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Head of Growth Data Science

Airwallex · US - San Francisco · Remote

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About the role

Act as a strategic data partner to senior leaders across Growth, Product, Marketing, Sales, and regional businesses. Translate complex analyses into clear recommendations that shape business strategy and investment decisions. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Growth-oriented leader: You have 10+ years of experience in data science, analytics, applied machine learning, or quantitative strategy, including 5+ years leading high-performing teams
  • Strong technical foundation: You have deep expertise in experimentation, causal inference, forecasting, applied machine learning, SQL, and Python or R
  • Strategic operator: You are comfortable prioritizing ambiguous problems, balancing trade-offs, and focusing teams on initiatives with measurable growth impact
  • Hands-on builder: You can engage deeply with technical work while building scalable systems, analytical frameworks, and team practices
  • Executive influencer: You communicate complex findings clearly and can influence senior stakeholders through rigorous analysis and practical recommendations
  • Customer-centric thinker: You are passionate about understanding customer behavior and using data to create better experiences and stronger business outcomes
More about this role

Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 675,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own.

We started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We're the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

We're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,300 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting to be told what to do. Read our operating principles to see it in full.

Airwallex is seeking a Head of Growth Data Science to lead the team responsible for using data, experimentation, and advanced analytics to accelerate global growth.

The Growth Data Science team partners closely with Product, Marketing, Sales,...

Read the full posting on Airwallex's site ↗

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