Senior Data Analyst: Market Research & Panel Insights

Times World Information Technology; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Timesworld is seeking a Senior Data Analyst with strong statistical expertise and practical experience in market research and panel-based surveys. You will design analytical approaches, assure survey data quality, and translate findings into clear actionable insights for clients.

Responsibilities include guiding research design, analyzing data across panels, developing weighting schemes, and presenting results via dashboards and client presentations.

Qualifications

• Degree in statistics, applied statistics, mathematics, econometrics or related quantitative discipline.
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience analysing market research and panel-based survey data.
• Strong understanding of sampling, weighting, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals and multivariate analysis.
• Proficiency in SPSS and/or R or Python for statistical analysis.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with survey datasets and respondent-level data.
• Ability to explain findings to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and guide research design, questionnaire development, sampling plans and sample size calculations.
• Analyse market research, customer experience, satisfaction, opinion poll and panel-based survey data.
• Clean, validate and prepare datasets including checking missing values, inconsistent responses, outliers and duplicate records.
• Assess panel response quality including speeding, straight-lining, respondent eligibility and potential survey fraud.
• Develop and apply weighting approaches, assess representativeness and explain sampling limitations and potential bias.
• Prepare cross-tabulations, significance tests and subgroup comparisons using appropriate statistical methods.
• Apply techniques such as regression, segmentation, factor analysis and driver analysis where suitable.
• Analyse repeated survey waves, tracking studies and panel trends.
• Produce clear charts, dashboards, analytical reports and client presentations.
• Work with research and fieldwork teams to monitor quotas, resolve data issues and maintain analytical accuracy.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Data cleaning

Written communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in statistics or related field

Tools

SPSS

R

Python

Excel

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Timesworld is seeking a Senior Data Analyst with strong statistical expertise and practical experience in market research and panel-based surveys. You will design analytical approaches, assure survey data quality, and translate findings into clear actionable insights for clients.

Responsibilities include guiding research design, analyzing data across panels, developing weighting schemes, and presenting results via dashboards and client presentations.