Senior Partner, Technology

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

The Total Rewards Compensation team serves as a strategic advisor to business leaders, managers, and employees across Airbnb. We are compensation experts with a deep understanding of our stakeholders, problem solvers who use data and insights to drive value, and partners who build the tools, models, and frameworks that support sound compensation decision-making across the company. This role sits within the Compensation function and will work closely with the Technology organization and cross‑functional partners including Talent Directors, Recruiting, People Analytics, Finance, and Legal.

We are looking for a Senior Compensation Partner to own Airbnb's compensation strategy for the Technology organization, covering functions such as Engineering, Infrastructure, ML/AI and Data Science.

You will be the primary Total Rewards advisor to Technology leadership and the compensation point of contact for Talent Directors and Recruiting, defining how Airbnb competes for AI, ML, and frontier engineering talent. Working alongside our regional Total Rewards Partners, you will hold a global view of how we pay technical talent across all markets.

Beyond your client group, you will contribute to the design and strategy of complex global programs, lead core Total Rewards priorities, and build the models and tools the broader Compensation team relies on. You are equally credible advising our most senior technical leaders and in the data behind the recommendation.

• Serve as the senior compensation advisor to Technology leadership across functions such as Engineering, Infrastructure, ML/AI, and Data Science, owning the organization's most consequential decisions: contested offers, retention actions, annual equity awards, and precedent-setting leveling exceptions
• Provide direction and counsel to multiple Talent Directors and their teams, and carry recommendations to senior leadership and cross-functional executives across Talent, Finance, and Legal
• Own Airbnb's market positioning for technical talent and the frameworks behind it: benchmarking methodology that supplements survey data with recruiting signals and real‑time sources, role evaluation that weights AI expertise, research impact, and scarce skills, and survey participation strategy for technical benchmarks
• Help build the design, strategy, and execution of complex global compensation programs — carrying accountability for cost, budget, and return on investment — and shape the adjacent Total Rewards programs beyond your client group, including pay equity, job architecture and leveling, pay transparency, and workforce planning
• Construct the financial models that project the long‑term implications of compensation strategy and inform executive and board‑level planning
• Partner with regional Total Rewards Partners across EMEA, APAC, and India to maintain a consistent global view of technical compensation, resolving cases where regional market dynamics and global consistency conflict
• Lead compensation cycle strategy for Technology end‑to‑end, from budget modeling and exception frameworks through manager enablement and executive rollups
• Cultivate the external network across survey providers, consultancies, and peer companies that surfaces what surveys miss, and translate it into proactive recommendations for leadership and the decisions…