Economist - ID

A diverse and close-knit team, with backgrounds ranging from economics, computer science, mathematics and business. We work closely to understand and quickly address business needs through a combination of data, observation, intuition, and rapid experimentation. We set high expectations for ourselves and we strongly support the freedom to explore and innovate.

What is the right price for a GrabCar from Setiabudi to Tangerang? How much should a driver earn from GrabFood vs GrabBike? How should we segment users and nudge them in targeted ways? The team takes on some of the most challenging and fascinating problems in transport, food, financial services, logistics, and the space around. The team applies both qualitative and quantitative techniques to address problems and develop strategies to match supply and demand for an efficient marketplace. You will need to lead, manage and quality assure the work of a team of economists and analysts answering these questions.

• Applying and explaining microeconomic theories, using first-principles thinking.
• Coaching and managing a team of up to 5 high-calibre economists & data scientists. You will need to be regularly testing the boundaries of their skills and knowledge while creating a safe environment for them to take risks.
• Quality assuring the analysis of a team using big data techniques. Grab Indonesia has a vast scale, so high quality analysis and decision making can have huge impacts on business performance and customer experience.
• Using your team’s analysis to persuade business decision makers to implement your idea.
• Respectfully challenging the status quo and intuitions of business stakeholders including the regional heads and the country heads.
• Prioritising your team’s time based on customer impact and business metrics
• Building strong relationships with Grab Leadership and using those relationships to enact change.
• Making strategic bets - evidence-based gambles that could prove to be game changers for Grab’s drivers and passengers.
• Being responsible for decisions and advice on multi-million dollar budgets.
• Helping to set and achieve stretching corporate financial objectives across the entire Indonesian market, including over 100 cities in Food, Transport, Logistics and Payments.

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics or similar

• Well versed in at least one statistical programming language such as R, Stata or Python

• At least 5 years in an economics, analytics, data science or similar role

• Experience in business, strategy and/or tech consulting would be an advantage

• Experience managing a team

• Passionate about solving problems creatively and driving change for internal and external customers 

• Strong communications skills to translate technical analyses and findings to business recommendations for stakeholders 

• Strong project management skills to implement experiments and recommendations

• Willing to travel around Indonesia to talk to and observe our users and collaborate with local teams