Our client is seeking a high-caliber executive to lead and grow strategic relationships with major advertisers across the GCC. This role requires a proven leader with deep senior-level connections among key business and marketing decision-makers, strong digital and media expertise, and the ability to structure and close high-value, complex deals.
You will be responsible for driving long-term partnerships, accelerating revenue growth, and positioning the company as a trusted strategic partner to the region's top advertisers.
What You'll Do
- Define and execute client strategy and account roadmaps to build long-term partnerships with leading advertisers across the UAE and Saudi Arabia
- Develop and own vertical strategies to drive sustainable growth across key regional and local accounts
- Prospect, penetrate, and expand relationships within advertiser, agency, and media organizations across both performance and brand advertising
- Build and maintain senior-level relationships, aligning solutions to CXO and Board-level business objectives
- Own pipeline management, delivering accurate forecasts and clear visibility into revenue performance
- Deliver best-in-class client service while continuously improving engagement models and processes
- Identify incremental revenue and business transformation opportunities within existing accounts
- Collaborate closely with regional and cross-market teams to drive product improvements, share insights, and strengthen client relationships
- Build, develop, and motivate high-performing account teams, partnering closely with agency counterparts on strategy and new business development
- Represent the company as a senior spokesperson at relevant industry and leadership events
Minimum Qualifications
- 8+ years of senior business development and/or sales experience within advertising, media, or digital marketing
- Strong commercial and sales expertise, with vertical knowledge and direct-response marketing experience highly regarded
- Proven track record of exceeding aggressive growth and revenue targets
- Demonstrated ability to influence and engage CXO-level stakeholders
- Deep understanding of the media and advertising ecosystem, with digital at its core
- Experience operating across multiple geographies, ideally within the GCC
- Highly results-driven with a hands-on, detail-oriented leadership approach
- Exceptional communication, organizational, and decision-making skills
- Self-motivated leader with strong interpersonal skills and a high-performance mindset
