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Lead Data Analyst - Digital Technology Platform

RAKBANK
Abu Dhabi, UAE
fulltime
Mid-Senior
1 months ago
SQLPythonR ProgrammingData VisualizationStatistical AnalysisMachine Learning
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What You Will Do

  • Manage a team of data analysts
  • Build mappings in order to develop marts and data lakes
  • Building user interfaces and dashboards that allow users to interact with and visualize data
  • Testing and validating software and data product to ensure accuracy and reliability
  • Collaborating with other developers, data analysts, and stakeholders to ensure that the software meets the needs of the business or organization
  • Support Business Performance & Strategic Analytics, business departments and decision-makers.

What You Will Do

  • Data Product Development, Data Mart design
  • Understanding of Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Time-Series / Optimization
  • Banking Retail, Business & Wholesale Product Knowledge and understanding
  • Communication & Inter-personal skills
  • People Management & Multicultural awareness

Technical Skills

  • Strong skills using Python (+ R, SAS, Spark) , SQL, DAX
  • Strong coding skills in a data programming language: Python, R, Java
  • Cloud Data technologies
  • Competencies:
  • Expert-level proficiency in SQL, Python with SAS/R/Spark as plus
  • Deployment experience (various databases, server/cloud environment: AWS, Azure, and APIs, ODBCs, web apps)
  • Excellent knowledge of Banking Functional Knowledge (major plus)
  • Good written, oral communication, documentation skills with ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders
  • Understanding of banking products, functional knowledge is a major plus
  • Experience in working with tools like Power BI, Tableau or Qlik

What We Are Looking For

  • Bachelors or Master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • Demonstrated expertise in working with Data Bricks for data processing and analysis.
  • Experience in implementing and optimizing data solutions using multiple programming languages in an Azure environment.
  • Proven experience as a Data Analyst or in a similar role, with at least X years of hands-on experience in developing data pipelines and managing data infrastructure within Azure.
  • Managed a team of data analysts
  • 3 years of experience in banking data
  • Python and SQL experience required
  • Worked on end-to-end Data Product deployment

What We Are Not Looking For

❌ Concept‑Only Thinkers

Profiles that excel in ideation but fall short on execution—where models remain in notebooks and slides rather than being engineered, deployed, and measured in the real world.

❌ Opaque Problem Solvers

  • Approaches that prioritize complexity over clarity, with limited focus on explainability, governance, or confidence in decision‑making outcomes.
  • ❌ Isolated Specialists
  • Individuals who operate in silos and lack the inclination to co‑create with product, engineering, and business partners to drive end‑to‑end impact.
  • ❌ Comfort‑Zone Practitioners
  • Skillsets rooted in legacy methodologies, with minimal appetite for evolving alongside modern cloud architectures, MLOps maturity, and GenAI‑driven innovation.
  • What’s In It For You.
  • Pay for performance culture (Competitive and performance-linked compensation)
  • Diverse workforce and inclusive culture
  • Career development and growth opportunities by design
  • Work with the best minds in the field
  • Get opportunities to bring your whole self to the organization and perform to your best.

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