Head of Mena Insights and Analysis, Global - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Jobsite Direct

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

1 week ago

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Ahmed Al-Mansouri

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JOB DESCRIPTION:

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:

The Impact:

You will lead 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 highimpact team of regional experts, through continuous learning, provision of effective feedback and coaching
Maintain S&P Global's high stands 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 stresstesting and drive crosscapability 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 crossdivisional 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 fastpaced 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 organization as well as externally at a senior level
Strong selfawareness and cultural intelligence
Excellent and concise verbal and written English skills
Fluency in Arabic required
Experience working or living inregion desired

The Location:
Dubai

Level:
(for internal purposes) - GL13

Flexible Working:
We pride ourselves on our agility and diversity, and we welcome requests to work flexibly. For most roles, flexible hours and/or an element of remote working are usually possible. Please talk to us at the interview about the type of arrangement that is best for you. We will always try to be adaptable wherever we can.

Return to Work:

Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return-to-Work initiative, we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply, and will actively support your return to the workplace.

PERKS AND BENEFITS:

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