Lead Data Scientist, Analytics & Generative AI

Grab; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

GrabFlex benefits package

Parental leave

Birthday leave

LASA volunteering leave

Grabber Assistance Programme

FlexWork differentiated hours

Job summary

Grab is seeking a Lead Specialist for Data Scientist (Analytics) in Malaysia, reporting on site to Petaling Jaya. You will steer data-driven product decisions, design experiments, and guide Generative AI initiatives within GXBank’s product ecosystem.

You will collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to translate data insights into actionable strategies, build self-serve analytics, and support senior leadership with clear metrics and recommendations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Analytics, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Analytics, BI, or Data Science, preferably in a Bank or Tech (FinTech or E‑Commerce) company.
• Proficient in writing advanced SQL queries, Python and querying large relational databases.
• Skilled in data visualization platforms like Tableau or HTML to present findings.
• Experience translating data insights into relevant recommendations for non-technical and senior team members.
• Experience designing A/B tests and product experiments, with knowledge of hypothesis testing and the basic principles of Design of Experiments (DoE).

Responsibilities

• Partner with product, design, and engineering teams to obtain insights, design experiments, and lead important product decisions.
• Support strategic plans with data insights, performing deep-dives into user behavior, segmented views and product efficacy.
• Provide tailored analysis for specific products and strategies, define critical business and product metrics, and make regular recommendations for continuous improvements.
• Design, measure, and recommend A/B tests and multivariate experiments, including layout optimisation, UI/UX efficacy, algorithm effectiveness, and API performance.
• Analyse clickstream and transactional data to uncover insights on user behaviour and guide product metrics. You will manage instrumentation for all feature releases within assigned tech families within the bank.
• Develop self-serve solutions for partners that are scalable and automated to handle a product environment.
• Guide plans involving Large Language Models or Generative Artificial Intelligence

Skills

SQL

Python

Data Visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Analytics, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering or related field

Job description

Grab is seeking a Lead Specialist for Data Scientist (Analytics) in Malaysia, reporting on site to Petaling Jaya. You will steer data-driven product decisions, design experiments, and guide Generative AI initiatives within GXBank’s product ecosystem.

You will collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to translate data insights into actionable strategies, build self-serve analytics, and support senior leadership with clear metrics and recommendations.