Associate Business Development Manager MENA

Headout

The role

We are looking for an Associate Business Development Manager - MENA to join our Middle East and North Africa Business Team. The Associate Business Development Manager will spearhead our commercial growth and expansion across the Middle East and North Africa region, while unlocking new opportunities in emerging markets such as UAE, Saudi, Egypt, Morocco and many more. You will be the face and voice of Headout to our Supply Partners in the region.

What makes this role special?

• Build. You ll have your fingerprints all over Headout. You ll do whatever it takes to launch quickly, get 1% better every day, and scale something completely new. This means everything from high-level strategy to nitty-gritty operational details - Launch new cities by identifying, reaching-out and onboarding new Supply Partners in the Middle East and North Africa
• Nurture. Continuously nurture relationships with our existing Supply Partners in order to leverage them for additional growth
• Collaborate. Liaise between internal stakeholders (Operations, Tech, Marketing, etc.) and your accounts in order to ensure smooth execution of the partnerships and growth of bookings
• Analyze. Identify market trends and provide market & competitor analysis to optimize business strategies

What skills & experience do you need?

• Fully proficient Arabic and English speaker based in Dubai
• A minimum of 4 years of experience in business development
• Strong analytical, written, and verbal communications skills
• Global mindset and comfortable working with people from different cultural backgrounds & time zones
• A start-up attitude highly collaborative with an entrepreneurial mindset and not afraid to roll up your sleeves
• Experience working with a CRM; eager to learn and use new tools