Head of Marketing

Black & Grey HR; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

A significant employer in the UAE is seeking a senior brand and marketing leader to drive group-level brand strategy and integrated marketing execution. This role requires 8–10+ years of experience in senior brand or strategic marketing roles. The candidate will lead campaigns, manage budgets, and ensure brand consistency across different channels. An attractive compensation package is offered for this high-impact position, which promises measurable commercial outcomes and strong leadership involvement.

Benefits

Attractive compensation package

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years in senior brand or strategic marketing roles.
• Proven experience in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Strong strategic thinking with hands-on execution discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead group brand strategy aligned to business priorities.
• Convert strategy into annual and multi-year plans, KPIs, and budgets.
• Drive integrated campaigns across digital and traditional channels.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Budget management

Campaign management

Stakeholder alignment

Job description

Black & Grey HR is acting on a strictly confidential mandate for one of the UAE’s biggest employers — a high-impact, multi-business organization with strong national visibility and ambitious growth plans.

We are identifying a senior brand and marketing leader to own group-level brand strategy and integrated marketing execution across a portfolio of businesses. This is a high-trust role with direct leadership exposure, built for someone who can set direction, align stakeholders, and deliver measurable commercial impact at scale.

The Mandate :

• Lead group brand strategy aligned to business priorities.
• Convert strategy into annual / multi-year plans, KPIs, and budgets.
• Ensure consistent positioning, identity, and storytelling across channels and business lines.
• Drive integrated campaigns across digital, ATL, partnerships, content, and experiential.
• Own performance measurement, ROI reporting, and optimization.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to strengthen brand equity and customer experience.
• Oversee brand governance, creative standards, collateral, and activations.
• Appoint and manage agencies and specialist partners.
• Lead market research, brand tracking, and perception insights.

Requirements

• 8–10+ years in senior brand / strategic marketing roles.
• Proven experience operating in complex, multi-stakeholder environments (portfolio / group preferred).
• Strong strategic thinking with hands‑on execution discipline.
• Confident with budgets, KPIs, governance, and senior leadership alignment.

Benefits

• Attractive compensation package.

We are conducting a targeted search and will only contact shortlisted candidates .