MBA Associate (Based in Dubai)

Full Job Description

DUBAI BASED ROLE. Relocation would be required but with assistance provided.

3-6 Month Assignment - MBA Associate - Business Performance

This would be suitable for pre MBA, current MBA or post MBA students.

Company Profile:

• Property Finder is the leading digital real estate / PropTech platform in the Middle East and North Africa region.
• A UAE-born startup, Property Finder expanded its operations to Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey over the years.
• The company is one of the largest technology start-ups in the region and a recent Unicorn.

Summary:

• The Strategy & Analytics team is leading some of the most critical and exciting initiatives of the company, where we bring problem-solving and data skills together in order to make a change in the way the organization operates.
• Now, we’re looking for an MBA Associate who’ll help us with some of the most strategic projects of the company, for a period of minimum 3 months.
• You'd be working with a team including ex McKinsey, Bain, BCG and Big 4 consultants.

The role:

• Own and deliver a critical workstreams of Business Performance within Strategy & Analytics department.
• Work very closely and problem-solve with stakeholders from around the business (Commercial, Growth, Product, etc.)
• Synthesize insights on our overall business performance and form your recommendations leveraging data and hypotheses-driven approach.
• Put your recommendations into an exceptional communication to convince senior leaders of the organization to take action (C-level exposure guaranteed!)
• Receive outstanding training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues on your teams
• Learn how to solve business problems using a hypothesis driven approach to create business impact

The person - You...

• You are a pre MBA, current MBA or post MBA student from a globally recognized, top-tier university
• Have experience with top-tier management consulting or technology firm pre-MBA
• Are capable of both high-level strategic thinking and detailed execution
• Have 3-5 years of relevant industry or functional work experience showing progressive/promotion and academic achievement
• Have outstanding oral and written communication skills
• Are fluent in English

Property Finder Principles

• Move fast and make things happen
• Data beats opinions
• Don’t confuse motion with progress
• Failure is success if we learn from it
• People over pixels