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Business Development Manager As a Business Development Manager, you will identify new business opportunities to drive revenue growth, improve profitability, and support overall business expansion.
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Business Development Manager
As a Business Development Manager, you will identify new business opportunities to drive revenue growth, improve profitability, and support overall business expansion.
The ideal candidate must have previous experience working within a marketing, PR, creative, or communications agency, with a strong understanding of how agency businesses operate, pitch, and build long-term client relationships.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify and develop new business opportunities across the UAE and GCC to drive agency growth, revenue, and profitability.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with brands, marketing teams, and key decision-makers to foster long-term partnerships and client retention.
- Lead outreach efforts, client meetings, presentations, pitches, and proposal discussions with a strong understanding of agency services and solutions.
- Collaborate closely with internal teams across PR, social media, creative, content, and production to develop integrated client proposals and campaigns.
- Develop strategic partnerships and generate qualified leads aligned with the agency’s growth objectives.
- Manage the full sales pipeline from prospecting through to negotiation and closing of new business opportunities.
- Contribute to agency growth strategies by identifying market trends, client needs, and opportunities for expanding existing relationships.
- Required skills and qualifications
- Fluency in English is required; proficiency in Arabic would be considered a strong advantage.
- Minimum of 5 years of proven business development or client-facing experience, ideally within a marketing, PR, creative, or communications agency environment.
- Strong understanding of agency services, including branding, digital marketing, social media, PR, creative, content, and production.
- Demonstrated success in driving B2B sales, developing client relationships, and securing new business opportunities.
- Existing network and strong industry connections within the UAE and GCC markets would be highly advantageous.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, with the ability to confidently lead pitches and client discussions.
- Commercially minded, proactive, and results-driven, with a strong ability to identify growth opportunities and convert leads into long-term partnerships.
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced agency environment.
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