Data Scientist / Senior Analyst

Agoda; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Agoda is seeking a Data Scientist/Senior Analyst to join the Supply Analytics team in the Ontario area. You will translate briefs into analytical projects, analyze large data warehouses, and identify growth opportunities, driving analytics initiatives and scalable data usage.

The role requires 2–5+ years in analytics/BI, advanced SQL, Tableau, and proficiency in Excel, Python or R, with a Bachelor’s degree and knowledge of statistics or ML. Willingness to travel for Bangkok meetings is expected.

Qualifications

• 2–5+ years experience in analytics/data science/BI.
• Advanced SQL.
• Tableau.
• Excel, Python or R.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Knowledge of statistics or ML.
• Stakeholder management.
• A/B testing.
• Ability to provide business recommendations.
• Strong communication.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to travel for Bangkok office meetings.

Responsibilities

• Translate internal briefs into analytical projects.
• Analyze data from large-scale data warehouses.
• Identify opportunities for growth.
• Drive analytical initiatives.
• Lead projects to scale data usage.
• Automate manual processes and demonstrate time savings.

Skills

Analytics experience

SQL

Tableau

Excel

Python

R

Statistics/ML knowledge

Stakeholder management

A/B testing

Business recommendations

Communication

Fast-paced environment

Willingness to travel

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SQL

Tableau

Excel

Python

R

Job description

About Agoda

At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world.

Today, we are part of Booking Holdings with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries. The Supply Analytics team delivers data-driven insights and decision support to optimize Agoda’s supply ecosystem. The Opportunity: As a Data Scientist/Senior Analyst, you will report directly to either the Senior Manager or Associate Director within the Supply Department and this will be an individual contributor role. You will be supported by a team within the Supply department and work closely with other Team members within Agoda.

In this Role, you’ll get to:

• Translate internal briefs into analytical projects
• analyze data from large-scale data warehouses
• identify opportunities for growth
• drive analytical initiatives
• lead projects to scale data usage
• automate manual processes and demonstrate time savings

What you’ll Need to Succeed:

• 2-5+ years experience in analytics/data science/BI
• Advanced SQL
• Tableau
• Excel, Python or R
• Bachelor’s degree
• knowledge of statistics or ML
• stakeholder management
• A/B testing
• ability to provide business recommendations
• strong communication
• ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• willingness to travel for Bangkok office meetings

Nice to Have:

• MBA or Masters
• program management certs
• Asian market experience
• travel/e-commerce/tech/consulting experience

Salary:

Ontario area CAD 80,000-120,000; annual bonus possible.

At least 2-5+ years of experience working as an Analyst with experience in analytics/data science/insights/strategy/BI, Advanced working knowledge and hands-on experience in SQL, Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in data visualization tools such as Tableau (preferably), Expert domain of data analysis and data visualization tools and software such as Excel, Python (or R), Bachelor’s degree ideally in a business or quantitative subject (e.g. computer science, mathematics, engineering, science, economics or finance)., A good understanding of statistical modelling knowledge or any machine learning technique knowledge (such as hypothesis testing, regression, logistic regression, random forest, etc.), Good stakeholder management experience. Comfortable presenting to senior leadership., Experience in conducting A/B testing experimentation, Strong experience in finding data insights and provide business recommendation to the business, A hacker’s mindset – the ability to build simple but clever and elegant solutions to new problems within significant resource, operational and time constraints through deep understanding of the business, creative problem solving, and a wide range of expertise in data, analytics, automation, programming, and prototyping., Excellent communicator with superior written, verbal, presentation and interpersonal communication skills., Data driven in both decision making and performance measurement., Extreme comfort in ambiguous, fast-paced environment., Ability to multi-task, prioritize and coordinate resources., Willingness and able to work 2-3 evenings per week to meet with the Bangkok office and regional partners.