Business Development Manager UAE

RateHawk; Dubai; Remote; AED 134,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Remote work

Travel and training opportunities

CRM training and API exposure

Job summary

RateHawk, part of Emerging Travel Group, is seeking a Business Development Manager to drive sales, forge strategic partnerships, and expand the client base in the UAE. This is a remote vacancy open to candidates residing in the United Arab Emirates, with travel up to 50% and a car required for business trips.

You will manage partner accounts, provide system training, and deliver market analyses while reporting through CRM and internal systems.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of successful experience in the full sales life cycle with a focus on B2B in travel.
• Understanding of the UAE travel market (B2B networks).
• Advanced English language skills.
• Location: United Arab Emirates, preferably Dubai.
• Travel up to 50% of time may be required; car is mandatory for business trips.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement sales activities to hit targets and expand presence in the territory.
• Sign up new partners (tour operators, travel agencies, TMCs, OTAs) and train them on our system.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with partners and manage an assigned portfolio.
• Provide first-level support to partners and identify ways to improve cooperation.
• Prepare, execute and manage commercial deals, including required documents and tech setup.
• Monitor compliance with commercial terms including payment flows.
• Provide market and competitive environment analysis.
• Deliver regular CRM-based reporting.

Skills

Advanced English

Data-driven

Excel & dashboards

Team player

Proactive

Tools

CRM systems

API familiarity

Job description

RateHawk is part of Emerging Travel Group - a pioneering travel-tech company also known for its two other brands, ZenHotels and Roundtrip, spanning over 220 markets worldwide.

Our mission is to create, distribute, and operate the most convenient travel products. We constantly innovate and break the rules of the highly complex travel industry to make travel more widely available for individuals, more rewarding for professionals, and simpler for everyone.

As a Business Development Manager you will play a pivotal role in driving our sales efforts, forging strategic partnerships, and expanding our client base along with maintaining and developing the relationships with our clients and consolidating our presence on the local market.

This is a remote vacancy open to candidates residing in United Arab Emirates.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement sales activities and hit the sales targets to achieve growth and expand presence in assigned territory;
• Sign up new partners (tour operators, travel agencies, travel management companies, OTAs) and provide them with extended training of our system;
• Build and maintain a strong, long-lasting relationship with new and existing partners;
• Account management of an assigned portfolio of partners, including the first level of support;
• Follow-up with existing partners to provide system training and identify the ways to improve the cooperation;
• Prepare, execute and manage the commercial deals with the partners, including the execution of required document flow and technical setup;
• Control of compliance with commercial conditions by partners, including the payment flow;
• Spend approximately 50% of your working time on business trips, including meetings with clients, industry events, and other business-related events;
• Provide market & competitive environment analysis;
• Provide regular comprehensive reporting through CRM and internal systems;
• Initiate API deals with potential and existing partners.

• Relevant Experience. Minimum of 1 year of successful experience in the full sales life cycle with a focus on business development and account management of B2B companies, within the travel industry;
• Market Knowledge. Understanding of the region's travel market, including B2B travel networks (tour operators, travel agencies, travel management companies, OTAs);
• Language knowledge. Advanced English;
• Location: United Arab Emirates, preferably in Dubai
• Travel Requirements. Up to 50% of travel time may be required;
• Car is mandatory for business trips;
• Analytical Skills. Used to data-driven decision-making, metrics-driven and good with numbers, Excel, and dashboards;
• Personal Skills. Proactive, ambitious, motivated, action-oriented, results-focused, appetite for innovative technology, comfortable with the fast-changing business environment, teamplayer;
• International Mindset. Ability to understand and work across a wide range of cultural contexts reflecting ETG's global presence;
• Competence in API technology deals is a plus.

• Flexible schedules and opportunity to work remotely.
• Ambitious and supportive team who love what they do, appreciate each other, and grow together.
• Internal programs for adaptation and training, development of soft skills, and leadership abilities.
• Partial compensation for participating in external training and conferences.
• Corporate English school: Group and individual lessons, speaking clubs with colleagues from all over the world.
• Corporate prices on hotels and travel services.
• MyTime Day Off - an extra non-working day without loss of compensation.

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