Director Data Science Full-time Job

What’s On Your Plate?

Data Science

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.

Manage relationships with external partners, such as vendors or academic institutions, and represent the organization in industry events and conferences.

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.

Coach and mentor other managers within your team, helping them to develop their skills and grow as leaders.

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.

Develop career paths for your team members, set expectations for their growth and development, and provide regular feedback and coaching to help them achieve their goals.

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.

Develop and implement change management plans that minimize disruption and ensure that your team is able to adapt to new ways of working.

When you think of food delivery in the MENA region, wed be pretty surprised if talabat didnt pop into your mind first! Since delivering our first order in Kuwait in 2004, weve grown quite a lot over the past 17 years. Today, we deliver hundreds of millions of food orders, grocery items and other products per year, to our customers in nine countries throughout the region. Our food delivery business works with over 27,000 brands and almost 50,000 branches, while our q-commerce concept, talabat mart, now delivers groceries to customers in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman Qatar, and the UAE in 30 minutes or less!Our philosophy is to make sure we do what is right for our ecosystem - our customers, our partners, our people, our riders, and the communities in which we operate. In 2020 alone, we facilitated the donation of well over 340,000 meals, and 44,000 medicine donations to those in need, as well as donated over 1.3million euros to charity with the help of our partners and customers. talabat is part of Delivery Hero, the global leader in online food delivery and q-commerce.