Strategic Data Scientist: Drive Decisions with AI

SAP; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

SAP is seeking a Senior Data Scientist in the UAE to turn data into decisions, building models and insights that improve customer outcomes and product performance. You’ll work across analytics, experimentation, forecasting, segmentation, and AI‑driven workflows.

You will partner with product, engineering, sales, operations, or finance to define metrics, quantify impact, and influence roadmap decisions with evidence.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of data science experience.
• Curious and structured problem‑solving approach.
• Strong cross‑functional collaboration and evidence‑based influence.
• Ability to translate analyses into measurable business outcomes.
• Continuous learning in data science and AI trends.

Responsibilities

• Identify high‑value business problems and frame them analytically.
• Deliver models and insights that improve customer outcomes and product performance.
• Define success metrics and quantify impact to guide decisions.
• Develop AI‑driven analytics using NLP, embeddings, and LLM workflows.
• Translate findings into business actions and prioritize work by value and feasibility.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistics

Machine learning

A/B testing

NLP & LLM analytics

Data storytelling

Data visualization

Big data platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Jupyter notebooks

Spark

BI tools

Cloud data warehouses

Job description

SAP is seeking a Senior Data Scientist in the UAE to turn data into decisions, building models and insights that improve customer outcomes and product performance. You’ll work across analytics, experimentation, forecasting, segmentation, and AI‑driven workflows.

You will partner with product, engineering, sales, operations, or finance to define metrics, quantify impact, and influence roadmap decisions with evidence.