Assistant Manager, Self-Serve Strategy & Business Planning

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.

Get to Know our Team:

GrabAds allows Advertisers, Agencies, and Merchants to engage the Grab Audience through online and offline advertising experiences. Through our unique ecosystem and transacting user base, our clients can reach their desired audiences at scale, while driving measurable outcomes.

We would like you to join our journey to create value for our users, drivers, merchants, and advertising partners, while continuing to make everyday lives better across Southeast Asia.

Get to know the Role:

• As part of the Regional GrabAds SMB Strategy & Planning team, you will support regional business development and co-create strategic plans to guide self-serve ads growth. You'll promote and deliver advertising services within Grab's ecosystem, working with multiple teams to identify solutions for broad merchant adoption.
• You are strategic, enjoys collaborating with partners, and understands how to use business plans for growth. You should also enjoy challenging the status quo, troubleshooting, and sharing solutions to improve the team's overall performance. We hope this sounds like you and that you're excited about this opportunity!
• You will report into the Manager of Self-Serve Business Strategy & Planning and this is a hybrid role based in Metro Manila, Philippines

Critical Tasks You Will perform:

• You will guide budget planning, forecasting, and monitoring to ensure targets are met.
• You will establish and manage performance goals by defining and setting goals to promote business growth and guide understanding on goal setting.
• You will help create strategies and special projects to grow business potential through cross-functional and country enablement.
• You will manage demand planning plans to improve customer lifecycle loops to grow the account base, in collaboration with MKT/CRM/Product/Solutions teams.
• You will foster advertising merchants' growth with a strategy and increase self-serve business loyalty to the platform.
• You will take a long-term view of the business and define market positioning and target segments.
• You will manage business review cadences and executive updates for leadership understanding.

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• You have a BS/MS degree in mathematics, statistics, data science, business analytics/management, engineering, computer science, or another quantitative major.
• You have 4+ years of experience in strategy, business operations, market research, consulting, or related analytical roles.
• You have experience with the digital Ads Ecosystem.
• You have demonstrated high capacity for analysis, interest in strategy, analysis and visualization tools such as Excel, SQL, Tableau, etc.
• You can transmit ideas across different levels of partners.
• You have a curious nature with experience in business involvement.

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.

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.