Senior Data Analyst - Statistics and Market Research

About the role

Timesworld is looking for a Senior Data Analyst with strong statistical expertise and practical experience in market research and panel-based surveys. The role involves designing analytical approaches, assuring survey data quality and turning findings into clear, actionable insights for clients. It is a full-time, permanent position based in Dubai.

Key responsibilities

• Contribute to and guide research design, questionnaire development, sampling plans and sample size calculations.
• Analyse market research, customer experience, satisfaction, opinion poll and panel-based survey data.
• Clean, validate and prepare datasets, checking missing values, inconsistent responses, outliers and duplicates.
• Assess panel response quality, including speeding, straight-lining, eligibility and potential fraud.
• Develop weighting approaches, assess representativeness and explain sampling limitations and bias.
• Produce cross-tabulations, significance tests and subgroup comparisons; use regression, segmentation, factor analysis and driver analysis where suitable.
• Analyse repeated survey waves, tracking studies and panel trends.
• Produce charts, dashboards, analytical reports and client presentations.
• Work with research and fieldwork teams to monitor quotas, resolve data issues and keep analytical accuracy.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or master's degree in statistics, applied statistics, mathematics, econometrics or a related quantitative discipline.
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience analysing market research and panel-based survey data.
• Strong understanding of sampling, weighting, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals and multivariate analysis.
• Ability to distinguish statistical significance from practical business relevance.
• Strong written communication and the ability to explain findings to non-technical audiences.

Required skills

• Proficiency in SPSS and/or R or Python for statistical analysis.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with survey datasets and respondent-level data.
• Preferred: online research panels, longitudinal studies, multi-country surveys, SQL, Power BI or Tableau, and knowledge of research quality standards and ethical handling of respondent data.