Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.
The Marketplace Lab team functions like an incubator for solutions to the problems confronting Grab's marketplaces. We seek to develop and test new ideas that lead to step-wise shifts in the efficiency and growth of our marketplaces. To do so, we prototype data science solutions for marketplace problems that continually recur, and work closely with product and business teams to experimentally validate them in our markets. Above all, we rely on a mix of strong marketplace understanding, business judgment, and technical competency to ideate, build and test new solutions. The solutions we build and the insights we learn fundamentally reshape Grab's marketplace strategy and operations so that we can leave a lasting, positive impact to consumers, drivers and merchants in Southeast Asia. We promote a culture of innovation by giving members the freedom to explore and advocate for new ideas. We are a growth-oriented team and enjoy raising the bar constantly for ourselves and others.
We are looking for an Data Scientist/Economist to join our Marketplace Strategy & Economics - Growth team. In this important role, you will use your knowledge in economics and data science to drive growth strategies across our marketplace.
You will be reporting to our Lead Economist (Data Scientist) and to be based in our Petaling Jaya office.
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We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that provides equal opportunity for Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. We consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, age, gender, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.