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Chief Executive Officer
WOI.UAE
Dubai, UAE
Full Time
Executive
Onsite
6 days ago
Strategic PlanningFinanceOperations ManagementBusiness DevelopmentSalesStakeholder Management
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About the Role
WOI.UAE seeks a Chief Executive Officer to provide strategic leadership and drive growth of its ecosystem development platform in Dubai. The role involves overseeing operations, financial performance, and building relationships with entrepreneurs, investors, and government stakeholders.
Key Skills for This Role
Strategic PlanningFinanceOperations ManagementBusiness DevelopmentSalesStakeholder Management
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership, establish long term vision, and drive growth of the ecosystem development platform
- Oversee operations, financial performance, and organizational culture while ensuring alignment with global mission and regional objectives
- Build and maintain high level relationships with entrepreneurs, investors, corporations, institutions, and government stakeholders
- Represent WOI in public forums and key partnerships
- Lead strategic planning, guide business development and sales initiatives, manage cross functional teams
- Review financial reports and operational metrics, ensure effective execution of programs and partnerships
- Identify new market opportunities, drive innovation across services
- Uphold strong governance, compliance, and risk management practices
Requirements
- Strong finance and business planning skills, including budgeting, forecasting, and resource allocation
- Proven expertise in operations management, with experience optimizing processes and scaling organizations
- Demonstrated success in strategic planning, including setting vision, defining priorities, and driving execution
- Solid background in sales and business development, with ability to build and manage revenue generating partnerships
- Extensive executive leadership experience, ideally as CEO or in senior C level roles within innovation, startup, or ecosystem focused organizations
- Experience working with or alongside investors, government entities, and corporate partners in international or regional markets
- Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
- Track record of leading diverse teams, fostering inclusive work environments, and driving high performance
- Advanced degree in business, finance, economics, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered
- Deep understanding of entrepreneurial ecosystems, innovation frameworks, and economic development initiatives
Full Job Posting
Company Description
- WOI (World of iQue) is a global ecosystem development platform focused on strengthening entrepreneurial ecosystems across nations.
- The organization connects entrepreneurs, startups, investors, corporations, institutions, and governments to enable sustainable innovation and business growth.
- WOI provides infrastructure, education, mentorship, capital access, and global expansion support to empower visionary founders and organizations.
Role Description
- The CEO at WOI.UAE will provide strategic leadership, establish long term vision, and drive growth of the ecosystem development platform in Dubai.
- This full time, on site role involves overseeing operations, financial performance, and organizational culture while ensuring alignment with WOI’s global mission.
- The CEO will build and maintain high level relationships with entrepreneurs, investors, corporations, institutions, and government stakeholders.
- Day to day responsibilities include leading strategic planning, guiding business development and sales initiatives, managing cross functional teams, reviewing financial reports and operational metrics, and ensuring effective execution of programs and partnerships.
- The CEO will also identify new market opportunities, drive innovation across services, and uphold strong governance, compliance, and risk management practices.
Qualifications
- Strong finance and business planning skills, including budgeting, forecasting, and resource allocation.
- Proven expertise in operations management, with experience optimizing processes and scaling organizations.
- Demonstrated success in strategic planning, including setting vision, defining priorities, and driving execution.
- Solid background in sales and business development, with the ability to build and manage revenue generating partnerships.
- Extensive executive leadership experience, ideally as CEO or in senior C level roles within innovation, startup, or ecosystem focused organizations.
- Experience working with or alongside investors, government entities, and corporate partners in international or regional markets.
- Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at the highest levels.
- Track record of leading diverse teams, fostering inclusive work environments, and driving high performance.
- Advanced degree in business, finance, economics, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience will be considered.
- Deep understanding of entrepreneurial ecosystems, innovation frameworks, and economic development initiatives.
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