Bola Akinsanya
Revenue and Operations Executive
Sales Leadership | GTM Strategy | Revenue Operations | AI-Native Revenue Architecture
I build and lead the full commercial function: Sales, GTM, and RevOps as a unified system. 15+ years of enterprise selling, global P&L ownership, and revenue architecture across Google and Airbnb. My current work focuses on how agentic AI compounds revenue per head, forecast accuracy, and capital efficiency.
Executive Summary
I have spent 15 years on both sides of the revenue equation. I sold multi-million dollar enterprise deals at Google and Meebo, where closing the executive teams meant understanding the operating machinery underneath the sale and building relationships across all functions in an organization. I then built and led multi-billion dollar revenue organizations at Airbnb across three executive roles, owning P&L, growth strategy, GTM design, and the RevOps infrastructure that governed daily execution globally.
My work now sits at the intersection of revenue leadership and agentic AI. I design revenue architectures where comp plans, territory models, forecast methodology, and enablement delivery are instrumented for AI. Not as a future roadmap, but in production today.
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Designed and scaled acquisition and revenue engines using automation and ML assisted workflows combined with human quality controls. Focused on improving unit economics, speed, and marketplace quality at the same time.
Built structured funnels, vetting systems, and supply pipelines that converted fragmented manual processes into repeatable operating systems.
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Built multi-million dollar revenue books at Google selling enterprise monetization platforms to CEOs and VP-level decision makers. At Airbnb, delivered 5x y/y revenue growth in the core homes business and scaled the services marketplace to 10,000+ providers across 280 markets. I have carried quota, built the teams and managers that sell (generating millions in revenue), and designed the systems that make both more effective.
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Owned segment level P&L inputs and growth strategy across large global (EMEA, APAC, and NAMER) portfolios. Delivered multi-year growth through supply density strategy, funnel optimization, and targeted capital allocation.
Translate market signals and customer behavior into execution plans tied to revenue, margin, and marketplace health metrics.
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Led global organizations across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Legal, Finance, Marketing, Trust, and Operations.
Established governance frameworks, performance management systems, and operating cadence that enabled faster decision making and aligned execution across functions.
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Owned regional and global GTM strategy across multiple Airbnb business lines.
Repositioned North America for resilient post-pandemic growth by reallocating investment around highest-yield segments, driving 3.2x supply acceleration in nine months.
Designed ICP frameworks, segment-level pricing strategy, and competitive positioning for new market categories from zero to scale.
Core Executive Capabilities
Agentic AI and Operating Leverage
There are significant volume of AI investments targeting the wrong surface area. Copilots and email assistants do not create operating leverage. Agentic AI deployed into revenue workflows does: comp modeling, territory rebalancing, forecast preparation, enablement delivery, and pipeline instrumentation. The difference is whether AI touches the system of record or sits beside it.
I have built this in practice. I led the design of knowledge agent architectures for sales enablement that surface deal-specific context in real time, and .md-based cognitive frameworks that make agents reliable and validated by the teams who are selling and managing the business.
I write about the impact of AI on strategy, revenue capture, architecture, the tradeoffs, and the deployment patterns at essays.meetbola.com
Selected Experience
Airbnb | Multiple Executive Leadership Roles | 10 Years
Selected repeatedly to build or restructure high impact growth businesses across Airbnb’s global platform.
Global Director, Services Revenue Operations
2024 - Current
Built and scaled AI assisted supply acquisition engine for Luxe and Services marketplace.
Impact highlights
Delivered 5x y/y revenue growth in the Luxe guest services segment
Scaled the broad guest services marketplace to 10,000+ providers across 280 markets in 100+ countries
Led global cross functional launch programs and high visibility partnerships with the Olympics
Built operating model, funnel architecture, and growth governance structure
Director, Growth (Core Homes) North America
2021 - 2024
Owned regional growth strategy and P&L inputs for North America segment.
Impact highlights
Accelerated supply growth 3.2x within nine months
Drove 2x host growth through Co-Hosting and Ambassador programs
Repositioned region for resilient post-pandemic growth
Reallocated investment and restructured teams around highest yield segments
Global Director, Scaled Operations, Experiences
2015 - 2021
Built and led global supply and growth for Experiences from launch to scale.
Impact highlights
Scaled supply more than 20x from launch to peak expansion.
Reduced marginal acquisition cost per approved listing to near zero through automated and ML assisted processes
Built centralized capability center in India, while scaling high performing growth teams across EMEA and APAC
Designed structured vetting and quality systems combining automation and human review to deliver 95% 5-star reviews
Google Inc.
July 2012 - April 2014 | San Francisco
Strategic Partner Manager
Built multi-million dollar revenue deals leading adoption of Google and DFP monetization tools with publishers and commerce platforms.
Meebo Inc.
October 2010 - June 2012 | Mountain View
Account Executive
Early revenue leader, generating millions through ad tech and strategic advertising tech partnerships. Company acquired by Google.
Wall Street Journal Digital
Digital Sales Planner
July 2008 - October 2010 | Atlanta
Built the digital advertising operating system and managed the relationships of Fortune 100 brands, resulting in $50M+ in yearly revenue.
How I work with Executive Teams
I work with CEOs and executive teams to:
Build billion dollar businesses
Translate strategy into operating systems and high performing sales teams
Align cross functional execution around revenue goals both internal and external
Build measurable operating cadence and accountability to ensure we capture usage
Improve growth velocity by optimizing and managing P&L
Turn experimental growth into repeatable performance