Data & Operations Lead

This position will be based in Riyadh, KSA as part of the Data and Operations team. The role may involve travelling across the regions.

Primary Responsibility:
• Support in identifying, maintaining and developing relationships and building data related
partnerships with local authorities/governmental bodies
• Proactively support in building and enhancing the KSA data coverage
• Liaising & coordinating with the Operations Teams across regions.
• Leading the team of Research Associates in KSA.
• Assess content identified from different credible sources.
• Proactively provide support for internal initiatives and different departments as and when
required.
• Conducting quality checks on KSA reports delivered to KSA clients.
• Support in gathering clients feedback and liaise with the local sales team to set clients
expectations

Required Skills & Personal Attributes:
• Possess excellent inter-personal and communication skills, in particular management,
questioning and listening skill.
• Good presentation skills with the ability to articulate the messages.
• Good negotiation skills, analytic and research skills.
• Paying attention to detail and delivering activities on time.
• Ability to work with teams in a time-line driven high pressure environment.
• Sound time management skills with the ability to develop, mentor and motivate the team.
• Self-driven with a high level of motivation and energy; a strong ‘can do’ attitude; ability and
willingness to work in a dynamic set-up with maturity and flexibility.
• Ability to coordinate and work in a multinational setup, liaising with Operations teams across
different regions.
• Ability to pro-actively identify ways to contribute to the company’s goals & mission.
• High degree of proficiency in MS Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, MS Project, Visio etc.).

Preferred Experience and Background:
• Saudi National with excellent proficiency in English & Arabic.
• Well connected with the public and private sector personnel.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in Business Studies from a top-tier university or from
reputed institutes.