Business Development Associate

Job Brief:

The Business Development Associate will drive growth and market expansion across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Based in our regional offices, you will play a pivotal role in identifying, researching, and qualifying high-value opportunities across critical sectors, including Land, Aviation, Healthcare, Data Centers, and Logistics.

In this role, you will act as the engine of our business development team-translating complex market data into actionable insights, crafting compelling pitch materials, and managing key stakeholder relationships. The ideal candidate is an agile professional who excels at cross-functional coordination, thrives in a fast-paced corporate environment, and is eager to support the localization and expansion goals aligned with KSA’s Vision 2030.

Your Responsibilities:

Market Intelligence & Opportunity Qualification

• Conduct Sector Research: Perform comprehensive market research and qualification to identify expansion opportunities within core target sectors (Logistics, Land, Aviation, Healthcare, Data Centers).
• Deliver Actionable Insights: Develop detailed market scans, competitor benchmarks, and macroeconomic trend analyses to support strategic decision-making.

Pitch & Proposal Management

• Content Creation & Design Coordination: Draft high-impact briefing notes, pitch decks, and commercial proposals, collaborating closely with design teams to ensure polished, client-ready deliverables.
• Commercial Bid Support: Provide end-to-end support for complex commercial proposals and strategic pilots.

Pipeline Management & Operations

• Maintain BD Momentum: Manage and update business development follow-up tracking systems, ensuring all post-meeting action items are executed seamlessly.
• Stakeholder Mapping: Develop and maintain meticulous stakeholder maps to track key decision-makers and influential figures across public and private sectors in KSA.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Coordinate inputs and data across various Operating Companies (OpCos) to synthesize a unified, consolidated view of the organization’s business development pipeline.

Requirements

Your Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Experience: 2-4 years of experience in business development, market research, management consulting, or a corporate analyst role, preferably within the GCC or KSA market.
• Sector Knowledge: Familiarity with at least two of the target industries (Logistics, Healthcare, Aviation, Infrastructure, or Technology/Data Centers) is highly desirable.
• KSA Market Nuance: A solid understanding of the KSA business landscape, government procurement tendencies, and corporate protocols

Your Proficiencies

• Agility: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift based on government mandates or market opportunities.
• Advanced proficiency in MS PowerPoint and Excel for creating data-driven decks and financial/market benchmarks.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Fluency in English is required; bilingual proficiency in Arabic is highly advantageous for local stakeholder mapping.
• Strong organizational skills, high attention to detail, and the ability to pull together data from multiple business units (OpCos) under tight deadlines.