General Manager, Türkiye - Agentic AI scale-up

Ethos BeathChapman; Fatih; On-site; TRY 1,500,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethos BeathChapman seeks a General Manager for Türkiye to own the market, revenue, and delivery for a fast-growing enterprise AI scale-up. From day one you will build relationships with C-suite in banking, telco, and insurance, set the vision, and close seven-figure contracts.

This role demands a founder mentality or senior strategy-execution experience, team-building, and end-to-end accountability, with a track record of scaling businesses and navigating complex multi-stakeholder deals.

Qualifications

• Existed Founder of an AI-related business or senior partner/MD from a top-tier strategy consulting firm

Responsibilities

• Own the Türkiye market with full P&L accountability and lead client relationships, team, and delivery.
• Open doors at C-suite levels across banking, telecom and insurance in Türkiye.
• Sell the vision in boardrooms and help executives reimagine their organisations over multiple years.
• Close seven- to eight-figure enterprise contracts amidst complex procurement and multi-stakeholder sign-off.
• Build and retain a world-class local team and stay closely involved in delivery and implementation.

Job description

Please note: This role will compete with most of the top scaling Enterprise AI businesses on salary with exceptional Sales led bonuses and will include potentially life-changing LTIPS.

A global enterprise AI company and are looking to appoint a General Manager to own and build the Türkiye market, at the forefront of one of the most significant technology transformations of our generation.

My client deploys production-grade AI agents that transform how the world's largest regulated enterprises interact with their customers. The technology is live, at scale, and already delivering measurable results across a rapidly growing number of markets worldwide.

The company is one of the fastest-scaling enterprise AI businesses in the world, backed by world-class investors, with a proven market-entry playbook that it is now executing globally.

We are not looking for good, we are looking for the best. This is a rare role with a market-ownership position at a category-defining company, at exactly the moment it matters most. We are looking for either a Founder who has successfully built, scaled and sold their own multi-million pound business with a heavy focus on AI, or a top-level Partner within Strategy Consulting who has led, shaped and delivered AI related board-level assignments to some of the Türkiye's biggest companies, with a focus on Banking, Insurance or Telco.

What you will do as General Manager, Türkiye — Agentic AI scale-up:

This is not a sales role with a GM title. From day one, you will own the Türkiyemarket in full, the relationships, the revenue, the team and the delivery:

• Own the market, full P&L accountability, client relationships, team leadership and culture
• Open doors at the highest level, your existing personal relationships at C-suite across Türkiye banking, telco and insurance are what make you right for this role
• Sell the vision, not just the product. You will sit in boardrooms and help Türkiye's most senior executives reimagine their organisations over the next three years
• Close enterprise deals, seven-figure+ contracts, complex procurement, multi-stakeholder sign-off. You have done this before and you are exceptional at it
• Build a world-class team, hire, develop and retain exceptional people in one of the most competitive talent markets in the world
• Stay close to delivery, our client deploys onsite. You set the standard for what great implementation looks like and you drive it

To be considered for the General Manager, Türkiye — Agentic AI scale-up role you must have:

• Personal relationships at CEO, CFO and CTO level across the Türkiye's largest financial institutions, Insurers and/or Telcos. You don't need an introduction, you need a reason to call.
• The ability to stand in front of a board and paint a compelling 3-year vision of organisational transformation. You have the gravitas to command the room and people lean in when you speak.
• A proven track record of building teams, you know how to attract, close and retain world-class talent in a fiercely competitive market.
• A founder's mentality, you do whatever it takes to succeed. You understand the excitement but also the challenges of scaling a business.
• Personally signed enterprise contracts worth seven or eight figures+. You know how to navigate complex procurement, legal and multi-stakeholder sign-off without losing momentum.
• End-to-end accountability, you understand what great delivery looks like and you stay accountable for it, from the first conversation all the way through to nurturing the long-term relationship.

Your background:

The strongest candidates will come from one of two places:

1) Exited Founder (AI related business)

• You built a B2B or enterprise technology business from the ground up to significant scale and sold it ($multi-million+)
• You know exactly what it costs to win, and understand the mindset and mentality to make it happen.
• You have hired exceptional people and you are proud of the teams you have built
• You are not done, you want to build something bigger and better with a raw drive to succeed

2) Senior Partner or Managing Director (top-tier strategy consulting)

• Partner or MD at a top-tier strategy consulting firm
• You have originated significant revenue personally, not just delivered work others sold
• Your C-suite network in Türkiye's financial services, Insurance or Telco is deep, personal and established
• You have been waiting for the right moment to step into a true operator role. this is it

The right person for this role does not need to be told who the target clients are. They already know the people in those buildings.

• Sector focus: major retail and investment banks, tier-one telcos, leading insurers and private healthcare providers
• Deal size: seven-figure-plus enterprise contracts with multi-year terms
• Team build: you will hire the local CTO, deployment leads and commercial team — from scratch

If you believe you are one of the best in Türkiye at what you do and this opportunity speaks to you, please get in touch. All enquiries are treated with the highest level of discretion.