Senior Data Scientist, Growth Analytics
Content + Source + Freshness • 16 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
High value due to the increasing relevance of data science in business growth and the innovative company culture.
- Key role in driving business growth through data insights
- High relevance and applicability of data science in marketing today
- Flexibility in work format to suit individual needs
Pros
- Engage in cutting-edge data science projects with impact
- Possibility to thrive in a high-growth environment
- Innovative culture promoting creative problem-solving
Cons
- High expectations can lead to performance pressures
- Regular updates and adaptations to changing tools and methods
- Complex analysis may lead to challenging workloads
Who it's for
Senior / Lead • Hybrid / flexible hours
Good fit
- Data scientists with marketing experience
- Analytical thinkers interested in real-world applications
- Collaborators seeking a dynamic work environment
Not recommended for
- New graduates or those without significant data science experience
- Candidates preferring minimal challenges in their roles
- Individuals resistant to change and innovation
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
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 150,000 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 1,700 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$6.2 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Visa, Airtree, Blackbird, Sequoia, DST Global, Greenoaks, Salesforce Ventures, Lone Pine, and Square Peg, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.
We’re seeking a senior Data Scientist to partner closely with the Marketing team to derive actionable data-driven insights and to directly impact business outcomes. You will develop key Marketing reports, drive deep-dive analyses, and stay on top of market trends to develop and optimize our Marketing strategies. You’re naturally curious and have a track record of offering recommendations to enhance our brand presence and drive business growth.
You’ll join the Airwallex team during a critical period, where we are building a team that enables both global consistency in process, tooling and methodology and local flexibility and speed in execution. This is a great opportunity to shape the next phase of Airwallex’s growth.
What You’ll Do
Analyze data to assess performance and ROI of Marketing initiatives
Develop dashboards and reports to provide observability, enabling stakeholders to make data-driven decisions
Be the subject matter expert for all Marketing KPIs, consulting on Marketing data related projects
Partner with Marketing stakeholders to objectively measure campaign performance, and to identify actionable insights
Develop data-driven Marketing forecasts and budgets to inform organizational-level planning
Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, and Product teams to identify opportunities for improvement in Marketing strategies and campaigns
Support experiments to measure impact of ad spend, brand campaigns, and other Marketing initiatives
Qualification
5+ years industry experience and an advanced degree (PhD or MS) in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Engineering, Sciences, Computer Science, Economics)
2+ years of experience in Marketing Analytics or a similar role
Experience in digital marketing channels, including email, paid ads, and SEO is highly advantageous
Experience with communicating the results of analyses to executives and cross-functional teams to influence strategy
Expert in data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python), and/or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R), experience in schema design and dimensional data modeling a plus
Great to have
Experience with Google Analytics, Marketo, and Salesforce
Knowledge of online A/B testing and experimentation frameworks
Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python), and/or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R)
Ability to perform statistical analysis and develop machine learning models to drive data-informed decisions
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 don’t 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.
Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.
