Director Data Scientist

2 weeks ago


Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Precision Hire Solution Full time
About the opportunity

The Quick Commerce Data Science Director will play a pivotal role in leading and accelerating growth strategies across multiple dimensions including marketing optimization and efficiency growth product initiatives (e.g. churn reduction) ecosystem plays and ads revenue optimization for tmart and Quick commerce. This leadership position will require close collaboration with product teams senior marketing and partner growth leadership ultimately driving datadriven decisionmaking and achieving transformative business growth.

Data Science

  • Responsible for defining and executing a comprehensive data strategy that aligns with the companys goals leveraging data to drive business decisions and achieve strategic objectives.
  • Lead crossfunctional teams to design and implement innovative datadriven products and analytics insights to deliver measurable impact on business outcomes.

Strategic Leadership and Business Acumen

  • Demonstrate strategic leadership skills and an understanding of how data science can drive business success.
  • Articulate your vision for your area and align your teams work with broader organizational goals.
  • Identify emerging trends and technologies that can drive value for the business and take steps to incorporate them into your teams work.

Collaboration and Influence

  • Work collaboratively with a wider range of stakeholders including senior executives product managers and engineers.
  • Build strong partnerships across the organization communicate effectively and influence decisionmaking.
  • Manage relationships with external partners such as vendors or academic institutions and represent the organization in industry events and conferences.

Resource Management

As a director you will have responsibility for managing a larger team of data scientists analysts and engineers as well as budgets and resources.

  • Make datadriven decisions about resource allocation prioritize projects and initiatives and manage risk effectively.
  • Coach and mentor other managers within your team helping them to develop their skills and grow as leaders.

Strategic Hiring and Talent Development

  • Responsible for recruiting and retaining top talent within your organization.
  • Work with HR and recruiting teams to develop job descriptions and identify candidates as well as creating onboarding and training programs to help new hires get up to speed quickly.
  • Develop career paths for your team members set expectations for their growth and development and provide regular feedback and coaching to help them achieve their goals.

Organizational Change Management

  • Manage organizational change effectively whether it involves new technologies processes or initiatives.
  • Communicate the rationale for change involve key stakeholders in decisionmaking and manage resistance effectively.
  • Develop and implement change management plans that minimize disruption and ensure that your team is able to adapt to new ways of working.

What you need to be successful
  • A minimum of 810 years of professional experience in data science including leadership roles in data science teams or consulting.
  • A Ph.D. or Masters degree in a relevant field such as computer science statistics data science or a related disciplines
  • Proven experience in leading and managing managers and a demonstrated ability to foster a highperformance team culture.
  • Must possess a deep and practical knowledge of data science encompassing statistics causality experimentation and causal inference as well as knowledge in modeling.
  • Must have a track record of applying these skills and leading teams to design and implement innovative datadriven products and deliver impactful insights and recommendations
  • Business Acumen:
    • Proven ability to understand and navigate complex business landscapes including familiarity with industryspecific challenges and opportunities.
    • Demonstrated experience in identifying and quantifying the business impact of datadriven initiatives such as revenue growth cost savings and customer retention.
  • Strategic Thinking:
    • A strategic mindset with the ability to envision and communicate longterm datadriven goals and objectives that align with the organizations overall strategy.
    • Proficiency in developing and executing datadriven roadmaps and plans that drive innovation competitive advantage and market growth.

Who we are

As the regions leading local tech organization were proud to say that we have been delivering for millions of people right across MENA for the past 20 years. We were founded in Kuwait in 2004 and acquired by Delivery Hero (DHER) in 2015. This gives us a unique outlook local knowledge with global expertise. It also allows us to innovate create and bring new technologies for the betterment of the MENA region such as qcommerce sustainable packaging cloud kitchens autonomous delivery vehicles robots and drones.

We deliver across 9 countries with more than 4500 employees Our food delivery business works with over 27000 brands and almost 50000 branches.
Our qcommerce concept talabat mart (121 Stores) now delivers groceries to customers in Bahrain Iraq Egypt Jordan Kuwait Oman Qatar and the UAE in 30 minutes or less talabat is part of the Delivery Hero Group the worlds leading local delivery platform operating in 70 countries worldwide

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