Business Development & Marketing Manager
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About the Role
We are a fashion tech startup based in Dubai, currently building our founding team ahead of launch. We're moving fast, the vision is clear, and we're bringing together the right people to make it happen.
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About the company
We are a fashion tech startup based in Dubai, currently building our founding team ahead of launch.
We're moving fast, the vision is clear, and we're bringing together the right people to make it happen.
About The Role
We're looking for a Business Development & Marketing Manager to help us grow before we even launch.
You'll open doors with the right partners, turn early interest into committed relationships, and help shape a product that the industry will actually want to use.
This is a strategic yet hands-on role for someone who can sell a vision, build trust with world-class fashion houses, and stay close enough to the ground to feed real insights back into the product.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify, prioritise, and pursue high-value partnership opportunities with fashion brands, retailers, and industry stakeholders
- Lead the full partnership lifecycle, from initial outreach and qualification through to negotiation, closing, and onboarding
- Build and manage a pipeline of prospective clients and partners, maintaining rigorous CRM hygiene and forecasting
- Develop compelling pitch materials, proposals, and commercial frameworks tailored to each partner's needs
- Represent the company at industry events, trade shows, and networking opportunities in the fashion ecosystem
- Collaborate closely with product, marketing, and leadership to feed market intelligence and partner feedback into the roadmap
- Define and refine our go-to-market strategy and value proposition as the business evolves pre- and post-launch
- Track pipeline metrics, conversion rates, and deal velocity, iterating fast on what works
- What you bring
- Proven track record in business development, partnerships, or B2B sales, ideally in fashion, retail, or tech
- Experience navigating complex, multi-stakeholder deal cycles with senior decision-makers
- Strong commercial instincts, you can spot an opportunity, frame a value proposition, and close a deal
- Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building processes from scratch in a pre-launch environment
- Data-aware and structured, you use metrics to prioritise and report progress, not just gut feel
- Scrappy and self-directed; you don't wait to be told what to do
- Nice to have
- Existing network within the GCC or international fashion and luxury sectors Bonus
- Experience at an early-stage startup or in a zero-to-one commercial role
- Familiarity with fashion tech, SaaS, or marketplace business models
- Arabic, French, Italian, Dutch and/or Spanish language skills
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: AED10,000.00 - AED16,000.00 per month
Application Question(S)
- Are you currently in Dubai?
- Does your salary expectation match with the indicated salary in the job description?
Experience
- fashion industry: 1 year (Preferred)
- business development or marketing: 5 years (Preferred)
Language
- Arabic (Preferred)
- French (Preferred)
- Italian (Preferred)
- Willingness to travel:
- 25% (Preferred)
- Work Location: Hybrid remote in Dubai
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