Research Manager

Job Description

Job Title: Research Manager

Report To: VP – Marketing & Corporate Communication

Key Responsibilities

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Generate periodic market intelligence reports analysing demographic, macroeconomic and product specific trends as per the requirements of the Sales and Marketing department.

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Develop briefs to assist the VP Marketing and Corporate Communication in conducting research on markets, products and services within the real estate development and investment universe.

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Liaise with and manage the relationship with third party research consultancies.

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Develop and administer customer satisfaction surveys / questionnaires and be able to analyse data and present findings.

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Assist the VP Marketing and Corporate Communication in generating periodic presentations to management.

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Assist the VP Marketing and Corporate Communication in coordinating with the other departments to generate new reports and analysis by enhancing the business intelligence tools.

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Build and maintain reporting dashboards.

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Maintain catalogue of the company’s Group products and services along with their performance.

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Assist other departments, in coordination with the VP Marketing and Corporate Communication, to generate ad hoc reports.

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Follow the local, GCC and international real estate investment, development, engineering and contracting industry market trends.

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Compare the company’s Group products and services with its peers and identify areas of growth and/or challenges.

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Identify new products and offerings locally, in the GCC and internationally that can cater to underserved customer requirements.

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Generate regular and special reports for Management that summarize and forecast business activities and financial position of the products and services section and escalate critical matters.

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Liaise with other departments to effectively respond to customer requests and any internal queries in order to ensure smooth processing of all products and services transactions.

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Performs other responsibilities as required by line manager.

Skills

Candidate Profile:

1. Requirement open for all nationals; Bilinguals are preferred.

2. Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics or Finance; MBA is preferred.

3. Must have more than 8 years of relevant experience.

4. Specialist level market research experience gained amongst a leading real estate development firm, marketing consultancy and/or highly relevant Real Estate company.

5. Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills with experience creating and manipulating basic financial models

6. Strong English and Arabic language skills (written and spoken)