Director, Real Estate Planning & Intelligence (UAE National)

ProDome Management Consulting L.L.C.; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

ProDome Management Consulting L.L.C. is seeking a Director, Real Estate Planning & Intelligence to drive the Abu Dhabi government's real estate planning and intelligence agenda.

You will unite market evidence, sector planning and development assessment to guide leaderships and regulatory decisions about Abu Dhabi's real estate future. You will oversee a team of market-intelligence and data-analytics specialists, coordinate with planning authorities, and translate insights into executive-ready

Qualifications

• 12–15+ years of experience in real estate market intelligence or related fields.
• Experience leading market analysis, forecasting and planning assessments.
• Strong understanding of real estate market dynamics and development pipelines.
• Experience advising senior government or executive stakeholders.
• GCC experience is an advantage.
• Fluency in English required; Arabic strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Set the annual market-intelligence, research and publication programme in line with strategic priorities.
• Oversee analysis of supply, demand, prices, rents and transactions by area and asset class.
• Own the market data domain, including definitions, quality rules and sign-off.
• Translate evidence into executive narratives and forward-looking sector outlooks.
• Identify future market needs, shortages, oversupply risks and development gaps.
• Provide supply-demand and market-impact inputs on zoning conversions, master plan submissions and major developments to planning authorities.
• Advise senior leadership on market developments and sector risks, and lead sector studies, scenarios and deep dives.
• Lead and develop a lean team of market-intelligence and data-analytics specialists.
• Coordinate with government planning, registration and statistical bodies and with market-data providers.

Skills

Market intelligence

Forecasting

Strategic planning

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in economics, real estate, urban economics, urban planning, finance, engineering, statistics or related field

Postgraduate qualification

Job description

We are hiring a Director, Real Estate Planning & Intelligence to work on a project with an Abu Dhabi government entity in the real estate sector. You'll lead the entity's real estate planning and intelligence agenda, bringing together market evidence, sector planning and development assessment to inform leadership, planning and regulatory decisions on the future of Abu Dhabi's real estate sector.

Key Responsibilities

• Set the annual market-intelligence, research and publication programme in line with strategic priorities
• Oversee analysis of supply, demand, prices, rents and transactions by area and asset class
• Own the market data domain, including definitions, quality rules and sign-off
• Translate evidence into executive narratives and forward-looking sector outlooks
• Identify future market needs, shortages, oversupply risks and development gaps
• Provide supply-demand and market-impact inputs on zoning conversions, master plan submissions and major developments to planning authorities
• Advise senior leadership on market developments and sector risks, and lead sector studies, scenarios and deep dives
• Lead and develop a lean team of market-intelligence and data-analytics specialists
• Coordinate with government planning, registration and statistical bodies and with market-data providers

Requirements

• 12–15+ years of progressive experience in real estate market intelligence, development advisory, economics, sector planning, strategy consulting or a related field
• Proven experience leading market analysis, forecasting and planning assessments, and turning complex evidence into executive recommendations
• Strong understanding of real estate market dynamics, development pipelines and planning considerations
• Experience advising senior government or executive stakeholders and presenting market and planning insights to decision-making forums
• Experience in government or semi-government, real estate development, advisory or another regulated sector is strongly preferred; GCC experience is an advantage
• Bachelor's degree in economics, real estate, urban economics, urban planning, finance, engineering, statistics or a related field; postgraduate qualification strongly preferred
• Fluency in English required; Arabic strongly preferred

This role is open to UAE Nationals only.