Head of Real Estate
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Head of Real Estate (Startup Venture) Dubai, UAE About the Opportunity We are launching an exciting new venture within a well-established and highly successful financial services and consumer marketplace ecosystem in the UAE.
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Head Of Real Estate (Startup Venture)
📍 Dubai, UAE
About the Opportunity
We are launching an exciting new venture within a well-established and highly successful financial services and consumer marketplace ecosystem in the UAE.
This is a unique opportunity for an entrepreneurial and commercially driven leader to build and scale a real estate business from the ground up.
We are not looking for a traditional corporate manager who is accustomed to inheriting large teams and established processes.
Instead, we are seeking a hands-on builder who thrives in startup environments, embraces challenges, and is excited by the opportunity to create something meaningful from day one.
The successful candidate will take ownership of launching and growing the business, developing strategic partnerships, recruiting and leading a high-performing team, and driving revenue growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the launch, development, and growth of a new real estate business in the UAE.
- Develop and execute the business plan, growth strategy, and go-to-market roadmap.
- Establish and maintain strategic relationships with developers, real estate brokers, referral partners, banks, and other key ecosystem stakeholders.
- Build, recruit, train, and lead a high-performing sales and advisory team.
- Design and implement scalable sales processes, reporting structures, and operational workflows.
- Drive lead generation, business development activities, customer acquisition, and revenue growth.
- Identify and secure strategic partnerships that contribute to long-term business growth.
- Collaborate with affiliated businesses within the group to maximize cross-selling and referral opportunities.
- Establish performance metrics, operational standards, and service excellence frameworks.
- Take full ownership of business performance, including revenue generation, team development, operational efficiency, and profitability.
- Continuously identify market opportunities, competitive advantages, and areas for expansion.
Key Performance Indicators (Kpis)
- Revenue generated
- Pipeline value created
- Strategic partnerships secured
- Number and quality of advisors recruited
- Lead generation and conversion performance
- Monthly and quarterly growth targets
- Customer acquisition metrics
- Team productivity and performance
- Progress toward profitability
- Overall business growth and market presence
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Proven experience building, launching, or scaling a business, division, sales function, or market from an early stage.
- Strong business development and partnership acquisition experience.
- Demonstrated success in driving revenue growth and achieving commercial targets.
- Experience recruiting, developing, and managing high-performing sales teams.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a willingness to be hands-on and involved in day-to-day execution.
- Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Highly resourceful, resilient, and results-oriented.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving, and growth-focused environment.
- Real estate industry experience is highly preferred.
- UAE market experience is strongly preferred.
What Success Looks Like
This role is ideal for someone who wants to build rather than inherit.
We are looking for a leader who is excited by the challenge of creating a successful business from the ground up, establishing market presence, building a winning team, and delivering measurable commercial results.
If you have a track record of building businesses, launching new divisions, driving revenue growth, and creating high-performing teams, we would love to hear from you.
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