Chief Business Development Officer - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Robert Walters

Description

• Leadership Role: Spearhead allaspects of new business initiatives, focusing on listings growth,product expansion, and marketdevelopment.
• Departmental Oversight: Manage theProduct & Market Development departments, including KPImanagement, budget planning, and resourcedeployment.
• Strategic Alignment: Formulate andexecute departmental strategies aligned with theorganization's overarching goals and responsive to marketdynamics.
• Customer Base Growth: Drive theoverall expansion and diversification of the customer base,particularly emphasizing internationalizationefforts.
• Product Development: Supervise thedevelopment of listings products and services to attract newdomestic, GCC-MENA, and internationalcompanies.
• Innovative Products: Oversee thedevelopment and implementation of new products and services,collaborating with regulatory authorities and obtaining necessaryapprovals.
• Market Development Initiatives: Leadkey initiatives such as improving market data services, introducingnew products, enhancing institutional participation, and developingmarket intermediaries.
• StakeholderRelationships: Cultivate relationships with buy-side and sell-sideinstitutions, government bodies, issuers, regulators, and otherstakeholders.
• Business Representation: Act as arepresentative in Business Development contexts with local andinternational media, business, and advisoryorganizations.
• Internal Collaboration: Manageinternal relationships with various departments, ensuring Marketingsupport for new products and Operational support fortrading.
  

Qualifications

• Essential: Bachelor'sDegree, preferably in Finance, Economics, orAccounting.
• Desirable: Master'sDegree in Business Administration orFinance.