Research Analyst - Infrastructure, Real Estate, Transportation & Tourism

What You'll DoAs a Research Analyst within BCG's Data & Researcher Services team, you would provide secondary research in support of proposals, client cases, and business or IP development initiatives, with specialization in Infrastructure, Real Estate, Transportation & Tourism topics. You will be responsible for delivering on variety of requests through the day.The environment is fast paced and may need you to connect with the customers from the consulting and knowledge teams to refine/understand the scope, devise an appropriate approach; package and deliver to the satisfaction of the customer. There is opportunity for you to grow and learn in an apprenticeship culture where you can quickly build and expand your research knowledge base to the next level.BCG’s Travel, Cities and Infrastructure practice creates breakthrough strategies for clients across all TCI sectors. We work collaboratively with our clients and across our capabilities to deliver insights, produce results and create profound value.YOU'RE GOOD ATDeveloping topic knowledge and industry expertiseYou will manage various research requests with a high-level accuracy and organization, primarily on infrastructure, real estate topics for our Middle East based consulting teams.You will be required to understand request objectives focused on Infrastructure, Real Estate, Tourism/ Transportation topics and proactively suggest most appropriate and efficient research approach to senior DRS team members and customers, as appropriate.You will evaluate our source quality and data accuracy, and proactively help to identify and raise research-related issues.You will take ownership of personal development in research delivery and topic specialization.Customer and team orientationYou will engage in thought partnership with consulting teams and knowledge teams to understand, scope and deliver accurate, timely and relevant data and information.You will be coaching Research Associates and outsourcing partners, as well as delivering data quality analysis with them.Utilization and development of tools and technologyAlong with collecting, summarizing, and synthesizing relevant data and information into appropriate, concise, timely and highly effective output, you are proficient in Excel, Word and PowerPointWith guidance, you will develop tools, resources and trainings within the Travel, Infrastructure and Cities topics, you will be contributing to knowledge capture and documentation.Using your strong analytical thinking, you will provide advanced synthesis, and develop deep expertise in specialized research tools, databases, and sources.Working flexibly in in a fast-paced environmentIn addition to being intellectually curious and being able to work in a fast-paced, deadline focused environment, you can identify practical, timely and innovative research approaches.You Bring (experience & Qualifications)2-4+ years of business research experience, with specialization in Infrastructure / Real Estate topics specially infrastructure development, megaprojects/ gigaprojects, urban design and city planning, tourism destination development, theme parks, airlines etc. Exposure on Large Capital Project Management, Sustainability in Real Estate topics would an added plus point.Sound understanding of local ME Real Estate sector and markets like KSA, UAE, Qatar is important.Proficiency in research databases like MEEDS, IHS Construction, Refinitiv Eikon, Factiva, Bloomberg etc. is a plus.Bachelor’s degree with strong preference to Civil Engineering, Sciences. MBA is a plus but not mandatory.Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint is a must.Excellent communications skills and proficiency in Arabic language is a must.Our knowledge and research specialists collaborate with global colleagues across BCG to bring expertise and capabilities to the service of our clients. Our team is made up of a diverse pool of knowledge and research positions that allow us to pursue exciting, innovative research careers.The Data and Research Services (DRS) function is a dynamic and highly visible center of excellence focused on business research and process innovation. We collaborate with our consulting teams to bring advanced research capabilities to support projects and clients. DRS provides specialist research services to consulting teams and our Knowledge Team, taking deep pride in delivering rapid and precise results.DRS works with both qualitative and quantitative data, conducting research and providing synthesized results from over 100 commercial sources, publicly available data, company and industry research, macro-economic, commodities and trade data.