James Douglas Middle East

AVP Business Growth

James Douglas Middle East  •  Riyadh, SA (Onsite)  •  3 months ago
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Job Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead a Team and its profit and loss with specific revenue and gross margin targets, as well as responsibility for all direct costs.
  • Ability to lead innovative/ new business lines, support the company grow in new sectors and help business grow organically and inorganically.
  • Deliver on agreed and budgeted monthly /quarterly targets.
  • Develop a market penetration and business development strategy along with Sales team, across different market segments and at different price points.
  • Lead to generate new client leads and work with the Sales team to actively penetrate into existing and new segments in Enterprise sales.
  • Lead a team of Account Executives, Account managers and Business Development Executives for customer acquisition, retention, and account management.
  • Ensure Account Management best practices are followed by self and team for customer retention
  • Supervise/ Guide the recruitment team to ensure hi end contractor delivery for niche projects.
  • Work with the Operations and Delivery team to consistently delivery superior services
  • Client visits with a solution-oriented sales approach, negotiate and support sales team members in deal closures.
  • Prepare winning proposals, respond to RFQs, and assist in contract negotiations.
  • Assist, and give feedback to the Marketing department for advertisement and support activities required to enhance sales efforts and reach out to larger client base.

Key Qualifications

  • Full Time Post Graduate Management degree from a Premier B School is mandatory
  • 7 - 10 years plus relevant experience in Consulting or B2B solutions, Tech or Managed services business in a business/P&L role
  • Ability to motivate and lead a team of people successfully towards a revenue target and ensure customer satisfaction
  • Commercially savvy with ability to understand numbers and manage an independent P&L
  • Consultative ability to sell, and to understand the closure process for complex deals
  • Ability to map an organization, network within the customer to identify all key influencers and decision makers.
  • A keen appetite to proactively chase and win new business.
  • Consultative selling ability and deal negotiation
  • Excellent communication, relationship, and organizational skills
James Douglas Middle East

About James Douglas Middle East

James Douglas Middle East is a Dubai-based professional search and leadership advisory firm, delivering with a focus on being a specialist and leveraging the scale of a global existing platform.

James Douglas Middle East is part of its holding company, a publicly listed firm and part of the EMA Global network spanning 40+ countries enabling us to deliver board-level and senior talent solutions across high-impact, high-growth industries.

We work with fast-scaling, regulated, and transforming organizations offering clarity in leadership hiring, discretion in execution, and speed in delivery.

What Sets Us Apart

▪ Strategic HQ in Dubai – Connected globally through the EMA Partners Global network

▪ Sector Specialists – Banking, Fintech, Healthcare, Digital, Consumer, Industrial, Retail & more

▪ Human + AI Advantage – Combining psychometrics, AI tools, and structured search methodology

▪ National Talent Expertise – Deep Nationalization engagement and bilingual recruiter capability

▪ Trusted Partner – Board, Leadership investor, and founder-backed mandates

Email us now: enquiries@jamesdouglas.ae

Industry
HR & Recruiting
Company Size
1-10 employees
Headquarters
Dubai, AE
Year Founded
2022
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