Senior Research Manager

Research proposals, project delivery and client leadership meet in the Senior Research Manager vacancy at Ventures Middle East (VME) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Fluency in Arabic is mandatory, and the ad’s title adds UAE experience.

What the senior research manager job in Dubai involves

The post has a say in all Market Research Department decisions and deals with the project team, external clients and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Takes part in business development, including prospecting and preparing sales materials and proposals, with a focus on the private sector
• Develops financial and technical proposals for market research studies and recommends the research methodology and data analysis to offer clients
• Leads the project team and presents client-ready deliverables, owning a work stream within a large project or the whole project depending on the engagement’s size
• Manages assigned projects, covering the project plan, activities, resources and budget, and delivery within deadlines to the client’s satisfaction
• Handles the commercial side of each project: confirms a fully executed contract before work is commissioned, makes sure invoices are issued and payments received on time, obtains the client’s completion letter, and gets the performance bond released where applicable
• Structures the project framework, defines the methodologies, designs solutions to the business problems identified, and produces conclusions and actionable recommendations from client interviews, data gathering and analysis
• Joins client meetings and manages the client relationship during the project

Requirements

• Fluency in Arabic, which the ad calls mandatory
• A proven record of achieving sales targets
• UAE experience, as named in the job title

About Ventures Middle East (VME)

The company describes itself as a management consulting firm and digital solutions provider, offering technology-focused project tracking and intelligence-driven consultancy backed by AI-powered analytics.

How to apply

Applications go through the company’s careers page: apply using the button below.