2816 Director jobs in Dubai

One of the most important and largest projects by PIF in the Kingdom.

Experience in managing complex infrastructure portfolios including transportation networks, utilities, and smart city systems that support the successful execution of events like World Expos, Olympic Games, and mega infrastructure projects.

Have previously held senior roles within government infrastructure authorities, engineering consultancies, delivery agencies, or integrated project teams with extensive experience delivering multi-billion-dollar, multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects under tight deadlines and high stakeholder scrutiny.

• Expertise in infrastructure master planning, program governance, risk management, and phased delivery models.
• Proven ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholders including public agencies, utility providers, contractors, and technology partners.
• Strong leadership in managing large, multidisciplinary teams and ensuring alignment with strategic goals and sustainability targets.
• Experience in integrating innovative, resilient, and sustainable infrastructure solutions that meet both event needs and legacy requirements.

As a strategic business leader, this role oversees all company operations in Dubai, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate will drive business growth, optimize performance, and lead high-performing teams.

• Develop and execute business strategies to enhance profitability, market share, and operational efficiency.
• Lead budgeting, financial planning, and cost-control initiatives to ensure long-term sustainability.
• Mentor senior management and foster a culture of innovation through open communication and collaboration.
• Build strong relationships with clients, partners, and government entities to drive business development.
• Identify new opportunities, partnerships, and market expansions to propel the organization forward.

• Minimum 20 years of progressive leadership experience, preferably in construction, design, or engineering.
• Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) or related field is essential.
• Strong background in financial management, strategic planning, and operational leadership is necessary for success.
• Exceptional negotiation, communication, and decision-making skills are crucial in this role.
• In-depth knowledge of the Dubai/UAE market and industry trends is highly desirable.

This role offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including a comprehensive health insurance plan and access to professional development opportunities.

Opportunities for career growth and advancement within the organization.

Overview

Drive the Macro Sales strategy for UAE Institutional clients and leverage the brand of SCB in the GCC region to support development of a new market hub for global hedge fund clients. Develop and maintain a strong partnership with Trading, Structuring, Research, Corporate & Institutional Coverage, Transaction Banking & other key stakeholders across the Bank. Leverage existing relationships and knowledge of multimanager hedge fund industry to drive production across FXO/FXC/IRD and local currency bond markets across all regions.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Appropriately deliver SCB's capabilities to clients through face to face meetings, conferences, and calls to determine Financial Market needs, as applicable
• Serve as SCB ambassador to growing multimanager community in UAE and drive marketing efforts to that effect
• Leverage existing hedge fund relationships and facility built through experience to build a new client community and bind it effectively to the SCB brand
• Deepen investor relationships and improve dialogue around market ideas with key clients through increased client contact
• Identify and cultivate prospective accounts with the goal of growing the FX, interest rate and credit business
• Provide product solutions in FX, rates, or credit, based on individual knowledge and competency
• Emphasis on cross asset and cross border collaboration in order to maximize client service and returns and ensure footprint product is delivered into UAE based clients
• Stretch target for Core Clients with close coordination
• Awareness and understanding of the Group's business strategy and model appropriate to the role

Business

• Manage an account list to a minimum total income
• Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates
• Obtain introductions to prospective customers and make a persuasive business case for the use of SCB products and services in preference to current sources, leveraging existing relationships
• To establish and maintain high level contacts with current and target customers through sales calls, entertainment and visits, in order to develop relationships and gain insight into their future plans and needs
• Provide seamless backup for colleagues when they are unavailable to deal with their clients
• Learn all applicable booking and risk systems and maintain excellent attention to detail
• Each FM Salesperson is responsible for ensuring that a transaction is appropriate for the client

Risk Management

• Monitor the utilization of each customer's trading limits with SCB, obtain specific approval for any excess likely to arise as a result of a particular transaction and make an appropriate recommendation to CIB where a higher limit may lead to additional profitable business
• Adherence to all Group Policies and relevant legislation covering credit, operational, reputational risk among others
• Commitment to Group Code of Conduct
• Timely completion of all e-learning, attestations and requests for information

Governance

• Understand and comply with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws and regulations, including those governing anti-money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions; the Group's policies and procedures; and the Group Code of Conduct
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk and compliance matters

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct
• Assist the Investor Sales team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Operation of Financial Markets; Financial Crime Prevention; The Right Environment
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters

Key Stakeholders

• Institutional & Corporate Clients
• Banking and product partners across the bank
• FMATT
• Regional Head of Financial Markets
• Product management teams
• Structuring management teams
• Partner FM regional heads
• Trading heads
• Technology, Finance, control and risk functions
• Regulators

Other Responsibilities

• Demonstrate Here for Good and the Group's brand and values in daily behaviour
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures
• Train and develop back up for the top accounts you cover. Ensuring they provide similar market color and a similar level of service
• Designate back up, by name, in Away Notes for Top 10 accounts

Our Ideal Candidate

• Cross Selling
• Customer Behavior and Preferences
• Interest Rate Risk Management
• Investment Banking Services
• Investment Consulting
• Loan Origination
• Market Risk
• Prospecting
• Sales Proposal and Presentation
• Securities Laws and Regulations (SLR)
• Foreign Exchange

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us. Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together We

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What We Offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Business Development and Sales
• Industries: Banking

Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

This is a key position within our organization, requiring an exceptional Office Coordinator to provide high-level administrative support to the Director General.

The successful candidate will possess excellent communication skills, cultural awareness, and the ability to handle confidential information with discretion.

• Act as the primary point of contact for all matters concerning the Director General's office, responding promptly to inquiries and providing timely support.
• Provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative services, ensuring seamless coordination and oversight of the Director General's tasks and projects.
• Manage the DG's daily schedule, prioritize office tasks, and ensure timely completion of objectives.
• Arrange meetings, prepare agendas, and distribute relevant documentation in a timely manner.
• Exercise sound judgment, diplomacy, and discretion when handling sensitive information and executive support.
• Assist board members with travel arrangements and maintain confidentiality throughout the process.

• Bachelor's degree with at least seven years of relevant administrative experience.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, and social media platforms.
• Excellent communication skills in English and Arabic, with the ability to adapt to diverse cultural settings.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the capacity to multitask effectively.

Executive Director – Civil

Location: Dubai

Reports to: CEO

Experience : 15+ years in UAE

The Executive Director – Civil is responsible for leading the execution of civil and fit-out projects from pre-construction through handover, ensuring operational excellence, commercial discipline, cost control, and client satisfaction. This role drives strategic alignment across departments, oversees timely and profitable project delivery, and fosters a high-performance execution culture.

1. Strategic Project Oversight & Governance

• Lead multiple concurrent projects from mobilization to closeout, ensuring scope, timeline, quality, safety, and budget compliance.
• Establish project delivery strategies and approve master schedules, milestones, and review checkpoints.
• Ensure adherence to internal SOPs, client requirements, and regulatory standards.
• Monitor delivery KPIs and address deviations proactively.

2. Client & Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the highest escalation point for client and consultant interactions.
• Translate stakeholder expectations into measurable objectives.
• Oversee client approvals, conflict resolution, and alignment meetings.
• Build long-term client relationships through proactive communication and delivery excellence.

3. Budget Control, Risk Mitigation & Commercial Oversight

• Approve project budgets, resource allocation, and procurement strategies.
• Monitor project cost performance, approve corrective actions, and manage variation impacts.
• Identify and mitigate commercial risks, including under-quoting and vendor escalations.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Contracts, and Planning teams to safeguard margins.

4. Cross-Functional Coordination & Execution Discipline

• Integrate planning, procurement, technical, and site execution activities into a cohesive delivery model.
• Ensure synchronization of resource mobilization, material delivery, subcontractor management, and QA/QC.
• Review performance metrics and drive accountability across functions.

5. Leadership & Team Development

• Mentor and develop Project Directors, Managers, and Engineers.
• Set execution standards and define career growth pathways.
• Foster a performance-driven culture with structured feedback, upskilling, and succession planning.

6. Systems, Tools & Continuous Improvement

• Implement and oversee project reporting tools and dashboards (ERPNext, Power BI, Primavera).
• Drive digitization of site operations, procurement, and technical submissions.
• Conduct post-project reviews and integrate lessons learned into SOPs.
• Lead excellence programs and value engineering initiatives.

• Project delivery dashboards tracking timelines, budgets, and client satisfaction.
• On-time milestone achievement with recovery plans as needed.
• Seamless cross-functional alignment from planning through execution.
• Snag-free client handovers with compliant documentation.
• Operational efficiency through productivity and resource monitoring.
• Risk escalation and resolution management.
• Development of a strong project execution leadership bench.

• CEO: Align on strategy, budget, and critical risk decisions.
• Clients & Consultants: Manage escalations and maintain trust through delivery excellence.
• Project Directors & Managers: Drive accountability and performance.
• Commercial & Contracts: Coordinate claims, cost control, and risk mitigation.
• Planning & Technical Teams: Ensure design-to-execution alignment.
• QA/QC & HSE Leads: Enforce quality and safety compliance.
• Procurement & Logistics: Secure timely resource flow and resolve bottlenecks.

Job Type: Full-time

Application Question(s):

• Can you briefly describe your experience managing large-scale civil projects.
• What strategies have you implemented to improve operational efficiency and cost control in your previous roles?
• What is your current salary and expected salary for this position?

One of the most important and largest projects by PIF in the Kingdom.

Experience in managing complex infrastructure portfolios including transportation networks, utilities, and smart city systems that support the successful execution of events like World Expos, Olympic Games, and mega infrastructure projects.

Have previously held senior roles within government infrastructure authorities, engineering consultancies, delivery agencies, or integrated project teams with extensive experience delivering multi-billion-dollar, multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects under tight deadlines and high stakeholder scrutiny.

• Expertise in infrastructure master planning, program governance, risk management, and phased delivery models.
• Proven ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholders including public agencies, utility providers, contractors, and technology partners.
• Strong leadership in managing large, multidisciplinary teams and ensuring alignment with strategic goals and sustainability targets.
• Experience in integrating innovative, resilient, and sustainable infrastructure solutions that meet both event needs and legacy requirements.

Overview

Drive the Macro Sales strategy for UAE Institutional clients and leverage the brand of SCB in the GCC region to support development of a new market hub for global hedge fund clients. Develop and maintain a strong partnership with Trading, Structuring, Research, Corporate & Institutional Coverage, Transaction Banking & other key stakeholders across the Bank. Leverage existing relationships and knowledge of multimanager hedge fund industry to drive production across FXO/FXC/IRD and local currency bond markets across all regions.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Appropriately deliver SCB’s capabilities to clients through face to face meetings, conferences, and calls to determine Financial Market needs, as applicable
• Serve as SCB ambassador to growing multimanager community in UAE and drive marketing efforts to that effect
• Leverage existing hedge fund relationships and facility built through experience to build a new client community and bind it effectively to the SCB brand
• Deepen investor relationships and improve dialogue around market ideas with key clients through increased client contact
• Identify and cultivate prospective accounts with the goal of growing the FX, interest rate and credit business
• Provide product solutions in FX, rates, or credit, based on individual knowledge and competency
• Emphasis on cross asset and cross border collaboration in order to maximize client service and returns and ensure footprint product is delivered into UAE based clients
• Stretch target for Core Clients with close coordination
• Awareness and understanding of the Group’s business strategy and model appropriate to the role

Business

• Manage an account list to a minimum total income
• Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates
• Obtain introductions to prospective customers and make a persuasive business case for the use of SCB products and services in preference to current sources, leveraging existing relationships
• To establish and maintain high level contacts with current and target customers through sales calls, entertainment and visits, in order to develop relationships and gain insight into their future plans and needs
• Provide seamless backup for colleagues when they are unavailable to deal with their clients
• Learn all applicable booking and risk systems and maintain excellent attention to detail
• Each FM Salesperson is responsible for ensuring that a transaction is appropriate for the client

Risk Management

• Monitor the utilization of each customer’s trading limits with SCB, obtain specific approval for any excess likely to arise as a result of a particular transaction and make an appropriate recommendation to CIB where a higher limit may lead to additional profitable business
• Adherence to all Group Policies and relevant legislation covering credit, operational, reputational risk among others
• Commitment to Group Code of Conduct
• Timely completion of all e-learning, attestations and requests for information

Governance

• Understand and comply with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws and regulations, including those governing anti-money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions; the Group’s policies and procedures; and the Group Code of Conduct
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk and compliance matters

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct
• Assist the Investor Sales team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Operation of Financial Markets; Financial Crime Prevention; The Right Environment
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters

Key Stakeholders

• Institutional & Corporate Clients
• Banking and product partners across the bank
• FMATT
• Regional Head of Financial Markets
• Product management teams
• Structuring management teams
• Partner FM regional heads
• Trading heads
• Technology, Finance, control and risk functions
• Regulators

Other Responsibilities

• Demonstrate Here for Good and the Group’s brand and values in daily behaviour
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures
• Train and develop back up for the top accounts you cover. Ensuring they provide similar market color and a similar level of service
• Designate back up, by name, in Away Notes for Top 10 accounts

Our Ideal Candidate

• Cross Selling
• Customer Behavior and Preferences
• Interest Rate Risk Management
• Investment Banking Services
• Investment Consulting
• Loan Origination
• Market Risk
• Prospecting
• Sales Proposal and Presentation
• Securities Laws and Regulations (SLR)
• Foreign Exchange

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us. Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together We

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What We Offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Business Development and Sales
• Industries: Banking

Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Senior Creative Strategist

This role involves overseeing the creative strategy for Visa GCC and its partners. You will work with the Head of Brand and Head of Marketing Services to develop and oversee creative campaigns as well as guide your team and a network of external vendors and partners.

• Develop comprehensive communications plans and conduct competitor research to drive campaign performance.

• Provide domain expertise and consulting on clients/partners strategy in the areas of sales marketing and/or product development.

• Leverage data metrics and research to create dynamic creative strategies that meet business objectives.

• Drive the outsource strategy for creative development sourcing vendors scaling tracking and holding vendors accountable to quality outcomes.

• Empower your team to maintain sustainable project milestones proactive risk assessment and schedules that consider deadline quality and positive team health.

• Partner and collaborate with multiple executive stakeholders to launch successful communications campaigns.

• Oversee campaign work across major communications investments leading creative excellence across all media and driving creative innovation.

The ideal candidate should have prior experience managing teams and leveraging marketing technology platforms to execute world-class digital campaigns.

14 years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 12 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Master's MBA).

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from qualified candidates without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status.

As a seasoned hospitality professional, you will oversee the daily operations of our Housekeeping department. This includes managing a team to maintain high standards of cleanliness and quality, ensuring seamless execution of schedules and processes, and providing exceptional guest services.

• Manage the day-to-day activities of the Housekeeping team, maintaining efficiency and productivity in a fast-paced environment
• Develop and implement strategies to enhance employee satisfaction, engagement, and retention
• Conduct regular inspections to ensure adherence to cleaning and maintenance standards, identifying areas for improvement
• Optimize operating expenses while delivering outstanding guest experiences
• Maintain accurate records and reports on inventory levels, employee performance, and guest feedback

Key Responsibilities: