Program Director Mental Health & Wellbeing

Alkalma Healthcare; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Alkalma Healthcare seeks a senior health professional to shape and scale a portfolio of mental health and wellbeing programs for corporate clients, government entities, insurers, schools, and communities. You will own the full lifecycle from concept and clinical design through to market launch, client acquisition, delivery oversight and renewal.

Reporting to the Chief Health Officer, you will lead program design, commercial strategy, and partnerships, ensuring evidence-based practice and

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in program design health services development or commercial health management.
• Proven B2B sales experience in a healthcare or professional services context.
• Significant UAE healthcare market experience; familiarity with DHA/DOH frameworks, insurance ecosystems, corporate health procurement.
• Deep clinical literacy in mental health and wellbeing; able to engage with clinical content while collaborating with clinical teams.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen; able to build a business case, model pricing and read a P&L.
• Bachelor's degree in health sciences or related field; MBA/MPH strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop alkalma’s mental health and wellbeing program portfolio from concept to full specification.
• Develop commercial models, pricing structures and packaging for the full program portfolio; build business cases for new investments.
• Identify target UAE market segments and lead proposals, pitch decks and RFP responses; represent alkalma at industry events.
• Oversee delivery of contracted programs, scheduling, resources, and reporting of outcomes to clients and CHO.

Skills

B2B sales

Strategic program design

Healthcare market knowledge

Commercial acumen

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in health sciences or related field

Master's degree (MBA/MPH) preferred

Job description

This is a rare senior opportunity for a commercially minded health professional to shape alkalmas program portfolio from the ground up. As Program Director you will design commercialise and scale a portfolio of structured mental health and wellbeing programs for corporate clients government entities insurers schools and community partners while working closely with alkalmas clinical and executive leadership to ensure every program reflects the highest standard of evidence-based practice.

The role demands an unusual combination: deep clinical literacy in mental health and wellbeing the commercial acumen to build a business case and price a program and the sales confidence to pitch and close deals with sophisticated external stakeholders. You will own the full lifecycle from idea and clinical design through to market launch client acquisition delivery oversight and renewal.

Reporting directly to the Chief Health Officer you will have the mandate the clinical and operational support and the platform to build something meaningful at a time when mental health has never been higher on the UAEs corporate and public health agenda.

What You Will Do

Program Design & Development

Design and develop alkalmas mental health and wellbeing program portfolio including EAPs structured group interventions clinical pathways awareness campaigns and institutional partnerships from concept through to full program specification.

Work closely with the CHO Medical Directors and clinical leads to ensure all programs are evidence-based clinically governed and compliant with DHA/DOH regulatory standards.

Build tiered scalable program models that can be deployed across all alkalma sites and adapted for external delivery contexts.

Commercialisation & Revenue Generation

Develop commercial models pricing structures and packaging for the full program portfolio; build business cases for new program investments.

Own the commercial pipeline identify and qualify leads manage relationships with prospective clients and convert opportunities into signed contracts.

Negotiate service agreements with corporate clients government entities insurers and institutional partners; develop referral and co-delivery partnerships.

Market Development & Client Engagement

Identify and develop target market segments in the UAE corporate employers government health authorities educational institutions NGOs and insurance networks.

Lead or contribute to proposals pitch decks capability statements and RFP responses; represent alkalma at industry events and stakeholder forums.

Gather market intelligence on client needs pricing benchmarks and emerging mental health trends to inform program development and positioning.

Delivery Quality & Reporting

Oversee delivery of contracted programs scheduling resource allocation facilitator briefing and logistics to the agreed specification and quality standard.

Establish outcome monitoring frameworks; report program effectiveness data to clients and to the CHO regularly.

Manage client relationships through the delivery phase: progress check-ins issue resolution and contract renewal.

What Were Looking For

Essential

8 years of experience in program design health services development or commercial health management with a demonstrated track record of designing and commercialising structured health or wellbeing programs.

Proven B2B sales experience in a healthcare or professional services context including client acquisition proposal development and contract negotiation.

Significant experience in the UAE healthcare market; familiarity with DHA/DOH frameworks insurance ecosystems and corporate health procurement is essential.

Deep clinical literacy in mental health and wellbeing able to engage meaningfully with clinical content and earn the confidence of clinical teams without being a practitioner.

Strong commercial and financial acumen able to build a business case model pricing and read a P&L.

Bachelors degree in a health sciences business psychology or related field; Masters degree (MBA MPH or equivalent) strongly preferred.

Valued

Arabic language proficiency a significant advantage for client engagement across the UAE.

Experience with EAPs occupational health programs group clinical interventions or population health initiatives.

Certification in project management (PMP PRINCE2) or health management.

Established professional network in the UAE corporate wellness government health or insurance sectors.

Why alkalma

alkalma offers a rare opportunity to build something that matters. Mental health is at the top of the UAEs national and corporate health agenda and alkalma is positioned to lead the market with a clinical offering that is evidence-based culturally grounded and genuinely impactful.

What you can expect:

A senior mandate with real authority reporting to the CHO and working alongside the CEO and clinical leadership.

The opportunity to build alkalmas commercial programs function from an early stage with the clinical and operational platform already in place.

A multidisciplinary clinical team committed to excellence whose capabilities you will translate into real-world programs.

A fast-growing organisation with regional ambition and a compelling mission.