Head of Business Development, Dubai
The seat we call Head of Growth Partnerships. You open boardrooms and close mandates for technology builds and growth programmes across the UAE and the GCC. You have sold complex, high-value work before, you carry your own network, and you run a pipeline like a P&L.
What you will do as Head of Business Development
- Own new business for AdEngage UAE across all seven emirates and the wider GCC, from first meeting to signed mandate.
- Build and work a named pipeline of groups, enterprises and established firms in real estate, hospitality, healthcare, retail, education, logistics and financial services.
- Lead discovery meetings with founders, CEOs and marketing heads, and shape proposals with the strategy, technology and film teams.
- Forecast the pipeline weekly and report it against one revenue number.
- Coach and lead the Business Development Executives and Sales Interns on the floor.
- Represent AdEngage UAE at industry events, including GITEX GLOBAL and sector forums in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
What you bring
- A record of closing complex B2B services: marketing, technology, consulting or media.
- An existing network of decision makers in the UAE, and ideally the wider GCC.
- Confident, precise English; Arabic or Hindi is a strong advantage.
- Comfort presenting commercial cases to boards and finance teams.
- Based in the UAE or able to relocate to Dubai.
About AdEngage UAE
AdEngage UAE is a growth acceleration company based at Meydan Grandstand, Dubai. One team plans, builds and runs brand and design, websites and apps, marketing and media, AI and software, and film and photography for groups and established companies across all seven emirates and the GCC. The AdEngage group has worked with more than 600 companies since 2010. See what we build and the results we publish.
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