Director Data Scientist - Analysis - Delivery Hero

About the opportunity

The Quick Commerce Data Science Director will play a pivotal role in leading and accelerating growth strategies across multiple dimensions including:

1. Marketing optimization and efficiency
2. Growth product initiatives (e.g. churn reduction)
3. 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 data-driven decision-making and achieving transformative business growth.

Data Science Responsibilities

Responsible for defining and executing a comprehensive data strategy that aligns with the company's goals, leveraging data to drive business decisions and achieve strategic objectives. Lead cross-functional teams to design and implement innovative data-driven 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 team's 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 team's 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 decision-making.

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 data-driven decisions about resource allocation, prioritize projects and initiatives, and manage risk effectively.

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.

Organizational Change Management

Manage organizational change effectively whether it involves new technologies, processes, or initiatives. Communicate the rationale for change, involve key stakeholders in decision-making, and manage resistance effectively.

What you need to be successful:

1. A minimum of 8-10 years of professional experience in data science including leadership roles in data science teams or consulting.
2. A Ph.D. or Master's degree in a relevant field such as computer science, statistics, data science, or a related discipline.
3. Proven experience in leading and managing managers and a demonstrated ability to foster a high-performance team culture.
4. Must possess a deep and practical knowledge of data science encompassing statistics, causality, experimentation, and causal inference as well as knowledge in modeling.

Business Acumen

Proven ability to understand and navigate complex business landscapes including familiarity with industry-specific challenges and opportunities. Demonstrated experience in identifying and quantifying the business impact of data-driven initiatives such as revenue growth, cost savings, and customer retention.

Strategic Thinking

A strategic mindset with the ability to envision and communicate long-term data-driven goals and objectives that align with the organization's overall strategy. Proficiency in developing and executing data-driven roadmaps and plans that drive innovation, competitive advantage, and market growth.

Who we are

As the region's leading local tech organization, we're 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 27,000 brands and almost 50,000 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 world's leading local delivery platform operating in 70 countries worldwide.