach, demonstrated through a history of driving projects from ideation to impact
- Robust business acumen, strategic thinking skills, and the ability to make informed judgments
- Prior experience in the technology industry or a fast-paced, data-driven environment is preferred
What the job involves
- As the Staff Advanced Analytics - Community Blueprint, you will be responsible for leveraging data insights and advanced analytics techniques to define, forecast, and evaluate key metrics in an unstructured problem space and partnering with other data experts to understand impact and interaction of various key metrics
- This role will also be presenting to and influencing leaders at the highest level
- Community Blueprint is a highly cross functional team, this means you will collaborate with many different functions across all of Airbnb to drive strategic initiatives and inform decisions that will ultimately improve the guest and host experience
- Work with large and complex data sets to solve a wide array of challenging problems using different analytical and statistical approaches
- Apply technical expertise with quantitative analysis, experimentation, data mining, forecasting and the presentation of data to identify trends and patterns that can inform decision-making
- Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Finance, Operations, Data Science, Advanced Analytics, Product Insights Analysts, Data and Analytical Engineering, Capacity Planning and other cross-functional teams to provide actionable insights
- Develop and implement advanced forecasting models to not only predict key performance metrics but also understand the metric’s actual performance
- Design, execute, and analyze experiments to measure feature impact and guide product iterations. Leverage causal methods when traditional randomized trials aren’t available
- Design and build metrics / dimensions to monitor product and business performance
- Build sophisticated reporting and analytical tools that empower stakeholders to make data-driven decisions
- Present findings and recommendations to stakeholders, including senior leadership, in a clear and concise manner
- Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and advancements in quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques
Our take
When Airbnb was originally founded, the product helped customers book air mattresses on people's apartment floors. Since then, Airbnb has had over a billion customers hosted through its platform. With more than 4 million registered hosts worldwide, it has grown into a major player in the hospitality sector.
Airbnb has been successful in disrupting the traditional holiday lettings sector. Before it existed accommodation was limited to hotels and bed and breakfasts, but Airbnb has mainstreamed the idea of renting out spare rooms or even entire homes. It has created a new sector of hosts purchasing properties to rent out on the platform and provides a level of flexibility and a range of offerings not previously possible for travelers.
Perhaps a victim of its own success, by 2022 supply of Airbnb-listed properties began to outstrip demand in some markets, as hosts overestimated the appetite for domestic travel. However, the company is still posting strong financials and has unveiled new tools to support its hosts in a tougher rental market. With a healthy bottom line and a huge user base, Airbnb is very likely to overcome the current market turbulence and continue its growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Apr 2020
$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Mar 2017
$447.8m
SERIES F
Total funding: $3.8bn
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer time
- Health food and snacks
- Generous parental and family leave
- Learning and development
- Annual travel and experiences credit
Company values
- Champion the Mission: We’re united with our community to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere
- Be a Host: We're caring, open, and encouraging to everyone we work with
- Embrace the Adventure: We’re driven by curiosity, optimism, and the belief that every person can grow
- Be a Cereal Entrepreneur: We’re determined and creative in transforming our bold ambitions into reality
Company HQ
Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Brian Chesky
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Industrial Designer, studying at Rhode Island School of Design.
Nathan Blecharczyk
(Co-Founder & CSO)Studied Computer Science at Harvard, and had around 4 years of professional Software Engineering experience before founding Airbnb, including interning at Microsoft.
Joe Gebbia
(Co-Founder)Also studied Industrial Design at Rhode Island, and previously founded various design-related startups
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