Business Analytics Specialist - MEA

AstraZeneca; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharmaceutical company in Dubai is seeking a Business Analytics Specialist to support commercial operations. This role involves generating insights, developing KPIs, and enhancing data quality for strategic decision-making. The ideal candidate has strong analytical skills, experience with data tools like Power BI, and excellent communication abilities. Join us to make a significant impact on healthcare in the MEA region.

Qualifications

• Strong critical thinking with ability to approach problems logically.
• Experience in data analytics and data exploration.
• Experience creating and maintaining dashboards and reports.

Responsibilities

• Generate insights on market dynamics and healthcare.
• Develop, track, and share KPIs to enhance business performance.
• Identify business opportunities by analysing market trends.

Skills

Critical thinking

Data analytics

Data preparation

Dashboard/report creation

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Relationship building

Communication skills

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

Job description

JOB TITLE

Business Analytics Specialist – MEA

ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

AstraZeneca is a global, science‑led, patient‑focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

ROLE SUMMARY

The Business Analyst is an active member of the Commercial Operations, actively engaging with commercial teams across MEA.

Responsible for quality and accuracy of the sales dashboards, continuously improving by innovating towards the business needs & additional features, liaising with the respective vendors for the implementation of these. Focus on Data Governance and enforcing the key pillars of data quality, security, and accessibility for AstraZeneca’s Data ensuring AZ’s policies, best practices, and any ethical considerations are all factored. The Business Analyst will support the commercial operations team in finding relationships and analysing trends external data points (e.g. competitor and macro‑economic data).

Included in the role is active work with Practical Problem Solving, critical thinking and Continuous Improvements in cross‑functional teams, both as team member. The work is executed in a high‑paced environment, with strong focus on cross‑functional collaboration with other roles.

What you’ll do

• Generate and synthesize insights by overseeing multiple reports on market dynamics, healthcare, and the pharma industry across MEA, ensuring data is actionable and relevant to the organization’s strategic goals.
• Develop, track, and share KPIs and best practices across functions to enhance overall business performance, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Proactively identify business opportunities by analysing market trends and changes in market dynamics, providing actionable insights to support growth initiatives.
• Enhance data quality and reliability by improving market research and data analysis functions, ensuring that analytics are insightful and actionable for strategic decision‑making.
• Develop and implement business processes and surveys to assess strategy understanding and execution, maximizing productivity and profitability of internal resources.
• Work closely with insights manager to share data and results to wider organization in an easy to digest manner, and to enable storytelling with data. Identify micro and macro‑economic factors to identify the primary indicators affecting market dynamics across MEA allowing the organization to plan for future changes more effectively.
• Development of New Dashboards and Tools
  • Work with internal and external stakeholders to lead creations of new Dashboards and tools to enable process simplification Cross‑Functional Teams
  • Ensuring any new dashboard or tool is created in line with AstraZeneca’s data policies and best practices, (e.g., reusability, scalability, easy for end users)

Essential for the role

• Strong critical thinking with ability to approach problems logically and make informed decisions.
• Experience in data analytics and data exploration.
• Experience with data cleanup and preparation.
• Experience creating and maintaining dashboards and reports.
• Expert in MS Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with IQVIA data and platforms.
• Seeks to build and maintain both internal and external relationships to support driving performance.
• Self‑driven and independent working.
• Strongly driven by AZ global values and conduct.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, including oral and written.
• Demonstrated ability to perform in an environment that emphasizes teamwork.
• Demonstrated capacity to effectively manage multiple and frequently changing priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to meet strict deadlines.

Desirable for the role

• Excellent skills with Power BI, Power Query and data visualisation.
• Knowledge of programming language and fundamentals of programming.
• Experience with process automation.
• Understanding of IQVIA data and their platforms, with knowledge on their market definitions and ATCs.
• Experience in MEA countries.

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth, and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

So, what’s next?

• Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.
• Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available, and we hope it’s yours.

Where can I find out more?

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Date Posted

20-نوفمبر-2025

Closing Date

29-نوفمبر-2025

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry‑leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non‑discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.