Strategic MS&E Data & Projects Lead

Cognita Asia Holdings Pte Ltd; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 300,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognita is seeking an MS&E Data and Projects Manager to turn data from across our clusters into a single trusted view of commercial performance. You will report to senior leaders and drive projects that make reporting faster, more accurate and more decision-ready across our Marketing, Sales & Experience function.

This high-visibility role requires strong analytical skills, proficiency in Power BI and HubSpot, and the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives across regions.

Qualifications

• Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience in data, insight, commercial operations or project management within a multi-site or multi-region organisation.
• Proven experience building, maintaining or migrating dashboards and reporting across multiple systems.
• Experience with market research methodology and interpreting third-party research.
• Experience in K-12, independent or international education, or another multi-site consumer/service organisation.

Responsibilities

• Collate and reconcile data from across teams and clusters into one consolidated, trusted view of commercial performance for the CCO.
• Run and coordinate cross-functional projects spanning Marketing, Sales, CRM, Parent Experience and Finance.
• Own the Brand Health Score process end-to-end, coordinating school-level assessments and preparing outputs for CCO and MD review.
• Own the Group's market research and insight programme, including the annual EY research and Annual Market Insights.
• Provide data insight on pupil, enrolment and joiner reporting to support commercial decision-making and governance.
• Support Sales forecasting alignment with Finance.
• Act as business owner for dashboard and process 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 thinking

Data interpretation

Dashboard development

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Attention to detail

Multi-region data experience

Data storytelling

Education

Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience

Tools

Power BI

HubSpot

CRM platforms

Job description

Cognita is seeking an MS&E Data and Projects Manager to turn data from across our clusters into a single trusted view of commercial performance. You will report to senior leaders and drive projects that make reporting faster, more accurate and more decision-ready across our Marketing, Sales & Experience function.

This high-visibility role requires strong analytical skills, proficiency in Power BI and HubSpot, and the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives across regions.