Business Development Executive

Business Development Executive — GCC Compliance Partnerships

About The Role

• Women First Jobs is repositioning from a general women's job board into the compliance-grade women-talent infrastructure for GCC employers navigating Emiratization, Saudization, and Gender Balance mandates.
• This is a
• founding BD hire
• and you won't be running an established playbook, you'll be building and proving one, closing the first cohort of retainer clients that becomes the foundation for the company's recurring revenue.
• What you'll actually do
• Build and work a target list of 20–50+ GCC employers with real Emiratization/Saudization exposure (banking/fintech, hospitality, logistics, retail, government-linked entities)
• Run outbound and warm-intro outreach to CHROs, Heads of Talent, and government-relations/compliance leads
• Pitch and close
• compliance-retainer
• contracts (our primary recurring-revenue product) not one-off placements
• Convert early pilot clients into full-price annual/quarterly retainers
• Own renewal conversations and keep retention successful
• Feed market feedback back into pricing and packaging decisions
• Represent Women First Jobs at relevant HR/DEI industry events and within Gender Balance Council–adjacent networks
• What we need from you
• **Existing relationships in GCC corporate HR / CHRO circles**
• — this is non-negotiable.
• You should be able to name 10+ people you could credibly reach out to in week one.
• A track record of
• closing B2B contracts with a compliance, regulatory, or risk angle
• — HR tech, GRC, ESG/DEI consulting, or similar backgrounds are a strong fit
• Comfort selling a
• recurring subscription/retainer
• , not just one-off deals — you understand the difference between closing a deal and closing a
• *renewable*
• deal
• Fluent in the practical realities of Emiratization/Saudization compliance (or a fast learner who can get there in week one)
• Founder-stage mentality: comfortable with ambiguity, no big team behind you, willing to do the outreach yourself rather than delegate it

Compensation Structure (Suggested)

• Base salary calibrated to GCC BD/sales market rate,
• plus
• Commission on new retainer contracts signed