Data Scientist III, Analytics

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Data Scientist III, Analytics

Introduction to team

Private Label Solutions (PLS) is the B2B arm of Expedia Group. We bring Expedia Group’s innovative technology and distribution solutions to partners across the world. These businesses include global financial institutions, corporate managed travel, offline travel agents, global travel suppliers (like major airlines) and many more.

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) plays a vital role in identifying and actioning data-driven opportunities. With the objective of driving revenue growth, the Analytics Manager plays a vital role in analyzing business performance, identifying gaps and opportunities to connect supply and demand, 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. This person will also partner as needed with other functions such as supply, operations, and the the broader analytics organisation at PLS.

This position can be based in Singapore or London, reporting to a Director in Analytics.

In this role, you will:

• 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 level to explain latest trends and changes

• Provide recommendations on revenue improvement, based on expected opportunity size

• Measure results and learnings from any initiatives implemented, including impact to revenue, competitiveness and supply metrics

• Build and manage relationship with stakeholders and partners in the region

Experience and qualifications:

• Min. 5 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 and exploring new data sets independently from scratch (required)

• Experience with reporting and data visualisation tools, in particular Tableau (required)

• Strong understanding of revenue drivers and commercial environment (required)

• 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, Math, Business / Economics, etc.

• Fluency in English. Fluency in one other Asian language (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean) preferred

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

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