Senior Manager, Growth Strategy & Planning

Job description

Get to Know the Team The Regional Growth Strategy & Planning team shapes Grab's user growth agenda across Southeast Asia. We help leaders make informed decisions about growth priorities, product direction, and resource allocation across markets, products, and user segments. We collaborate with Product, Commercial, Marketing, Analytics, and country teams. By combining an understanding of users and the business with pragmatic problem-solving, we turn strategic insights into scalable, measurable outcomes. Get to Know the Role You will shape Grab's regional user growth agenda by identifying and prioritising opportunities across markets, products, and user segments. You will develop strategic recommendations and robust business cases that improve growth decisions, resource allocation, and execution. You will align senior stakeholders, influence product and business roadmaps, and establish scalable planning, governance, and performance-management practices. You will lead a small team, report to the Regional Head of Growth Strategy & Planning, and work onsite at Grab's Singapore office. If you are excited about turning complex growth opportunities into measurable regional impact, we encourage you to apply. The Critical Tasks You Will Perform Shape the regional user growth agenda: You will identify and prioritise high-impact opportunities across markets, products, and user segments, balancing growth potential, user impact, and business trade-offs. Guide investment and resource allocation: You will develop business cases and portfolio recommendations that guide investments in funding, time, and organisational resources, supported by clear outcomes, risks, and success measures. Influence roadmaps and align stakeholders: You will partner with Product, Commercial, Marketing, Analytics, and country teams to translate growth priorities into roadmap decisions, navigate competing priorities, and secure commitment. Establish governance and improve performance: You will build scalable planning frameworks, governance rhythms, and performance-review mechanisms that clarify ownership, monitor outcomes, surface risks, and enable timely course correction. Lead innovation and team development: You will coach and develop your team while using GenAI and other latest technologies to accelerate analysis, test ideas, improve decision quality, and scale effective ways of working. What Essential Skills You Will Need You have 8 or more years of relevant experience , including management consulting and an in-house growth strategy, corporate strategy, or business-planning role. You have experience identifying and prioritising high-impact opportunities, structuring ambiguous problems using hypothesis-driven thinking, and developing pragmatic recommendations grounded in business context. You have led complex, cross-functional, and multi-market programs from strategy through implementation, including establishing governance and delivering measurable outcomes. You have partnered with Product, Commercial, Marketing, Analytics, and country teams to shape roadmaps and secure commitment through execution. You have experience influencing senior leaders without direct authority by presenting evidence-based recommendations and building trusted working relationships. You have managed and developed a team, including setting direction, prioritising work, and coaching team members, supported by strong analytical and commercial capabilities in forecasting, financial modelling, and opportunity evaluation. You have experience engaging with AI tools and latest technologies to enhance productivity, improve workflows, support experimentation, and contribute new ideas. Preferred: Experience working in a consumer technology platform, digital marketplace, or similarly complex environments Life at Grab 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 What We Stand For At Grab We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that provides equal opportunity for Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. We consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, age, gender, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique. About Grab and Our Workplace 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.