Lead Product Manager, Data Platform

Lead Product Manager, Data Platform

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.

The Data Platform team at Grab is a collective of software engineers, product managers, product designers, software engineers, and technical program managers, part of the larger Tech Infrastructure organization and focused on enhancing the productivity, development velocity, and efficiency for fellow internal Grabbers, serving millions of users daily. These platforms encompass Experimentation, Data Discovery and Catalog layers, Metrics Engine, Customer Data Platform, Streaming Platforms, and Machine Learning Platform. Our mission is to build and maintain a suite of tools and platforms that enable Grabbers to work smarter, faster, and more collaboratively.

We're looking for a Lead Product Manager to join our Technical Infrastructure team, specifically focusing on Data Platform. In this role, you'll collaborate with engineering, data science, analytics, and product teams to pinpoint areas for improvement and develop impactful solutions. The Data Platform team empowers the underlying platform and infrastructure that supports all data applications in Grab, including data ingestion, data storage, data discovery, data query, data quality, and data activation. You'll work with cross-functional leaders across the company to drive organization-wide changes.

You will report to the Head of Product, Data Tech and AI, and base onsite at our Petaling Jaya office.

The critical tasks you will perform include:

• Define and execute the product strategy for the Data Platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for improvement and develop tailored solutions.
• Gather requirements, conduct user research, and prioritise the product backlog ensuring the team focuses on high-impact projects.
• Establish strong relationships with internal stakeholders and deeply understand their needs and challenges.
• Drive the adoption and onboarding of internal tools and Data Platform, ensuring user engagement and success.
• Oversee product launches and go-to-market activities for internal tools and data platforms.
• Communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring the team's work is well-understood and well-supported.

Essential skills you will need include:

• Product Management: 5+ years of experience, with at least 2 years in managing internal tools or data/AI platforms.
• Systems and Data Management Practices: Strong understanding of modern Data platforms, infrastructure, practices, and tools.
• Analytical and Problem-Solving: Proficient in data-driven decision-making.
• Stakeholder Communication: Ability to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Technical Discussions: Comfortable engaging in high-level technical discussions and explaining AI topics to a non-technical audience.
• User Research and Requirements Gathering: Skill in gathering requirements and conducting user research.
• Project Execution: Experience in prioritizing backlogs to deliver high-impact projects.

We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:

• We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
• With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
• Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave, and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave.
• We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.
• Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours.

We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.