Samir AlQasimi

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Head of Data at Wren Finance · price elasticity, Python

Wren Finance
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · AST (UTC+3)
10+ years experience
University of Dubai
English, Arabic
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Overview

Currently at Wren Finance, where I lead pricing with a team of 12. Replaced 34 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust. Taught SQL to 38 non-analysts. Before that: Accenture and First Abu Dhabi Bank. Yoga every morning.

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Skills
econometricsSQLoptimisationprice elasticityPython
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Hiring a staff data analyst for the pricing team - Riyadh

Role
Staff data analyst
Level
Staff / Principal
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
$126k-$188k + equity
Team
Pricing, 9 people
Start
This quarter
Must have
Strong SQL and statistics Turns analysis into decisions Comfort with ambiguity
Process
3 conversations, no take-home

Comp AED 29k-67k a month. Three interviews over a week. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabiasqlprice elasticityeconometrics
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Experience

  1. Head of Data
    Apr 2026 - Present
    Wren Finance · 6 mo · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
    • Built the pricing models now used in 7 product decisions a quarter.
  2. Data Scientist
    May 2024 - Apr 2026
    Accenture · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • Replaced 86 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
  3. Director of Data Science
    Jul 2021 - May 2024
    First Abu Dhabi Bank · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
    • Taught SQL to 195 non-analysts.
  4. Data Analyst
    Apr 2018 - Jul 2021
    e& · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
  5. Senior Data Scientist
    Feb 2017 - Apr 2018
    First Abu Dhabi Bank · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • Taught SQL to 169 non-analysts.
    • Replaced 106 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.

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Education

  1. University of Dubai
    BBA, Operations Research
    2001 - 2005

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