Head of Data

Involved Solutions LTD.; Dubai; On-site; AED 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Involved Solutions LTD. partners with a leading UAE omnichannel retailer to appoint a Head of Data. The role will set data strategy, shape the technical direction and build a function delivering commercial value across retail channels.

You will lead a team across engineering, analytics, data science and governance, own the data platform architecture, and drive a unified customer view that informs data-driven decision making at executive level.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of data leadership experience in large organisations.
• Deep retail data knowledge: customer analytics, merchandising, supply chain.
• Strong cloud data platform and analytics infrastructure knowledge.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams across engineering, analytics, data science.
• Commercial focus with ability to tie data initiatives to revenue and margins.
• C-suite credibility and strong stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the data strategy aligning capability with commercial priorities.
• Build and scale a data function spanning engineering, analytics, data science and governance.
• Own architecture and evolution of the data platform for advanced analytics and AI.
• Develop a unified customer view across online and offline channels.
• Establish data governance and quality standards.
• Partner with leadership to embed data-driven decision making.

Skills

Data leadership

Team leadership

Cloud platforms

Snowflake

Databricks

dbt

Stakeholder mgmt

Retail analytics

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

dbt

Job description

We have partnered with a leading omnichannel retailer in the UAE to appoint a Head of Data. This business operates across physical and digital channels, generating rich data across customer behaviour, inventory, supply chain and commercial performance. The opportunity is to bring that data together, make it trustworthy and turn it into something the business uses to compete.

This role suits a seasoned data leader who can set strategy, shape technical direction and build a function that delivers real commercial value across a complex retail organisation.

About the role:

• Define and lead the data strategy, aligning capability with commercial priorities across physical and digital channels
• Build and scale a data function spanning engineering, analytics, data science and governance
• Own the architecture and evolution of the data platform, ensuring it supports advanced analytics and AI use cases at scale
• Drive the development of a unified customer view connecting online and offline behaviour across the full retail journey
• Establish data governance frameworks and quality standards that make data trustworthy across the organisation
• Partner with commercial, marketing, supply chain and technology leadership to embed data-driven decision making at every level

About you:

• 12 or more years of experience in data leadership, with a track record of building and scaling data functions within complex organisations
• Deep understanding of the retail data landscape including customer analytics, merchandising, supply chain and omnichannel measurement
• Strong technical grounding across cloud data platforms, data modelling and analytics infrastructure, with experience in tools such as Snowflake, Databricks or dbt
• Proven ability to lead high-performing teams across engineering, analytics and data science disciplines
• Commercially minded, with the ability to connect data initiatives directly to revenue, margin and customer outcomes
• Credible at C-Suite level with strong stakeholder management skills