Chief Executive Officer

EyeSpy Recruitment - iGaming Specialists; United Arab Emirates; Hybrid; AED 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

EyeSpy Recruitment - iGaming Specialists is partnering with a category-defining consumer gaming platform to appoint an experienced iGaming CEO. You will lead a real-money B2C business at scale, drive global expansion, monetisation, and a community-first entertainment strategy.

The role demands hands-on leadership, a global market mindset, and fluency in VIP economics, retention, ARPU and LTV, with close collaboration to the CFO and CPO.

Qualifications

• Senior iGaming operator with real-money B2C experience at scale.
• Strong track record in monetisation, retention, and growth metrics.
• Hands-on leadership: build, don’t just manage; capable of running a complex platform.

Responsibilities

• Own full P&L and strategic direction for a category-leading platform.
• Lead the commercial engine: monetisation, subscriptions, ads, partnerships, and new revenue streams.
• Oversee product roadmap in collaboration with the Chief Product Officer.
• Maintain financial discipline and capital strategy with the CFO.
• Drive community, creator, and publisher partnerships to fuel growth.
• Lead international expansion strategy across new markets and user cohorts.

Skills

VIP economics

Global mindset

P&L leadership

Partnerships

Job description

Scale a category-defining consumer gaming platform.

A rare CEO seat for an experienced iGaming operator to run a globally ambitious business.

The opportunity

Our client is one of the most successful and best-loved consumer gaming platforms globally, with tens of millions of registered users, a thriving creator community, and category-leading engagement metrics. The business is now entering an ambitious next chapter — global expansion, deeper monetisation, and building the community-first entertainment experience of the next decade.

The owners and board are looking for an experienced iGaming CEO — someone who knows how to run a real-money B2C gaming business at scale — to lead the company through this next phase. The team is established, high-performing, and highly valued; the ask is world-class commercial and operational leadership on top.

Why an iGaming leader?

The board wants the operator DNA that only iGaming builds:

• VIP economics, retention and lifetime value — turning engaged users into paying communities.
• Product-led growth, live operations, and always-on optimisation of the funnel.
• Multi-market commercial thinking, partnerships with global publishers and brands.
• Rigorous unit economics, payments, fraud, compliance, and risk instincts.
• Community, tournaments, and content-as-product — categories where iGaming leaders excel.

What you'll own

• Full P&L and strategic direction of business with a category-leading domestic footprint and a live global roadmap.
• Commercial engine — monetisation, subscriptions, ads, partnerships, and new revenue lines.
• Product roadmap in close partnership with a strong Chief Product Officer.
• Financial discipline and capital strategy in close partnership with an experienced CFO.
• Community, creator, and publisher partnerships — the flywheel that makes this business special.
• International expansion strategy across new markets and new user cohorts.

Who you are

• A senior iGaming operator — sitting CEO, COO, MD, or Deputy CEO of a B2C real-money-gaming or fantasy sports business.
• Strong B2C DNA — you have grown paying users, built engaged communities, and can talk about VIP, retention, ARPU and LTV as fluently as EBITDA.
• A global market mindset — comfortable running across jurisdictions, working with multicultural teams, and thinking beyond a single home market.
• Hands-on and roll-up-your-sleeves — a builder, not a caretaker.
• Board-fluent and investor-trusted — able to represent the business to institutional shareholders and global partners.
• Comfortable in a business where product, technology and community sit at the heart of the model.

Location

Negotiable across Europe and the UK, UAE. We are open to strong candidates in either region; hybrid arrangements are on the table for the right person.

Package

Highly competitive executive salary and package, aligned with the seniority and impact of the role. Full details shared on introduction.