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We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Key Account Director to lead our most valued client relationships. This is an excellent opportunity for a results-driven professional who can foster strong partnerships, drive growth, and deliver exceptional results.

This is a senior leadership position responsible for managing high-profile client accounts, anticipating their needs, and identifying opportunities for growth. You will be expected to build trust, credibility, and long-term relationships with clients by delivering exceptional service, expertise, and strategic value.

1. Leverage your industry expertise to develop and implement tailored strategies that meet clients' evolving needs and goals.
2. Foster collaborative relationships across functions and teams to ensure seamless delivery of client projects and initiatives.
3. Develop and maintain deep understanding of clients' businesses, markets, and competitors to inform strategic recommendations and drive business growth.
4. Analyze market trends, competitor activity, and client feedback to identify opportunities for innovation and improvement.
5. Ensure alignment between client expectations and organizational capabilities, ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality services and solutions.
6. Manage budgets, resources, and timelines to optimize project outcomes and client satisfaction.

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in media or a related field, preferably with a focus on client management, account development, or strategic planning.
• Proven track record of success in developing and executing growth strategies, driving revenue expansion, and improving client satisfaction.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with clients, colleagues, and stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to navigate complex situations and make informed decisions.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, or a related field.

• A competitive salary and bonus structure reflecting your exceptional skills and achievements.
• A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement savings, and paid time off.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development through training, mentorship, and networking.
• A dynamic and inclusive work environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Flexible working arrangements to support your work-life balance and well-being.

Director Business Development & Client Management

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Job Purpose / Summary

This position is responsible for selling CTI clinical trial, regulatory and scientific affairs consulting services. As part of this role, you will be responsible for identifying, contacting and cultivating new clients and serving as client manager for existing clients. This position will lead strategic growth initiatives, develop sponsor relationships, and drive sales in clinical trial services.

Job Purpose / Summary

This position is responsible for selling CTI clinical trial, regulatory and scientific affairs consulting services. As part of this role, you will be responsible for identifying, contacting and cultivating new clients and serving as client manager for existing clients. This position will lead strategic growth initiatives, develop sponsor relationships, and drive sales in clinical trial services.

Essential Functions

• Secure and maintain relationships with qualified targets and decision makers within biotech and pharma, uncovering potential sales opportunities and developing effective sales strategies within assigned territory.
• Achieve and / or exceed quarterly and annual sales target, including achievement of foundational sales activity and metrics; these activities include outreach, introductory / capabilities meetings, and requests for proposal (RFP).
• Work with targeted business development accounts to secure future business and establish long-term partnerships – align CTI offerings to meet customer’s needs, explaining service offerings and expertise at CTI based on an in-depth understanding of the account and their needs
• Work in collaboration with CTI’s proposal team to deliver budgets and proposals, including providing key direction on proposal text and budget scope.
• Provide strategic insights toward achieving our corporate sales goals.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with key members of CTI’s clinical operational management and proposal / contracting teams.
• Develop and implement specific disease strategies to drive awareness, lead generation and opportunity identification
• Lead and participate in bid defense meetings, including leading the preparations, strategies, and follow up efforts
• Communicate with existing accounts and internal CTI representatives to ensure needs of accounts are being met.
• Present sales opportunities to management and work with internal departments / team members to close complex sales
• Continuously monitor and update status of leads to ensure pipeline is maintained.
• Communicate all account activity to sales leaders / CTI executives and maintain updates in CTI’s CRM system.
• Represent the company at regional and international conferences, webinars, industry event

What You'll Bring :

• Education : Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Business, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
• Experience : 7–10 years of business development experience, particularly in CROs or clinical trial services, with at least 4 years of sales experience within the pharmaceutical industry or Clinical Research Organization (CRO).
• Strong understanding of clinical trial operations.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, with the ability to engage at all levels of the organization.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly across the region.

About CTI

CTI Clinical Trial and Consulting Services is a global, privately held, full-service clinical contract research organization (CRO) focused on the advancement of treatments for chronically and critically ill patient populations. We assist clinical research throughout the lifecycle of development, from drug concept to commercialization. CTI is headquartered in the Greater Cincinnati, OH region with global operations in collaboration with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device firms. For more information, visit

Why CTI?

At CTI, we recognize that our people are what make our company successful. Our work moves medicine forward.

• Advance Your Career - We support career progression through a structured mentoring program and leadership courses that provide the support needed to grow. We also value ongoing education and training through a dedicated training department.
• Join an Award-Winning and Valued Team - We have an award-winning unparalleled culture that can be felt by our employees across 60 countries. We support a work-life balance and the importance of time with family by offering hybrid work from home opportunities. We also encourage care for the world around us through our unique CTI Cares program.
• Make a Lasting Impact - We focus on moving medicine forward by working on treatments for chronically and critically-ill patients, who depend on us to bring life-changing therapies to market.

In light of recent increase in hiring scams, if you're selected to move onto the next phase of our hiring process, a member of our team will reach out to you directly from @ctifacts.com email address to guide you through our interview process. Please ensure you are applying for jobs directly on our website ( or from our verified LinkedIn page.

Please Note

• We will never communicate with you via Microsoft Teams or text message
• We will never ask for your bank account information at any point during the recruitment process

Seniority level

Seniority level

Director

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Full-time

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Job Description The ideal candidate will lead initiatives to generate and engage with business partners to build new business for the company. This candidate will be focused and have strong communication skills. Duties and Responsibilities:  

• Building a robust client pipeline across inbound and outbound leads.
• Actively engaging in online and offline industry events and forums to engage with prospective customers, decision-makers, and influencers.
• Managing the lead bank and analyzing the clients as per the company’s target audience.
• Process market research to build the prospect’s profile using online and offline data resources
• Identify and qualify the prospect leads and keep them updated.
• Working independently to identify the best strategies to reach out to and engage new clients.
• Developing and executing strategies for targeting strategic sectors and regions.
• Becoming a product expert, its market positioning, and the solutions it offers, backed up by relevant and compelling case studies.
• Working alongside the Technology, Product, and other internal teams to develop market-leading propositions for prospective partners.
• Led the development of sales materials to support the Sales Team’s efforts.
• Managing the sales process CRM system
• Arrange meetings and assign qualified leads to the Sales Consultant Team.

• Bachelor’s degree in business management or administration, or a related field.
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent problem-solving and management skills.
• Exceptional negotiation skills.
• Effective communication skills.
• Strong business acumen.
• Detail-oriented.

• Develop a growth strategy focused on both financial gain and customer satisfaction.
• Conduct research to identify new markets and customer needs in new countries.
• Create new opportunities, services, and by-products leveraging existing products.
• Establish the company's brand to enhance visibility and recognition.
• Promote the company’s products and services by addressing or predicting clients’ objectives and needs.
• Arrange business meetings with prospective clients to foster new business relationships.
• Prepare pre-sales contracts, ensuring adherence to law-established rules and guidelines.
• Maintain accurate records of sales activities, revenue, invoices, and other relevant documentation.
• Provide trustworthy feedback and after-sales support to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Build long-term relationships with new and existing customers.
• Drive the company’s transition from Tier 3 to Tier 2/1 status through strategic growth and customer engagement.

• Proven experience as a business development professional or in a relevant role.
• Experience in customer support and engagement.
• In-depth market knowledge and trend analysis skills.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to build rapport and establish strong working relationships with clients.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Posted on 02/14/2025

TLG Global is a fast-growing company, expanding its presence in Portugal and beyond. In just one year, our immigration and investment services have successfully assisted over 350 applicants . Now, we are taking our successful business model to the next level and expanding our operations!

What we expect from you:

• Promote our immigration and investment solutions in Dubai and other international markets .
• Identify and acquire new clients and business opportunities.
• Support and guide clients, answering questions and providing consultations.
• Build and maintain relationships with key partners and stakeholders.
• Travel for meetings and events to represent the company and grow the client base.
  

• Minimum 5 years of experience in B2B sales or business development .
• Mandatory experience or knowledge in business immigration .
• Strong network and existing client base in the immigration and investment sector is a major plus .
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
• Willingness to travel and always be available for potential clients and partners.
  

Career growth and professional development.

Supportive and collaborative team culture.

About us

Infomineo is a fast-growing business insights provider, bringing Brainshoring to global clients across a range of services: Business research, Content Services, Graphic Design, and Data Analytics. Our clients include leading consultancies, Fortune 500 companies, international institutions, and government entities. Infomineo is home to 350+ team members, spread across five offices in Casablanca, Cairo, Dubai, Barcelona, and Mexico City.

About this Role:

Are you convinced that some intellectual activities can be outsourced? Would you like to create a new industry, "brainshoring"? Are you motivated to create dozens of jobs?

Are you passionate about public sector transformation? Do you have a track record of building trusted relationships with government clients and driving strategic partnerships?

If so, this is your opportunity to lead Infomineo's growth within the public sector and government ecosystem. We are looking for a visionary, business-savvy professional to join us as Vice President, Public Sector - a role that combines business development, client engagement, and strategic leadership.

What you will do:

As Vice President you will lead Infomineo activity in one or several sectors.

Your core focus will be in business development. As such you will:

• Define the key accounts you want to approach
• Define an account management plan for each of your target accounts
• Execute on this action plan to close business and make target

Strategic Oversight & Project Supervision

• Oversee the delivery of high-impact public sector projects as project director, ensuring quality, compliance, and alignment with public sector priorities.
• Coordinate with internal research and design teams to align resources and deliverables to client expectations.

As a complement, you will also make sure that the client is happy with Infomineo work by:

• Supervising the teamwork as a project director
• Interacting with the client to monitor its satisfaction and take any remediation action

Finally, you will lead Infomineo activity in your sector(s) by working with marketing to create relevant material and training the research teams.

Who you are:

• A Master's degree holder in Business, Economics, or similar field
• Strong interest in Business Development and Sales
• 7+ years of experience working with or for public sector institutions, preferably in consulting, research, or business development roles.
• Fluent in both English and Arabic, and French is a strong advantage.
• An ambitious and driven individual
• A problem solver
• A person who masters both the skills of research and consulting and of business development
• Good creativity and organization skills
• Ability to develop lasting professional relationships with clients
• Good presentation and negotiation skills

What we offer:

• A competitive salary
• A great working environment & fast-track career trajectory
• A healthy work-life balance
• Health insurance Benefits

What it means to work at Infomineo

If you have spoken with someone who works at Infomineo, you have probably heard that our people are our most valuable asset. By being a part of Infomineo, you will have the opportunity to work alongside a young, friendly, smart, and international team of executives who value intellectual vitality and creativity. Our diversity, both in terms of professional experience and culture, is the company's greatest strength.

Infomineo will allow to grow your career and expertise across different regions and industries. As a member of the team, you will be encouraged to contribute by applying your ideas while playing an instrumental role in the company's development and growth.

Within this role, you'll support leading international companies and institutions with the data, information, insights or content required to support key business decisions.

Equal opportunity employer:

Infomineo is an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any sort of discrimination (based on color, race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin or any other attributes) in all aspects of employment (recruiting, hiring, wages and salary, promotions, benefits, trainings and job termination).

If you believe you match our requirements and values, we would be happy to hear from you. Visit our website to know more about us, our services and company culture.

About ClearGrid

ClearGrid is a digital debt resolution platform leveraging AI and advanced analytics to help financial institutions recover problem debt effectively. We partner with banks and fintechs to streamline collections, optimize recoveries, and offer customized borrower solutions. As we expand across the UAE and KSA, we seek a Business Development & Partnerships Lead to drive strategic growth and establish key relationships in both markets.

The Business Development & Partnerships Lead will be responsible for expanding ClearGrid's footprint in the UAE and KSA by securing partnerships with banks, fintechs, and financial institutions. This role requires a strong network within the financial ecosystem, a deep understanding of B2B sales, and the ability to drive revenue growth through strategic alliances. The ideal candidate will be a proactive dealmaker with experience in financial services, SaaS, or fintech partnerships.

• Market Expansion: Identify and pursue new business opportunities with banks, fintechs, and other financial institutions in the UAE and KSA.
• Partnership Development: Establish and nurture relationships with key decision-makers to drive long-term strategic partnerships.
• Sales & Revenue Growth: Develop and execute business development strategies that contribute to ClearGrid's growth targets.
• Regulatory & Compliance Alignment: Work closely with internal teams to ensure partnerships comply with regulatory requirements in both UAE and KSA.
• Negotiation & Contracting: Lead deal negotiations, structure commercial agreements, and drive favorable outcomes for ClearGrid.
• Industry Positioning: Represent ClearGrid at industry events, conferences, and networking opportunities to enhance brand awareness and thought leadership.
• Market Research & Insights: Monitor industry trends, competitive landscape, and emerging opportunities to refine ClearGrid's go-to-market strategy.
• Collaboration: Work cross-functionally with product, compliance, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration of new partners.

• Experience: 5+ years in business development, sales, or partnerships within fintech, banking, or SaaS.
• Market Knowledge: Strong understanding of the financial sector, B2B partnerships, and regulatory landscapes in both UAE and KSA.
• Sales Acumen: Proven track record in closing deals and driving revenue growth in financial services or fintech.
• Negotiation & Communication: Strong ability to structure and negotiate high-value commercial agreements.
• Networking: Well-connected within the banking and fintech ecosystem in UAE and KSA.
• Tech-Savvy: Familiarity with AI-driven financial products, digital platforms, and SaaS sales models.
• Language: Fluent in Arabic and English.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field (MBA preferred).

• Lead strategic partnerships and drive business expansion across multiple markets.
• Work with a fast-growing fintech disrupting the debt resolution space with AI.
• High-impact role with autonomy and significant growth opportunities.
• Competitive salary, commission structure, and performance-based incentives.

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About Us

Infomineo is a pioneering global AI-enhanced research company that transforms how businesses access, analyze, and act on critical intelligence. We've evolved from traditional business research outsourcing to become the strategic partner that combines cutting-edge artificial intelligence with deep human expertise. We offer 3 services to our global clients (leading consulting companies, Fortune 500 companies, and government entities): AI and Data Advisory, Next-Gen Insights and Resource Scaling. This is made possible by relying on 3 pillars of excellence: industry experts spread across 5 offices (Cairo, Casablanca, Mexico City, Dubai, Barcelona), 2) Our proprietary AI orchestrator, 3) Extensive knowledge assets combining 500,000+ delivered case studies and database subscriptions.

About Us

Infomineo is a pioneering global AI-enhanced research company that transforms how businesses access, analyze, and act on critical intelligence. We've evolved from traditional business research outsourcing to become the strategic partner that combines cutting-edge artificial intelligence with deep human expertise. We offer 3 services to our global clients (leading consulting companies, Fortune 500 companies, and government entities): AI and Data Advisory, Next-Gen Insights and Resource Scaling. This is made possible by relying on 3 pillars of excellence: industry experts spread across 5 offices (Cairo, Casablanca, Mexico City, Dubai, Barcelona), 2) Our proprietary AI orchestrator, 3) Extensive knowledge assets combining 500,000+ delivered case studies and database subscriptions.

Ready to kick start your career with us?

About this Role:

Are you convinced that some intellectual activities can be outsourced? Would you like to create a new industry, "brainshoring"? Are you motivated to create dozens of jobs?

Are you passionate about public sector transformation? Do you have a track record of building trusted relationships with government clients and driving strategic partnerships?

If so, this is your opportunity to lead Infomineo's growth within the public sector and government ecosystem. We are looking for a visionary, business-savvy professional to join us as Vice President, Public Sector - a role that combines business development, client engagement, and strategic leadership.

What you will do:

As Vice President you will lead Infomineo activity in one or several sectors.

Your core focus will be in business development. As such you will:

• Define the key accounts you want to approach
• Define an account management plan for each of your target accounts
• Execute on this action plan to close business and make target
  
  

• Oversee the delivery of high-impact public sector projects as project director, ensuring quality, compliance, and alignment with public sector priorities.
• Coordinate with internal research and design teams to align resources and deliverables to client expectations
  
  

• Supervising the teamwork as a project director
• Interacting with the client to monitor its satisfaction and take any remediation action
  
  

• A Master's degree holder in Business, Economics, or similar field
• Strong interest in Business Development and Sales
• 7+ years of experience working with or for public sector institutions, preferably in consulting, research, or business development roles
• Fluent in both English and Arabic, and French is a strong advantage.
• An ambitious and driven individual
• A problem solver
• A person who masters both the skills of research and consulting and of business development
• Good creativity and organization skills
• Ability to develop lasting professional relationships with clients
• Good presentation and negotiation skills
  
  

• A competitive salary
• A great working environment & fast-track career trajectory
• A healthy work-life balance
• Health insurance Benefits
  
  

• Seniority level Associate

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Business Development
• Industries IT Services and IT Consulting

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Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Business Administration (Management)
• Master's degree in Business, Economics, or a related field

Nationality: Any

Vacancy: 1

Job Description:

About this Role:

Are you convinced that some intellectual activities can be outsourced? Would you like to create a new industry, brainshoring? Are you motivated to create dozens of jobs?

Do you have a passion for public sector transformation? Do you have a proven track record of building trusted relationships with government clients and driving strategic partnerships?

If so, this is your opportunity to lead Infomineo's growth within the public sector and government ecosystem. We are seeking a visionary, business-savvy professional to join us as Vice President, Public Sector—a role that combines business development, client engagement, and strategic leadership.

Responsibilities:

1. Business Development:

• Identify and define key accounts to approach
• Develop account management plans for each target account
• Execute plans to close deals and meet targets

Strategic Oversight & Project Supervision:

• Oversee delivery of high-impact public sector projects, ensuring quality, compliance, and alignment with public sector priorities
• Coordinate with research and design teams to align resources and deliverables

Ensure client satisfaction by:

• Supervising project teams as a project director
• Interacting with clients to monitor satisfaction and address issues

Additionally, lead sector activity by collaborating with marketing to create relevant materials and by training research teams.

Candidate Profile:

• Master's degree in Business, Economics, or related fields
• Strong interest in business development and sales
• 7+ years of experience with public sector institutions, preferably in consulting, research, or business development roles
• Fluent in English and Arabic; French is a strong advantage
• Ambitious, driven, and capable of building lasting client relationships
• Excellent presentation and negotiation skills
• Creative and organized

What We Offer:

• A great working environment and fast-track career growth

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