Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Airbnb is a global platform that connects hosts and guests, and they are seeking a Staff Analyst for Advanced Analytics in Payments. This role involves driving strategic insights and decision-making across the Payments operations, utilizing data to optimize user experiences and improve organizational processes.
Responsibilities
- Act as a vital data thought partner to leadership, delivering actionable insights and recommendations that empower integrated, data-informed decision-making across the organization
- Champion day-to-day analytics while architecting scalable reporting platforms to enhance the efficacy of our payments ecosystem
- Pinpoint frictions in the user journey to optimize experiences for our global Guest, Host, and agent communities through rigorous problem-solving
- Solve complex domain challenges using advanced quantitative measurement, machine learning models, AI, and experimentation to provide fresh perspectives on existing solutions
- Develop sophisticated analytical frameworks and statistical models to establish causal inference and drive measurable business impact
- Bridge the gap between technical complexity and strategic influence by translating experimental results into compelling narratives for executive stakeholders
- Influence the eTeam-level roadmap by defining key metrics in unstructured spaces and providing data-backed strategy recommendations
- Drive strategic Payments roadmaps and user journey optimizations through data-informed insights and cross-functional collaboration
- Empower decision-making through the delivery of business reviews, executive scorecards, and strategic OKR planning
- Architect scalable business insight and reporting frameworks designed to achieve organizational objectives
- Design and execute rigorous experimentation frameworks, utilizing advanced statistical modeling and causal inference to quantify business impact and drive strategic process refinements
- Construct data models to size product offerings and drive clear prioritization
- Collaborate with platform teams to maintain a resilient payments infrastructure
- Analyze payment processing trends and partner with cross functional stakeholders to apply any changes to the business
- Draw upon expertise in intersecting domains to discover patterns and identify systemic opportunities
- Monitor the global fintech landscape for emerging trends and regulatory shifts, proactively identifying avenues for innovation within our ecosystem
Skills
- A minimum of 10+ years of industry experience in business analytics
- Possess a proven track record of working in Payments organizations, demonstrating deep technical proficiency across payments domain areas, such as payment processing, risk, and compliance
- Expert skills in SQL
- Expert in at least one programming language for data analysis (Python or R)
- Strong storytelling skills
- Experience in using AI tools to scale workflows, and identify new areas of opportunity
- Experience with non-experimental causal inference methods, experimentation, and machine learning techniques, ideally in a multi-sided platform setting
- Working knowledge of schema design and high-dimensional data modeling (ETL framework like Airflow)
- Masters or PhD in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Data Science, Operations Research)
- Experience in using AI tools to scale workflows and identify new areas of opportunity
- Experience with non-experimental causal inference methods, experimentation, and machine learning techniques, ideally in a multi-sided platform setting
- Working knowledge of schema design and high-dimensional data modeling (ETL framework like Airflow)
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity
- Benefits
- Employee Travel Credits
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