5 Data Strategy jobs in Kuwait

We are looking for Senior Manager – Data Center Facility Management & Operations to drive the full lifecycle of our new data center—from design and construction to commissioning, and through to mission-critical live operations. Serve as the owner's representative during the build phase, embedding operational excellence into design. Post-handover, ensure the seamless daily management of all facility systems to maintain uptime, safety, and global compliance.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead the SPV and data center business plan, achieving alignment with corporate strategy while driving cost-efficiency and regulatory compliance.
• Promote operational excellence through continuous improvement initiatives and performance benchmarking.
• Ensure flawless daily operation of power, cooling, fire suppression, environmental controls, and security systems.
• Maintain 100% uptime, meet SLAs, and uphold HSE (Health, Safety & Environmental) best practices.
• Advocate for operational considerations during design and construction, reviewing technical specifications for maintainability and safety.
• Lead commissioning, acceptance testing, and handover processes against performance benchmarks.
• Act as a trusted liaison with clients, consultants, contractors, and internal leadership.
• Manage escalations proactively, validate operational reports, and drive service excellence.
• Oversee vendor and contractor performance, ensuring contractual compliance during upgrades, retrofits, and procurement.
• Optimize manpower and technical resources for cost-effective, high-quality service delivery.
• Implement process enhancements to boost reliability, efficiency, and sustainability.
• Lead risk assessments, business continuity planning, and audits, while aligning operations with international standards.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Facilities Management, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• Data center certifications such as CDCMP, CDCP, CDCS, Uptime Institute Tier Specialist, or equivalent are highly valued.
• 12+ years in data center operations or critical facilities management, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership capacity.
• Proven expertise in managing mission-critical infrastructure to meet stringent SLA targets.
• Strong vendor management, contract negotiation, stakeholder engagement, and financial planning skills.
• Deep understanding of industry standards such as ISO 27001, ASHRAE, Uptime Institute, and familiarity with preventive maintenance and TCO‑driven practices.

• Design, implement, and maintain the data warehouse architecture to ensure data integrity scalability and efficiency.
• Create and maintain data models to support reporting and analytics initiatives.
• Optimize ETL processes for data extraction, transformation, and loading, ensuring data integrity and accuracy. Ensure data from multiple sources is aggregated, cleansed, and stored accurately in data warehouses.
• Develop and maintain a variety of reports and dashboards using business intelligence tools (OBIE, Power BI).
• Implement and enforce data governance policies and procedures to ensure data quality and security.
• Use current change control standards and SDLC to successfully implement solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate Oracle applications with other enterprise tools and applications.
• Take ownership and resolve service requests within SLA timelines.
• Lead the planning and implementation of application and technology updates and upgrades.
• Ensure data integrity and security across Oracle platforms.
• Document technical processes and develop user guides for new applications.
• Develop and manage BI tools, dashboards, and reporting systems using tools such OBIE/OAC, Power BI, or other relevant platforms.
• Conduct data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and insights that can drive business decisions. Collaborate with business users to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Optimize SQL queries, BI tools, and data pipelines to enhance performance and ensure efficient data retrieval.
• Document BI systems and processes to ensure transparency and facilitate maintenance and knowledge transfer.
  
  

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Data Science or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience with Oracle BI applications, Power BI
• Experience in creating data warehouse (e.g., star schema)
• Experience with data modeling tools
• Familiarity with big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark) is a plus
• Experience with cloud-based data warehousing solutions (e.g., AWS Redshift, Google Big Query, Snowflake) is a plus.
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, R) is a plus.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities. Strong analytical, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and debugging skills.
• Understanding of data governance, data quality, and security practices
• Experience in Waterfall and Agile Methodology
  
  

• Oracle Database: SQL, PL/SQL, Java
• Application Development: Reports, BI publisher, Application APIs, Oracle Forms
• Application Technology: Oracle Alerts, Oracle Business Events, Workflow, Web ADI, OAF, APEX is a plus.
• Integration Technologies: Informatica, Data Warehouse Administration Console (DAC), Oracle Data integrator (ODI) Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), Integration SOA Gateway, Rest APIs, familiar with XML, XSLT, and JSON data formats.
• Cloud: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and cloud migration strategies.
• Reporting and analytics with Oracle BI, Power BI