Business Strategist - UAE

Comand AI; Dubai; On-site; AED 461,215 - 587,001; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top compensation in Europe

Paris-based with field travel

Job summary

Comand AI is seeking a Business Strategist to mobilize its presence from the ground up in the defense sector. The role focuses on identifying entry points, building trusted relationships with ministries of defense, and guiding opportunities from initial engagement to pilot and contract.

You will translate complex software capabilities into operational and commercial value, manage long procurement cycles, and collaborate with global teams to drive market traction across Europe, including

Qualifications

• Experience selling into armed forces, ministries of defense, or a highly regulated B2G market.
• Track record of two or three large deals personally closed.
• Ability to build pipeline from near-zero with no playbook.
• Technical curiosity to translate complex software into value for procurement.

Responsibilities

• Identify entry points and own journey from first engagement to contract.
• Shape strategic opportunities before formal procurement.
• Build trusted relationships across defense ecosystem including government stakeholders.
• Navigate long, sensitive B2G sales cycles with multiple stakeholders and RFIs/RFPs.
• Translate Prevail’s capabilities into procurement-friendly language.
• Collaborate with founders, product and field teams to convert field validation into traction.
• Work with a Europe-wide team to unlock opportunities with armed forces and defense orgs.

Skills

Sales leadership

Strategic selling

Stakeholder management

Market entry strategy

Job description

Comand AI's mission to deliver the next generation of software to the European defense.

From the identification of capacities that need building to their delivery within our forces, achieving our objective means navigating complex legacy environments, dense ecosystems, and partnership engagements.

We are looking for a Business Strategist to build Comand AI’s presence from the ground up. You will identify the right entry points, build trusted relationships across the defense ecosystem, and create the path from first operational engagement to pilot and contract. Working closely with product and forward deployed teams, you’ll turn operational proof into commercial traction and establish Comand AI as a trusted partner in the market.

What this looks like in practice:

• Build Comand AI’s presence in your market: identify the right units, partners, champions, and procurement pathways, then own the journey from first engagement through experimentation, pilot, and contract

• Identify and shape strategic opportunities before formal procurement, positioning Comand AI where operational needs emerge

• Build and maintain trusted relationships across the defense ecosystem, from operational units to industrial partners and government stakeholders

• Navi gate long, politically sensitive B2G sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders, security clearances, RFIs, RFPs, and public procurement rules

• Translate Prevail’s technical capabilities into language that resonates with procurement officers, general staffs, and program leads

• Work closely with the founders, product, and forward deployed teams to turn field validation into commercial traction

• Collaborate with a Europe-wide team to unlock strategic opportunities with armed forces, partners, and defense organizations

Who We're Looking For

Must-have:

• Experience selling into armed forces, ministries of defense, or another highly regulated B2G market with long sales cycles

• A top performing history on your sales team and a clear track record of two or three large-size deals you personally closed

• Comfortable building a pipeline and a market from close to zero, without a playbook handed to you

• Technical curiosity and the ability to understand complex software products well enough to translate them into operational and commercial value

• Empathy for military users and their mission

• EU citizenship (contractual requirement tied to our defense contracts)

• Fluency in the local language of the market you're covering, plus English

Nice to have:

• Existing relationships inside defense ministries, armed forces, or NATO-adjacent institutions

• Prior experience at a defense tech or dual-use startup

• Background in the military or a related government role

What's In It For You

• Competitive package (top 0.1% of compensation in Europe: base + equity)

• Paris-based with field travel to active deployment areas

The Process

1. Talent screening: 30 min, online. Background and motivation.

2. Role screening: 60 min, online.

3. Onsite in Paris: half day.

4. Roundtable: hiring committee.

How to Apply

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