Staff Policy Economist

Summary

Join Airbnb's Policy & Communications team as a Staff Policy Economist, contributing data-driven insights to community and stakeholder engagements globally. Leverage your expertise in data modeling and analytics to provide meaningful insights to both internal teams and external partners. This role involves working with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders, requiring strong communication and collaboration skills. You will conduct quantitative analysis on high-impact topics, translate complex analyses into accessible resources, and create compelling visualizations. The position is US-remote eligible, with occasional office work or offsite attendance. The salary range is $194,000-$240,000 USD, with potential for bonus, equity, benefits, and employee travel credits.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in a quantitative field
• 6+ years experience in data modeling & analysis
• Ability to perform complex strategic analysis
• Excellent project management, communication, and teamwork skills
• Causal inference techniques (e.g. econometric regressions & quasi-experimental techniques)
• Knowledge of data tools including: R/Python, SQL, Data Visualization, GIS, Excel
• Exposure to the policy and economics domain, or adjacent domains

Responsibilities

• Regulatory impact analysis and modeling, as well as guidance to policy team members
• Using AI/ML models to derive insights from legislation and other unstructured data sources
• Collaboration with academics and experts on policy research topics
• Mapping and spatial analysis of data
• Amazing visualizations to convey key concepts
• Converting insights into “Data Journalism” useful for our communications team
• Building prototypes, dashboards, and other tools to scale data usage across a large organization

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits