We are looking for a Business Development Executive – Arabic Speaker to join our Dubai team.
This is a hands-on, revenue-focused business development role for someone who enjoys opening doors, building relationships and converting conversations into business. You will be responsible for identifying companies with hiring requirements, connecting with HR and business leaders, introducing Antal’s recruitment solutions and developing new client accounts.
We are looking for someone who is comfortable starting conversations with new clients, attending meetings, pitching services, negotiating commercial terms and closing business rather than simply managing existing accounts.
What you will be doing
- Develop new business opportunities across the UAE and wider GCC market.
- Identify companies with current or upcoming recruitment and talent requirements.
- Proactively approach HR Heads, Talent Acquisition leaders, Business Heads, General Managers and other key decision-makers.
- Introduce Antal’s recruitment, executive search and talent solutions to prospective clients.
- Generate business through cold calling, LinkedIn outreach, networking, referrals, meetings and market mapping.
- Understand a client's business, hiring challenges and requirements before proposing the right recruitment solution.
- Arrange and attend client meetings, present Antal’s capabilities and build credibility with prospective clients.
- Negotiate commercial terms, recruitment fees and agreements and convert prospects into active clients.
- Generate new recruitment mandates/job orders and work closely with the recruitment team to ensure successful delivery.
- Build and maintain a strong pipeline of prospective and active clients.
- Develop existing accounts further by identifying additional hiring opportunities across departments and locations.
- Take ownership of individual business development and revenue targets.
- Maintain regular market intelligence on hiring activity, expanding businesses and potential client opportunities.
What we are looking for
- 4–5 years of B2B Business Development / Sales experience, preferably within recruitment, professional services, HR solutions, consulting, outsourcing or another service-led environment.
- Fluent Arabic and English communication skills.
- Demonstrated experience in new client acquisition and revenue generation.
- Comfortable with cold outreach and developing business from scratch.
- Strong ability to engage senior decision-makers and build long-term commercial relationships.
- Experience managing the full sales cycle — from identifying prospects and arranging meetings to negotiation and closure.
- Commercially driven, persistent and comfortable working towards clear revenue targets.
- Good understanding of the UAE/GCC business environment and confidence in developing relationships across the region
The kind of person who will do well in this role
Someone who is proactive, commercially hungry and genuinely enjoys winning new business. You should be comfortable picking up the phone, approaching a new company, getting in front of the right decision-maker and turning that relationship into a revenue-generating account.
This is an opportunity for someone who wants to build their own client portfolio within an established global recruitment and executive search business, while having the freedom and ownership to develop the market.