Business Development Manager
Role Overview
Business Development Manager focused on expanding international recruitment and workforce-solutions business across GCC and global markets.
The mandate is to find opportunities, open relationships, and win commercial business rather than simply maintain an existing client list.
The position is described as GCC-based and remote/freelance.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Business Development Manager focused on expanding international recruitment and workforce-solutions business across GCC and global markets.
The mandate is to find opportunities, open relationships, and win commercial business rather than simply maintain an existing client list.
The position is described as GCC-based and remote/freelance.
Responsibilities
- Identify and acquire high-value B2B clients across GCC markets.
- Build relationships with business owners, CEOs, HR leaders, procurement teams, and other decision-makers.
- Generate qualified recruitment requirements and convert them into active job orders.
- Develop blue-collar and white-collar recruitment opportunities and identify recurring manpower needs.
- Build strategic partnerships with recruitment and manpower agencies.
- Lead presentations, negotiations, and partnership discussions; negotiate recruitment fees and commercial terms.
- Own the business-development cycle from prospecting through qualification, meetings, proposals, negotiation, contracts, and job orders.
- Maintain a measurable pipeline and work with recruitment operations to deliver placements.
- Identify new markets, industries, employers, and revenue opportunities.
Qualifications
- At least 1 year of proven business-development or B2B sales experience.
- Strong knowledge of the GCC commercial environment and experience acquiring corporate or international clients.
- Ability to generate leads independently and evidence of negotiation and closing results.
- Strong professional communication and presentation skills; confidence engaging senior decision-makers.
- Independence, discipline, persistence, and commercial awareness.
- Experience using LinkedIn, CRM systems, prospecting platforms, and business databases.
- Recruitment, manpower, staffing, HR services, or workforce-solutions experience is highly preferred; familiarity with AI-powered prospecting and sales tools is an advantage.
- Must currently reside in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, or Oman.
Compensation
- Compensation is based on business-development performance and results; no pay cadence or amount is stated.
Application notes
- Applicants are asked to provide a CV and a short summary of relevant markets, client segments, experience, secured business, lead-generation approach, and strongest achievement.
- Applications without demonstrable business-development or B2B sales experience will not be considered.
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