Dubai Future Foundation

2 weeks ago

Project Associate (UAE National)

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Job Summary

Serve as a sector-agnostic project analyst within the Dubai Design Lab, working like a management consultant across diverse initiatives. Conduct desk and primary research, plan interviews and research circles, and run surveys. Analyze qualitative and quantitative data, develop personas and use cases, and synthesize findings into evidence-based insights, hypotheses, and executive-ready deliverables. Support project leads with day-to-day delivery and flexible work across workstreams.

Location: Dubai

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Sales

Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

•Conduct desk and secondary research across sectors and themes to build command of unfamiliar subject matter at pace.
•Design and deliver benchmarking, landscape, and comparative analyses to identify relevant comparators, best practices, and reference points.
•Plan and conduct interviews and stakeholder engagements; design and facilitate research circles, focus groups, and workshops.
•Undertake structured qualitative and quantitative analysis, including cleaning/structuring data and building models to quantify options and trade-offs.
•Synthesize findings into evidence-based insights, frameworks, and narratives; produce executive-ready deliverables and support project leads with day-to-day delivery.

Key Requirements

•Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Social Sciences, Design, or a related field; a relevant master’s degree is an advantage.
•1–2 years of experience in management consulting, strategy, research, design, or a comparable analytical role.
•Strong research capability using both secondary research (desk/benchmarking) and primary research (interviews, research circles, surveys).
•Exceptional structured problem-solving with the ability to form testable hypotheses and build clear workplans for ambiguous challenges.
•Excellent PowerPoint and Excel skills for producing executive-ready deliverables; familiarity with business-intelligence or data-visualisation tools is an advantage.

Experience:1-2 yearsManagement consultingStrategyResearchDesign

Education:Bachelor's in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Social Sciences, Design (or related)

Skills:Intellectual curiosityAdaptabilityStructured problem-solvingAnalytical rigourWritten and verbal communication

Tech Stack:ExcelPowerPointAI tools

Eligibility

Nationality:UAE National

Company Brief

Dubai Future Foundation

Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) is a government-backed organisation that designs and delivers strategic initiatives, research and innovation programmes—including Museum of the Future and Dubai RDI—to accelerate Dubai’s adoption of advanced technologies and future-ready policies.

Industry: Government

Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)

Growth: Government & Public Sector

Funding: Government Funded

Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Founded: 2017

Glassdoor: 4.0

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Dubai Future Foundation

2 weeks ago

Project Associate (UAE National)

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 5 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Dubai

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Sales

Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

•Conduct desk and secondary research across sectors and themes to build command of unfamiliar subject matter at pace.
•Design and deliver benchmarking, landscape, and comparative analyses to identify relevant comparators, best practices, and reference points.
•Plan and conduct interviews and stakeholder engagements; design and facilitate research circles, focus groups, and workshops.
•Undertake structured qualitative and quantitative analysis, including cleaning/structuring data and building models to quantify options and trade-offs.
•Synthesize findings into evidence-based insights, frameworks, and narratives; produce executive-ready deliverables and support project leads with day-to-day delivery.

Key Requirements

•Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Social Sciences, Design, or a related field; a relevant master’s degree is an advantage.
•1–2 years of experience in management consulting, strategy, research, design, or a comparable analytical role.
•Strong research capability using both secondary research (desk/benchmarking) and primary research (interviews, research circles, surveys).
•Exceptional structured problem-solving with the ability to form testable hypotheses and build clear workplans for ambiguous challenges.
•Excellent PowerPoint and Excel skills for producing executive-ready deliverables; familiarity with business-intelligence or data-visualisation tools is an advantage.

Experience:1-2 yearsManagement consultingStrategyResearchDesign

Education:Bachelor's in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Social Sciences, Design (or related)

Skills:Intellectual curiosityAdaptabilityStructured problem-solvingAnalytical rigourWritten and verbal communication

Tech Stack:ExcelPowerPointAI tools

Eligibility

Nationality:UAE National

Company Brief

Dubai Future Foundation

Industry: Government

Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)

Growth: Government & Public Sector

Funding: Government Funded

Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Founded: 2017

Glassdoor: 4.0

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor