Chief Executive Officer

Foreground LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing hospitality group in Dubai is seeking a Chief Executive Officer to lead overall strategy, performance, and expansion across its diverse portfolio. This role entails full P&L responsibility, overseeing operations, finance, and brand growth. Candidates must possess significant executive experience within hospitality or F&B, particularly in scaling concepts within the UAE market. The ideal applicant should combine commercial discipline with strong leadership abilities. This position will also represent the company in front of stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Candidates must have senior executive experience within hospitality or F&B.
• Strong exposure to scaling restaurant or lifestyle concepts is essential.
• Experience operating in the UAE market is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the group's overall strategy, performance, and expansion agenda.
• Manage full P&L responsibility and oversee operations and finance.
• Act as the public face of the group with partners and regulators.

Skills

Senior executive experience within hospitality

Experience scaling restaurant or lifestyle concepts

Commercial discipline

Brand sensitivity

People leadership

Board and investor-facing experience

Job description

Overview

Our client is a fast-growing hospitality and F&B group with a diversified portfolio of restaurant concepts and lifestyle venues across the UAE. The group is backed by strong investors and is entering a disciplined scale-up phase.

The Role

The Chief Executive Officer will lead the group's overall strategy, performance, and expansion agenda across existing and new concepts. This role will have full P&L responsibility and oversight of operations, finance, brand, and growth. A key focus will be standardising operations, strengthening leadership depth, and ensuring profitability across the portfolio. The CEO will work closely with shareholders on expansion strategy, franchising, and regional growth. The role will also act as the public face of the group with partners, landlords, and regulators.

Candidate Profile

Candidates must have senior executive experience within hospitality, F&B, or multi-brand consumer environments. Strong exposure to scaling restaurant or lifestyle concepts is essential. Experience operating in the UAE market is highly preferred. The ideal candidate combines commercial discipline with brand sensitivity and people leadership. Board and investor-facing experience is a strong advantage.