Staff Data Scientist, Growth Analytics

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Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 150,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.
Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 1,800 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$6.2 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Visa, Airtree, Blackbird, Sequoia, DST Global, Greenoaks, Salesforce Ventures, Lone Pine, and Square Peg, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.
We’re hiring an experienced Staff Data Scientist to be the technical lead for our Growth Analytics team. You will partner with Growth, Sales, Marketing, and Product teams to identify opportunities, optimize strategies, and unlock scalable growth using data analytics.
What You'll Do
Operate as the technical partner to Growth, Marketing, Sales and Data Science leaders to define and implement Airwallex’s growth strategy
Lead and mentor the team in applying a variety of data science techniques—root-cause analysis, statistical modeling, and experimentation—to identify opportunities and drive product-led growth (acquisition, activation, retention, reactivation)
Establish insight-driven approaches to address key business problems and drive business impact
Build scalable measurement frameworks that enable consistent, data-driven decision-making across teams and inform growth strategy
Clearly and persuasively communicate data insights and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring findings influence stakeholders
Translate open-ended business problems into clearly defined data science initiatives for the team to implement
Mentor and coach junior data scientists, and act as the single-threaded technical owner on cross-functional initiatives
Qualifications
7+ years industry experience and a degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Engineering, Sciences, Computer Science, Economics). Advanced degree (PhD or MS) preferred
Proven experience mentoring or leading data science or data analytics teams
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; proven ability to influence strategy in high-growth environments
Demonstrated experience applying data science to drive growth initiatives with concrete impact
Strong skills in SQL and Python/R; experience with data modeling a plus
Experience in technology, financial services and/or a high growth environment is advantageous
Equal opportunity
Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). If you are approached by someone claiming to represent Airwallex, please verify with our team.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
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