Commercial Director & Growth Strategy & Partnerships

Black & Grey HR; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading HR consultancy in the UAE is seeking a Commercial Director to lead commercial expansion and partnership strategy. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in commercial leadership roles, with strong skills in growth and stakeholder management. This role involves defining growth strategies and ensuring compliance across commercial activities. The successful candidate will work closely with various stakeholders to align objectives and drive sustainable growth across services.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in commercial leadership roles in the UAE.
• Strong experience in growth, partnerships, and scaling service-based revenue.
• Proven stakeholder management with senior decision makers.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the growth strategy across core and adjacent service lines.
• Identify new revenue channels through partnerships, alliances, and ecosystem expansion.
• Build synergies across internal stakeholders, related entities, and third-party operators.
• Own governance across performance, KPIs, and commercial commitments.
• Support senior stakeholder forums with decision-ready insights and recommendations.
• Ensure strong commercial controls across contracting, risk, compliance, and value protection.
• Drive stakeholder alignment across multiple parties with competing priorities.

Skills

Commercial judgement

Stakeholder management

Growth strategy

Partnership development

Job description

Full time | Black & Grey HR | United Arab Emirates

Posted On 16/01/2026

Job Information

Work Experience 10+ years

City Abu Dhabi

State/Province Abu Dhabi

51133

Job Description

Black & Grey HR is supporting a UAE based service platform with multiple strategic stakeholders to appoint a Commercial Director.

This role owns commercial expansion, partnership strategy, and sustainable growth across a portfolio of services within a structured governance environment. Further details will be shared with shortlisted candidates.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the growth strategy across core and adjacent service lines
• Identify new revenue channels through partnerships, alliances, and ecosystem expansion
• Build synergies across internal stakeholders, related entities, and third party operators
• Own governance across performance, KPIs, and commercial commitments
• Support senior stakeholder forums with decision ready insights and recommendations
• Ensure strong commercial controls across contracting, risk, compliance, and value protection
• Work closely with Legal and Finance on commercial models, contracting, and negotiations
• Drive stakeholder alignment across multiple parties with competing priorities

Requirements

• 10+ years in commercial leadership roles in the UAE
• Strong experience in growth, partnerships, and scaling service based revenue
• Proven stakeholder management with senior decision makers
• Strong commercial judgement across financial analysis, pricing logic, contracting, and risk
• Comfortable operating in structured governance environments
• Clear communicator with presence, maturity, and execution discipline