MS&E Data & Projects Lead: Insight-Driven Growth

Cognita Schools; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognita is looking for an MS&E Data and Projects Manager to turn information from across our clusters and schools into one trusted, decision-ready view of commercial performance. Sitting at the heart of our Marketing, Sales & Experience function, you'll lead cross-functional projects and own the dashboard and reporting platforms to deliver clear insights for senior leadership.

This high-visibility role requires turning multi-source data into commercial insight, owning dashboards in Power BI and

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills with ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Experience building, maintaining, or migrating dashboards across multiple systems.
• Experience in data/insight or commercial operations roles within multi-site organizations.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional projects end-to-end.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for senior stakeholders.
• Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Collate and reconcile data into a consolidated view of commercial performance for the CCO.
• Run and coordinate cross-functional projects across Marketing, Sales, CRM, Parent Experience and Finance.
• Own the Brand Health Score process end-to-end, outputs for CCO and MD review.
• Own the Group's market research and insight programme, including annual EY research and Annual Market Insights.
• Provide data insight on pupil, enrolment and joiner reporting to support decision-making and governance.
• Support Sales forecasting alignment with Finance.
• Own dashboards and reporting projects underpinning the MS&E transformation, defining requirements, testing and rollout.
• Own the rollover and maintenance of reporting across HubSpot, Power BI and manual trackers.
• Prepare decision-ready reporting and insight packs for CCO, CEO, CFO, cluster leaders and governance forums.

Skills

Analytical skills

Power BI

HubSpot / CRM knowledge

Project management

Data reconciliation

Communication

Multi-region coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Quality control

Attention to detail

Education

Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience

Tools

Power BI

HubSpot CRM

Job description

Cognita is looking for an MS&E Data and Projects Manager to turn information from across our clusters and schools into one trusted, decision-ready view of commercial performance. Sitting at the heart of our Marketing, Sales & Experience function, you'll lead cross-functional projects and own the dashboard and reporting platforms to deliver clear insights for senior leadership.

This high-visibility role requires turning multi-source data into commercial insight, owning dashboards in Power BI and