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Full-time
5-10

Principal Control Engineer

3/3/2026

The role involves diagnosing complex organizational needs and translating them into clear Learning & Individual Development (L&I) strategies, using data to define high-impact roadmaps. The engineer will architect holistic solutions that go beyond traditional training, exploring levers like behavioral nudges and system changes to ensure capability adoption.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

5,001-10,000 employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
Grab is Southeast Asia’s leading superapp, offering a suite of services consisting of deliveries, mobility, financial services, enterprise and others. Grabbers come from all over the world, and we are united by a common mission: to drive Southeast Asia forward by creating economic empowerment for everyone. At Grab, every Grabber is guided by The Grab Way, which explains our mission and the operating principles on how we can achieve it together. We call these principles the 4Hs: Heart We work together as OneGrab to serve communities in Southeast Asia Hunger We work to understand ground truths and drive improvements, big and small Honour We keep our word and steward our resources wisely to build and sustain trust Humility We are a constant work-in-progress, and we never stop learning to get better
About the Role

Company Description

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.

Job Description

The Role at a Glance

Get to Know the Team

The People and Organisation Development team's (POD) mission is to fuel Grab's success by creating an environment where our people can do their best work. We engineer Grab's organizational health. As coaches, strategists, and designers, we create transformations in Grab's culture, processes, and performance that directly contribute to the company and our people's success.

Get to Know the Role

  • Diagnose and Strategise: You will turn complex organizational needs into clear L&I strategies. Using data to identify the highest-impact problems to solve, you will define a clear roadmap that delivers intended outcomes.
  • Architect Holistic Solutions: You will design interventions that go beyond traditional training. You'll explore diverse levers—such as behavioral nudges, workflow improvements, and system changes—to ensure new capabilities actually stick in the flow of work.
  • Lead implementation: You will take full ownership of your plans from concept to completion. This includes managing external vendors and partnering with colleagues to secure support and ensure your solutions are adopted

Qualifications

Skills You Need Essential

  • Problem Solving with Heart: Expertise in turning complexity and imperfect data into clear strategy independently. You have demonstrated capabilities in identifying root-causes and defining your own roadmap to create scalable impact.
  • Adaptive Execution: Concrete evidence of building programs from scratch. You prioritize quick testing and MVPs over perfection to learn fast and iterate.
  • Innovation Leadership: A history of solving challenges through non-traditional levers. You look beyond training to design new habits, workflows, or tech-enabled tools that create behavior change.
  • Collaborative Engagement: Expertise in securing high-stakes support across complex regional structures. You turn your strategies into shared goals by influencing teams and leaders through clear, data-backed logic.

Additional Information

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 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, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.

Key Skills
Problem SolvingStrategy DevelopmentData AnalysisRoadmap DefinitionSolution ArchitectureBehavioral NudgesWorkflow ImprovementSystem ChangesImplementation LeadershipVendor ManagementCross-functional PartnershipInfluence
Categories
Human ResourcesEngineeringManagement & LeadershipConsultingData & Analytics
Benefits
Term Life InsuranceMedical InsuranceParental LeaveBirthday LeaveVolunteering LeaveAssistance ProgrammeFlexWork arrangements
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