The online travel market never stands still. Within our Private Label Solutions (PLS) team we're smack in the middle of it! We are an entrepreneurial start-up operating in the B2B market within the world's biggest travel company. We build the tools and technology that help millions of travellers find the perfect hotels for their next trips. We are the largest and fastest-growing travel affiliate network, working with over 10,000 partners in 33 countries to turn their web traffic into hotel bookings and loyal customers.
The Data Scientist III (Analytics Manager, APAC) is a key liaison between the Analytics team and APAC sales teams. With the objective of driving revenue growth, the Analytics Manager plays a vital role in analyzing business performance, identifying gaps and opportunities, and driving new proactive initiatives to bring commercial growth to the next level. Day-to-day activities include performance analysis, partner deep-dives, identifying anomalies and gaps, and building scalable tools to accelerate speed to insights. Key stakeholders include the VP of Sales in APAC and the wider APAC account management organisation. This person will also partner as needed with other functions such as finance, operations, supply, and the the broader analytics organisation at PLS.
This position is based in Singapore, reporting to a Director in Analytics.
What you will do:
- Drive proactive opportunity identification related to APAC partners in Expedia's B2B business in order to grow revenue and market share
- Conduct deep-dive analysis at a partner or market level to explain latest trends and changes
- Provide recommendations to APAC sales leadership on revenue improvement priorities, based on expected opportunity size
- Measure results and learnings from any APAC-specific initiatives implemented, including impact to revenue, competitiveness and supply metrics
- Build and manage relationship with stakeholders and partners in the region
Who you are:
- Min. 3 years work experience as Business Analyst or Data Scientist with focus on strategic / business problems (required)
- Proven experience in identifying growth opportunities, and driving the implementation of solutions to realize them (required)
- Excellent SQL skills, with ability to write SQL from scratch, good understanding of databases (required)
- Experience with reporting and data visualisation tools, in particular Tableau (required)
- Strong understanding of revenue drivers and commercial environment
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex analysis to a non-technical audience (required)
- Good understanding of statistics and probability, with ability to apply to commercial problem solving
- Experience in sales analytics role (i.e. analytics role working with a sales function specifically) preferred
- Bachelor’s in quantitative discipline - Data Science, Maths, Business / Economics, etc.
- Fluency in English. Fluency in one other Asian language (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean) preferred in order to interface with regional stakeholders
What you can expect:
- International work environment, being part of a high-achieving and diverse global team
- Exposure to internal and external stakeholders, across various levels. Plenty of opportunities for cross-functional collaboration and influencing
- Fun, open and collaborative team culture
- Training and learning opportunities
- Mentorship and career coaching from your manager and other senior leaders
- Competitive salary and benefits package
