Communications Data Analyst

Aramco Overseas Company UK Ltd; Dhahran Compound; On-site; SAR 449,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global energy company is seeking a Communications Data Analyst to join its Communications Strategy Department in Saudi Arabia. The role involves analyzing large datasets to provide actionable insights on company's reputation and brand across markets. Candidates should possess a strong background in data science and analytics with a minimum of 15 years of experience, as well as skills in various data tools and programming languages. This full-time position offers opportunities for growth in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration

Talent development programs

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in data science, market research or analytics.
• Strong project management experience.
• Demonstrated ability to draw insights from structured and unstructured data.

Responsibilities

• Oversee global quantitative reputation study.
• Manage social listening and insights program.
• Develop KPIs and track performance.

Skills

Data visualization

Statistical analysis

Project management

Data analysis

Communication skills

Programming in Python

Programming in R

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science

Advanced degree in a related discipline

Tools

SPSS

Power BI

Tableau

Pulsar

Audience intelligence software

Job description

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer. With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco's value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations' spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom's vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply. We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

We are seeking a Communications Data Analyst to join Communications Strategy Department. The Communications Strategy Department is a key department within Corporate Communications of Saudi Aramco. The department manages, tracks and executes the companies Advertising Campaigns, Corporate Sponsorships and develops Communication and Content Strategies as well as tracks and monitors the reputation of the company in key target markets around the world.

As a Communications Data Analyst you will be responsible to collect, analyze, and interpret large datasets based on established models to provide actionable insights on our company's reputation and brand in different markets and segments, and suggest data-driven strategies to improve it.

Key Responsibilities

As a successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Oversee the company's global quantitative reputation study and supporting qualitative program of focus groups and in-depth interviews
• Oversee the company's social listening and insights program system which gauges all Saudi Aramco sentiment across digital media platforms incl. traditional media, social media, and digital media and forums.
• Oversee company brand measurement and research to identify return-on-investment from advertising and sponsorships
• Develop relevant KPIs and track performance for regular KPI reporting
• Coordinate and collaborate with internal partners to track and measure impacts across events, communications and public relations activities
• Manage the company's central hub and repository of reputation and brand research and data
• Manage contracting and invoicing associated with the contracted agencies
• Conducting high-level statistical analysis on available datasets for integrated driver analysis
• Developing survey and data sourcing design guidance to drive statistical connectivity across diverse data sets while ensuring statistical relevance and cost effectiveness of individual studies.

Education & Experience Requirements

As a successful candidate, you will have:

• Bachelor degree In Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, or related discipline from an accredited university. Advanced degree is a plus.
• 15+ years of experience in data science, market research or analytics
• Strong project management experience
• Demonstrated ability to draw insights from and understand structured and unstructured data
• Ability to work with technical tools such as: SPSS, Power BI, and Tableau in addition to Pulsar and other audience intelligence software
• Advanced written, presentation, and verbal communication and people skills; must be adept at relating communicating and presenting data to non-experts/non-technical professionals
• Proficiency in languages like Python, R and SQL is required
• Extensive background in quantitative and qualitative research, data analysis and visualization, machine learning and statistical modeling.

Work Location and Work Schedule

Work Location: Within Saudi Arabia - To be specified in Job offer

Work Schedule: Full Time - To be specified in Job offer

Job Post Duration

Job posting start date: 07/01/2025

Job posting end date: 12/31/2025

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly. At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world's biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development. We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs - one of the largest in the world.

Country/Region: SA