Head of MENA Insights and Analysis, Global Intelligence

Job Ref: 46190

Location:
Dubai Address: Precinct Building 1, Trade Centre, DIFC Industry: Finance & Audit jobs, Management & Consultancy, Business Development & Commercial, Technology & Data Analytics Head of MENA Insights and Analysis, Global Intelligence & Analytics
- SP Global, Dubai We accelerate progress. Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global, we focus on powering the markets of the future. Throughout our history, the world's leading organisations have relied on us for the essential intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. Our People We're 30,000+ strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that essential intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all. Meet some of the people who make it possible. The Team: We are a team of subject matter experts developing the forward-looking insights and analysis underpinning the GIA products and advisory, supporting clients to anticipate and manage critical business risks as well as leverage strategic opportunities. Our structure is evolving in line with our client needs and to deliver on our business vision – which is to enrich our output through more integrated and holistic analysis within and across regional markets and industry sectors. The Impact: You will lead a group of regional experts – organised by country risk and economics teams – and advance cross-capability collaboration. You will partner within Insights & Analysis, across GIA verticals as well as cultivate strategic, internal relationships to ensure that we deliver timely actionable intelligence and unique insights to our clients. What’s in it for you: Do you want to lead on deepening and broadening our regional expertise? Join us, and you will have the chance to further expand your regional expertise and leadership skills, as well as oversee a range of analytical and management responsibilities as part of a fast-growing division.

Responsibilities:

Cultivate a high-impact team of regional experts, through continuous learning, provision of effective feedback and coaching Maintain S&P Global’s high standards of quality and style, and embed a regional team culture espousing GIA values of inclusion, agility, accountability, and collaboration Work with regional capability leads to define the regional research agenda, stay ahead of emergent analytical trends, and develop a unified strategic regional outlook Lead on regional analytical stress-testing and drive cross-capability engagement with our proprietary datasets to generate robust and nuanced regional forecasts, to strengthen our products and to help develop new integrated commercial offerings Partner across GIA verticals to develop tools and supportive infrastructure which optimise workflows, moving our expert capacity further up the value chain Understand the broader business objectives and proactively bolster GIA business development across products and advisory by taking initiative with brand building, lead generation and seeding innovation in our offerings among other ongoing support to sales and commercial teams Partner with our strategic engagement group to build bridges with key analytical teams within Market Intelligence and other S&P divisions, promoting the regional group and GIA as connective tissue for cross-divisional collaboration Partner with commercial teams/join client meetings to articulate standing forecast/analytical views as part of ongoing client engagements and or new projects Represent GIA in external marketing events through speaking engagements, roundtables etc
What We’re Looking For:
5+ years of leadership and people management experience 10+ years of related analysis experience including proven track record of thought leadership Deep understanding of the region’s political, economic, and business environment Desire to grow your knowledge of the GIA capabilities and to drive innovation Passion for identifying, unpacking, and addressing complex analytical problems Ability to translate strategies into specific goals, action plans and deliverables Highly effective organizational and prioritization skills, especially in a fast-paced environment Ability to manage multiple projects to deadline and with variable demands from clients and internal stakeholders in a collaborative manner Strong interpersonal and communication skills to connect and influence at all levels internally within an organisation as well as externally at a senior level Strong self-awareness and cultural intelligence Excellent and concise verbal and written English skills Fluency in Arabic required Experience working or living in-region desired
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Location:
Dubai Level: (for internal purposes)
- GL13 Flexible