8 Policy Research jobs in the United Arab Emirates

Location: Dubai

The Market Research Analyst will be responsible for gathering, analyzing, and interpreting market data to help the company make informed business decisions. The role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights. The ideal candidate will work closely with management, marketing, and product teams to identify market trends, customer preferences, and competitive positioning in the region.

Collect and analyze data on consumers, competitors, and market conditions using statistical tools and software.

Conduct surveys, interviews, focus groups, and other methods to gather market intelligence.

Interpret data, identify trends, and prepare detailed reports with actionable insights and recommendations.

Monitor and forecast marketing and sales trends to support strategic planning.

Evaluate the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and suggest improvements.

Develop and maintain databases of market data, research findings, and competitor information.

Present research findings to management and stakeholders through charts, reports, and presentations.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams including marketing, sales, product development, and strategy.

Stay updated with industry developments, economic indicators, and emerging trends in the Middle East market.

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Economics, Statistics, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).

2–4 years of experience in market research, data analytics, or a related field.

Proven track record of conducting both qualitative and quantitative research.

Strong knowledge of research methodologies, data collection, and statistical analysis techniques.

Proficiency in market research and statistical tools (SPSS, SAS, R, Python, or similar).

Strong skills in data visualization (Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent).

Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking abilities.

Strong communication and presentation skills for conveying findings to non-technical stakeholders.

Ability to handle multiple projects, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines.

High attention to detail with a commitment to accuracy and quality.

Familiarity with Middle Eastern market dynamics will be an added advantage.

About the Role

A junior equity research analyst vacancy is now open at International Securities research department. The analyst will support senior analysts by performing foundational financial analysis, data collection, and research to help generate investment recommendations.

• Data collection and analysis : Gather and interpret financial data from various sources, such as regulatory filings, company reports, and news sources.
• Financial modeling : Help in building and maintaining detailed financial models to forecast company performance, including income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and valuation metrics.
• Industry and market research : Monitor industry trends, competitive dynamics, and macroeconomic factors that affect companies within the assigned sector.
• Report writing : Draft sections of comprehensive research reports that summarize findings and support the investment thesis.
• Administrative tasks : Support senior analysts with daily tasks, such as morning news report, end of day market wrap report, creating charts, updating databases, and responding to ad-hoc requests.
• Communication support : Assist with presentations and internal communications for the sales, trading, and portfolio management teams.

• Education : A bachelor's degree in finance, economics, accounting, or a related field is typically required.
• 1-2 years of experience
• Technical skills :
• Financial modeling : Strong proficiency in financial modeling and valuation techniques, including Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), comparable company analysis, and precedent transactions.
• Financial software : Familiarity with Bloomberg Terminal,Refinitiv , or other financial databases is highly valued.
• Microsoft Excel : Advanced Excel skills for building and maintaining financial models.
• Microsoft PowerPoint : Advanced PowerPoint skills for building presentations.
• Analytical skills : Critical thinking and strong attention to detail are crucial for dissecting complex financial information and ensuring accuracy.
• Communication skills : Excellent written and verbal communication to clearly and concisely articulate complex financial concepts to both internal and external stakeholders.

• Competitive salary, bonus and benefits package.
• Training and career development opportunities.
• Exposure to a wide range of compliance and risk management activities.
• Collaborative and supportive team environment.

How to Apply:

The Data & Research Analyst is expected to develop and maintain data models that support informed, strategic decision-making. The ideal candidate will proactively identify opportunities to streamline and enhance both internal and external reporting processes. A solid grasp of regulatory and reporting requirements is essential, along with proven experience in forecasting, budgeting, and financial analysis. An in-depth understanding of key performance indicators and their impact on event and business performance is critical to success in this role. The role requires a strong understanding of, and the ability to effectively coordinate across, all DP World Group divisions—including Ports and Terminals, Maritime Services, Logistics, and Digital Technology—to support event logistics initiatives

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Provide analytical support and insights across Event Logistics operations, sales and marketing functions
• Monitor and communicate KPIs, collaborating with relevant teams to drive continuous improvement
• Generate daily and monthly reports, including operational summaries, sales dashboards, yield performance, and event-specific logistics reports
• Develop and maintain efficient reporting systems to deliver timely, actionable insights that support strategic decision-making in event planning and execution
• Apply project management principles to support operational improvements, enhance logistical efficiency, and identify opportunities for cost savings within event delivery
• Actively contribute to business and logistics meetings, offering insights and data-driven recommendations to enhance event performance
• Present ad hoc reports as and when required

Act as an ambassador for DP World at all times when working; promoting and demonstrating positive behavioursin harmony withDP World’s Founder’s Principles, valuesand culture; ensuring the highest level of safety is applied in all activities; understanding and following DP World’s Code of Conduct and Ethics policies

Perform other related duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

7 to 8 years of experience in Data Engineering / Data Science / Data Analysis

A Bachelors’ or Masters’ degree in IT / Computer Science or related field

Programming languages : Well-versed and proven experience with programming languages like Python, SQL, Spark.

Statistics & Mathematics : Strong understanding of probability, statistical tests, and hypothesis testing.

Databases : Strong understanding of Delta/Data Lake or SQL Database

Cloud / Platform – Experience on Azure Cloud and Databricks is must.

Required Skills – Experience on Web Scraping, Rest APIs, LLMs, RAG applications and Agent Framework

Data visualization : Experienced with visualization tools like Matplotlib, Seaborn, Tableau, Power BI, or Plotly.

Proven experience in eliciting requirements and governing the project lifecycle

Experience in analysing data to draw business-relevant conclusions and in data visualization techniques and tools

Basic knowledge in generating process documentation

Strong written and verbal communication

DP World is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We strongly believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success and we make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or belief.

By submitting your resume and application information, you authorize DP World to transmit and store your information in the world-wide recruitment database, and to circulate that information as necessary for the purpose of evaluating your qualification for this or other job vacancies.

Overview

2026 | EMEA | Dubai | Global Investment Research, Equity Research | New Analyst

About the program

Our New Analyst Program is a full-time program for final year undergraduate and graduate students. As a new analyst, you will learn about our businesses, develop important relationships, and build career-enhancing skills.

As a participant, you will:

• Learn about the firm and how we do business
• Gain the skills and knowledge necessary to support our businesses
• Have unlimited access to the training and guidance to help you prepare for the next level
• Build your professional network and interact with colleagues across the firm
• Each applicant has the opportunity to apply to up to 4 separate business / location combinations in any given recruiting year. Any additional application will be auto withdrawn. In order to apply to an additional opportunity, you must withdraw a current application that has not been turned down.
• A single applicant should not create multiple email addresses to apply to additional opportunities

We are a global team that provides fundamental research on companies and economies, as well as industries, currencies and commodities. Our research analysts are surrounded by dedicated software engineers, data scientists, content designers, and supervisory and operational services teams.

• Job Category Analyst
• Locations Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Areas of the Firm Global Investment Research Division

Benefits

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally.

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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About the program

Our New Analyst Program is a full-time program for final year undergraduate and graduate students. As a new analyst, you will learn about our businesses, develop important relationships, and build career-enhancing skills.

As a participant, you will:

• Learn about the firm and how we do business
• Gain the skills and knowledge necessary to support our businesses
• Have unlimited access to the training and guidance to help you prepare for the next level
• Build your professional network and interact with colleagues across the firm

Each applicant has the opportunity to apply to up to 4 separate business/location combinations in any given recruiting year. Any additional application will be auto withdrawn. In order to apply to an additional opportunity, you must withdraw a current application that has not been turned down.

We are a global team that provides fundamental research on companies and economies, as well as industries, currencies, and commodities. Our research analysts are surrounded by dedicated software engineers, data scientists, content designers, and supervisory and operational services teams.

• Job Category: Analyst
• Locations: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Areas of the Firm: Global Investment Research Division

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally.

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program.

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees, we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave.

Read more about the full suite of class-leading benefits our firm has to offer.