Senior BI/BA Leader: Turn Data into Business Wins

Client of Discovered MENA; Dubai; On-site; AED 250,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of Discovered MENA is seeking an experienced Head of BI Analytics in Dubai to bridge commercial leadership and data teams, ensuring dashboards are accurate, fast and actionable.

You will turn raw numbers into clear business stories, drive data quality, manage stakeholder requests across units, and coach analytics leads on design, optimization and governance of reporting platforms like Power BI and Tableau.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in business intelligence, commercial reporting, or analytics delivery within fast-paced, multi-product digital environments.
• People & Stakeholder Management: 2–4+ years managing analysts or technical leads, with a track record of pushing back and partnering with senior executives.
• Technical depth includes strong SQL, cloud data platforms, and understanding of digital performance/funnel metrics.
• Excellent business narrative skills to translate analytics into actionable guidance for non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Protect leadership from broken data by catching issues before morning reports.
• Tell the narrative behind the numbers: explain performance shifts and opportunities.
• Manage and prioritize analytics requests from multiple business units to focus on high-impact work.
• Audit dashboards to remove clutter and standardize key metrics across units.
• Coach analytics leads on design, query optimization, and structured problem-solving.

Skills

SQL

Cloud data platforms

BI storytelling

Communication

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Cloud platforms

Job description

Client of Discovered MENA is seeking an experienced Head of BI Analytics in Dubai to bridge commercial leadership and data teams, ensuring dashboards are accurate, fast and actionable.

You will turn raw numbers into clear business stories, drive data quality, manage stakeholder requests across units, and coach analytics leads on design, optimization and governance of reporting platforms like Power BI and Tableau.