Staff Data Scientist, Growth Analytics

About Airwallex

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 200000 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 2200 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price Visa Mastercard Robinhood Ventures Sequoia Salesforce Ventures DST Global and Lone Pine Capital Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If youre ready to do the most ambitious work of your career join us.

Attributes We Value

We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact accelerated learning and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking and youre motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment dig deep with curiosity and make decisions from first principles balancing speed and rigor.

Youre humble and collaborative; turn zerotoone ideas into real products and you get stuff done end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here youll tackle complex highvisibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you lets build whats next.

About the team

The Growth Analytics team at Airwallex is a dynamic group of data scientists and analytics professionals. We are passionate about leveraging data to drive business growth optimize strategies and unlock new opportunities across the company. As key partners to Growth Marketing Sales and Product our team works collaboratively to enable data-informed decision-making experimentation and scalable measurement frameworks supporting Airwallexs global expansion.

What youll do

You will be the technical lead for the Growth Analytics team working cross-functionally to identify growth opportunities shape data science initiatives and drive impactful strategies. Youll mentor junior data scientists partner with business stakeholders and translate complex business questions into actionable analytic solutions. This role offers you the chance to help shape the next phase of Airwallexs growth with data-driven leadership and innovation.

This hybrid role is based in San Francisco or New York City.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a technical partner to Growth Marketing Sales and Data Science leaders to develop and implement Airwallexs growth strategy.

• Lead and mentor the team in applying data science techniquesincluding root-cause analysis statistical modeling and experimentationto unlock acquisition activation retention and reactivation.

• Design and implement robust scalable measurement frameworks for data-driven decision-making across multiple teams.

• Communicate complex data insights and recommendations clearly and persuasively to both technical and non-technical audiences ensuring findings drive business impact.

• Translate open-ended or complex business problems into structured high-impact data science initiatives.

• Mentor and coach junior data scientists serving as the single-threaded technical owner on critical cross-functional projects.

Who you are

Were looking for people who meet the minimum requirements for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications:

• At least 7 years of 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 analytics teams.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; demonstrated ability to influence strategy in high-growth cross-functional environments.

• Track record of applying data science to drive measurable growth outcomes.

• Technical proficiency with SQL and Python/R; experience in data modeling is a plus.

• Experience in technology financial services or high-growth environments is advantageous.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience mentoring teams in a fast-paced startup or fintech environment.

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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 dont 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.

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