Manager - Data Analytics | Emirati Talent

Role Overview

Manager - Data Analytics at Majid Al Futtaim, leading the end-to-end analytics agenda for a business domain and driving measurable business impact across the organization.

Company Overview

Majid Al Futtaim is a regional market leader with over 27 years of established reputation, operating with over 45,000 diverse and talented colleagues guided by a unified Leadership Model.

Role Purpose

Lead the analytics strategy and delivery for a business domain, translating business challenges into prioritized analytics solutions, driving adoption and measurable outcomes, while building scalable capabilities and developing high-performing analytics teams.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Leadership

• Own the end-to-end analytics agenda for a business domain, partnering with senior stakeholders to align analytics initiatives with business strategy and priorities.
• Lead the analytics strategy and roadmap for a business domain, aligning high-value analytics initiatives with business objectives, stakeholder priorities, and measurable outcomes.
• Translate business challenges into a prioritized portfolio of analytics use cases with clear objectives, success measures, and value targets.

Stakeholder Management & Impact

• Build strong senior stakeholder partnerships, influencing decision-making through data-driven insights, executive-level communication, and impactful storytelling.
• Drive adoption and business impact by embedding analytics solutions into decision-making processes and tracking realized outcomes.
• Develop actionable insights through advanced analysis, data storytelling, and performance reporting for operational and executive stakeholders.

Project & Solution Delivery

• Lead analytics projects from scoping to implementation, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality insights and recommendations.
• Drive end-to-end analytics delivery, translating complex business problems into actionable solutions while ensuring adoption, governance, and realized business impact.

Governance, Quality & Compliance

• Establish and uphold analytics standards, governance, data quality controls, and compliance with data privacy and responsible AI requirements.
• Champion data quality, governance, privacy, and responsible AI, ensuring analytical rigor, compliance, reproducibility, and continuous improvement across the analytics lifecycle.

Capability Building & Innovation

• Build scalable analytics capabilities through reusable assets, innovation, emerging technologies, and continuous process improvement.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the analytics team, fostering a high-performance culture while supporting talent growth and organizational objectives.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field; Master's degree preferred.
• 6–9 years of analytics experience.
• 2+ years of team leadership experience.
• Exposure to retail, FMCG, e-commerce, customer analytics, pricing, inventory, or related domains.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.

Skills & Competencies

• Expertise in SQL, Python/R, BI platforms, and cloud data technologies.
• Advanced proficiency in statistical modeling, experimentation, and AI-enabled analytics.
• Provide technical and analytical leadership across the analytics lifecycle.
• Data-driven insight generation and executive-level communication.

Additional Information

• Work in a friendly environment where colleagues share positive vibes and enthusiasm about the organization's future.