Airwallex · 2 months ago
Staff Data Scientist, Growth Analytics
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$175K/yr - $280K/yr
7+ years expAirwallex is a unified payments and financial platform for global businesses, empowering over 150,000 businesses worldwide. They are seeking an experienced Staff Data Scientist to lead the Growth Analytics team, partnering with various departments to optimize strategies and drive product-led growth through data analytics.
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Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
7+ years industry experience and a degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Engineering, Sciences, Computer Science, Economics)
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
Preferred
Advanced degree (PhD or MS) preferred
Experience in technology, financial services and/or a high growth environment is advantageous
Company
Airwallex
Airwallex is a global payments and financial platform that provides business accounts, payment solutions, and spend management tools.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.53BKey Investors
AdditionSquare Peg CapitalLone Pine Capital
2025-12-08Series G· $330M
2025-05-21Series F· $150M
2025-05-21Secondary Market· $150M
Leadership Team
Jack Zhang
Co-Founder & CEO
Jacob Dai
Co-Founder & CTO
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