Commodity Research Principal | Singapore

Principal, APAC Tax

Airbnb

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 Community You Will Join:  We are looking for a talented and exceptional regional tax Principal to join our team in Asia Pacific (“APAC”).  You will be located in Singapore, but Australia is possible for an exceptional candidate. This role will report to the Director, APAC Tax, and proactively partner with our APAC Country Managers and International Markets team, Finance, Legal and Policy to anticipate and identify tax issues, recommend solutions, research and solve problems, and support go-to-market, and exercise good business judgment while performing these functions and working closely with our global tax team. The Difference You Will Make: * You will partner with internal stakeholders (Country and Territory Managers, Legal, Policy and Finance) and external advisers in response to the rapidly changing tax and legal landscape relating to technology companies: * Interface with cross-functional teams as well as external tax advisers to implement tax strategies * In alignment with HQ, interact and work closely with local and APAC Legal and Policy teams to understand and help implement the company’s tax policy goals. * As a regional tax Principal, You will own Airbnb’s tax obligations, manage risk and be the tax POC for the countries under your remit, which will include Australia, South Korea, and other geos in APAC as required. * Your work will help both guard Airbnb from tax risks within our control, as well as help Airbnb achieve its APAC growth ambitions.   A Typical Day:  * Manage local, country and regional-level tax negotiations, audits, negotiations with government authorities, implementations and oversee compliance.  This includes any interactions with the Australian Taxation Office, State Revenue Offices and the South Korean National Tax Service.  (As well as other geos as required.) * Partner with local advisers and APAC Finance to oversee Airbnb’s tax obligations in your countries; identify opportunities to minimise tax liabilities and provide tax input on local stat reporting * Assist with monitoring and analysing tax regulatory developments and tax law changes in the region, and communicate and document its impact to Airbnb and its business model * Where needed, research and analyse new business initiatives (including mergers & acquisitions), and maintain documented tax technical advice and update relevant stakeholders as appropriate * Manage special projects in the region, and provide input and manage portions of tax integration of newly acquired businesses as required   Your Expertise: * 12+ years of direct and indirect tax regional experience with majority of time spent in a combination of: * Big 4 accounting and/or law firm * AND multinational tech companies * platform / sharing economy experience strongly preferred * Strong foundation of tax technical knowledge with in-depth, practical experience evaluating and advising on international business initiatives * Regional tax experience required, which includes specific experience managing Australian tax issues (including ATO and state tax audits, as well as Advance Pricing Arrangements), as well as South Korea.  * Must operate independently and act as a strategic business advisor, while keeping all stakeholders informed of local issues, while seeking input and collaborating within the Tax team and cross functionally where appropriate. * Strong analytical and organizational skills with ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize work, influence stakeholders and communicate effectively * Some international travel may be required * CA / CPA and/or LLB / LLM preferred   Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging: Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

Principal, APAC Tax

Airbnb

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 Community You Will Join:  We are looking for a talented and exceptional regional tax Principal to join our team in Asia Pacific (“APAC”).  You will be located in Singapore, but Australia is possible for an exceptional candidate. This role will report to the Director, APAC Tax, and proactively partner with our APAC Country Managers and International Markets team, Finance, Legal and Policy to anticipate and identify tax issues, recommend solutions, research and solve problems, and support go-to-market, and exercise good business judgment while performing these functions and working closely with our global tax team. The Difference You Will Make: * You will partner with internal stakeholders (Country and Territory Managers, Legal, Policy and Finance) and external advisers in response to the rapidly changing tax and legal landscape relating to technology companies: * Interface with cross-functional teams as well as external tax advisers to implement tax strategies * In alignment with HQ, interact and work closely with local and APAC Legal and Policy teams to understand and help implement the company’s tax policy goals. * As a regional tax Principal, You will own Airbnb’s tax obligations, manage risk and be the tax POC for the countries under your remit, which will include Australia, South Korea, and other geos in APAC as required. * Your work will help both guard Airbnb from tax risks within our control, as well as help Airbnb achieve its APAC growth ambitions.   A Typical Day:  * Manage local, country and regional-level tax negotiations, audits, negotiations with government authorities, implementations and oversee compliance.  This includes any interactions with the Australian Taxation Office, State Revenue Offices and the South Korean National Tax Service.  (As well as other geos as required.) * Partner with local advisers and APAC Finance to oversee Airbnb’s tax obligations in your countries; identify opportunities to minimise tax liabilities and provide tax input on local stat reporting * Assist with monitoring and analysing tax regulatory developments and tax law changes in the region, and communicate and document its impact to Airbnb and its business model * Where needed, research and analyse new business initiatives (including mergers & acquisitions), and maintain documented tax technical advice and update relevant stakeholders as appropriate * Manage special projects in the region, and provide input and manage portions of tax integration of newly acquired businesses as required   Your Expertise: * 12+ years of direct and indirect tax regional experience with majority of time spent in a combination of: * Big 4 accounting and/or law firm * AND multinational tech companies * platform / sharing economy experience strongly preferred * Strong foundation of tax technical knowledge with in-depth, practical experience evaluating and advising on international business initiatives * Regional tax experience required, which includes specific experience managing Australian tax issues (including ATO and state tax audits, as well as Advance Pricing Arrangements), as well as South Korea.  * Must operate independently and act as a strategic business advisor, while keeping all stakeholders informed of local issues, while seeking input and collaborating within the Tax team and cross functionally where appropriate. * Strong analytical and organizational skills with ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize work, influence stakeholders and communicate effectively * Some international travel may be required * CA / CPA and/or LLB / LLM preferred   Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging: Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

Principal Product Manager, Data & AI Platforms ( Hybrid in Bangalore )

Smartsheet

For over 20 years, Smartsheet has empowered teams to manage work seamlessly and scale solutions smarter. Now, in our most ambitious chapter yet, we are uniting human teams with AI agents. By orchestrating the work agents do best, automating manual tasks and uncovering insights at scale, we create the space for people to focus on what truly matters: judgment, creativity, and big thinking. That is magic at work, and it’s what we show up for every day. PRINCIPAL PRODUCT MANAGER, DATA & AI PLATFORMS As a Principal Product Manager, Data & AI Platforms at Smartsheet, you will serve as a visionary leader, responsible for the strategic direction and execution of our foundational data ecosystem. You will treat our data and AI infrastructure as a premier product, ensuring it is of high quality, architected for massive scale, and directly aligned with Smartsheet’s mission-critical business and advanced AI objectives. This is a high-impact role that bridges engineering excellence with measurable business value, driving the democratization of data and the enablement of advanced AI capabilities across the global organization. You Will: * Drive Strategic Alignment: Lead the alignment of data governance and AI-driven use cases across Engineering, Product, and Business organizations to ensure unified goals, rigorous prioritization, and clear scoping of platform capabilities. * Lead Product Lifecycle: Manage both inbound (requirements gathering, strategic roadmap definition) and outbound (internal/external evangelism, community engagement, customer feedback loops) product management for the data and AI platform. * Own the Execution Roadmap: Define and drive the execution roadmap for critical data platform features, including the enablement of AI capabilities, streamlined data ingestion/onboarding, and foundational data vision initiatives. * Champion Governance & Quality: Own the business-stakeholder perspective for data quality and governance, ensuring the platform provides reliable, secure, and compliant data assets for all consumers. * Deliver High-Quality Requirements: Provide a continuous stream of detailed requirements with clear, measurable acceptance criteria, demonstrating a deep understanding of both upstream data source complexities and downstream end-user consumption needs. * Engage Stakeholders Extensively: Partner with cross-functional executive leaders to inform platform roadmaps and ensure the data strategy remains strategically aligned with Smartsheet’s overall product and business platform goals. * Act as a Data Ambassador: Represent the data and AI platform's capabilities internally and externally, clearly communicating the value proposition of features related to data retention, security, compliance, reliability, and integrity. * Provide Mentorship: Offer informal leadership and mentorship to Engineering and Product team members, fostering a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and collaborative delivery. Key Responsibilities: * Data as a Product (DaaP): Evangelize and implement a "Data as a Product" mindset, shifting the organization from reactive data requests to a self-service, scalable, and visionary data platform. * AI Enablement: Partner closely with AI and Engineering teams to integrate AI-driven use cases into the core data fabric, ensuring the platform robustly supports advanced machine learning, predictive analytics, and process automation. * Infrastructure Strategy: Leverage a strong, current understanding of Data Lakes, Data Mesh principles, Medallion Architecture, and modern cloud data platforms (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake) to guide the technical evolution of Smartsheet’s data architecture. * Data Integrity & Semantic Impact: Define and manage the semantic layer and data integrity practices to ensure data is accurate, fresh, and trusted across all business units. * Compliance & Ethics: Establish and automate robust data governance standards, including metadata management and strict privacy compliance (GDPR, CCPA, SOC2), while maintaining engineering velocity. Qualifications & Skills: * Experience: 8+ years of experience in Product Management, with a significant and proven focus on AI & data infrastructure, core backend platforms, or high-scale technical SaaS products. * Execution Focus: Proven track record of owning and successfully driving execution roadmaps for critical, scalable, and reliable data systems. * Technical Depth: Extensive and current understanding of: * AI Foundations and Platforms: Agentic frameworks, transformer architectures, prompt engineering,rag, fine-tuning techniques, vector databases, and embedding strategies. * Data Platforms: Deep familiarity with leading cloud data platforms (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake). * Data Warehousing: Knowledge of Dimensional Modeling and Data Vault 2.0 (DV2.0). * Architecture: Experience with Medallion Architecture and contemporary Data Integrity practices. * Communication Mastery: Exceptional ability to translate complex technical debt or architectural needs into clear business value, actionable initiatives, and precise "acceptance criteria" for diverse technical and non-technical stakeholders. * Customer-Centricity: Ability to treat internal developers, analysts, and external partners as "customers," utilizing research and data to identify and remove friction in the data consumption and contribution journey. * Architectural Fluency: High-level understanding of data governance, semantic impact, and data modeling, with the ability to lead and navigate complex architectural discussions with senior engineering teams.     Get to Know Us: At Smartsheet, your ideas are heard, your potential is supported, and your contributions have real impact. You’ll have the freedom to explore, push boundaries, and grow beyond your role. We welcome diverse perspectives and nontraditional paths—because we know that impact comes from individuals who care deeply and challenge thoughtfully. When you’re doing work that stretches you, excites you, and connects you to something bigger, that’s magic at work. Let’s build what’s next, together. Equal Opportunity Employer: Smartsheet is an Equal Opportunity (EEO) employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment with the best employees. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants in accordance with applicable laws in the US, UK, Australia, Germany, Costa Rica, Japan, Bulgaria, India, and Singapore. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.  If there are preparations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please let us know.   #LI-Remote