Data Scientist – New Ventures

About the role

As a Data Scientist on the New Ventures team at talabat, you will be the analytical engine behind launching new verticals and products across eight MENA markets. You will partner directly with product and business leaders to shape strategy, design experiments that impact millions of users, and build the data foundations that enable smarter decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Design, execute and interpret A/B and multivariate experiments to uncover performance drivers.
• Develop and maintain dimensional data models in BigQuery and ensure data quality.
• Build machine-learning models such as customer credit‑worthiness scoring and product recommendation systems.
• Create automated dashboards and reports that are actively used by stakeholders.
• Collaborate with product and business managers to define KPIs, frame analytical questions and present actionable insights.
• Work closely with data engineers to improve logging and data pipeline reliability.

Required profile

• Enjoys being embedded within business teams rather than isolated in a data silo.
• Thrives on turning ambiguous business problems into clear, data‑driven recommendations.
• Comfortable navigating uncertainty and iterating on vague questions.
• Committed to data quality and willing to dig into source systems.
• Effective communicator with non‑technical stakeholders.

Required skills

• BigQuery for large‑scale data modeling.
• Machine‑learning model development and evaluation.
• A/B testing and multivariate experimentation.
• Data modeling and dimensional schema design.
• Dashboard creation and automated reporting.
• Understanding of data pipelines and logging.