Associate Partner - Business Development
At a Glance
- Category
- 📢 Marketing & Sales
- Level
- Mid-Level
- Experience
- 8-15 years
- Type
- Full-time
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About Ultimate Peaks
Ultimate Peaks is a Riyadh-based boutique executive search and HR advisory firm serving Saudi and GCC clients on Vision 2030-aligned leadership hiring — C-suite search, board/NRC advisory, and people-strategy consulting. We are founder-led, lean by design, and growing on reputation rather than headcount.
The opportunity
This is not a salaried BD job. It is a seat at the table for someone who wants to build a firm, not join one. You will work directly with the Founder & Managing Partner to originate and close search and advisory mandates, with a written path to Partner and profit share tied to the revenue you bring in. Compensation starts modest and scales with what you originate — if you need a market-rate base before proving yourself, this is not the role.
What you’ll own
• Originate new client relationships with CEOs, CHROs, boards and NRC chairs across KSA/GCC
• Convert conversations into retained search and advisory mandates (proposals, pricing, negotiation)
• Co-lead delivery on mandates you win: client management, shortlist presentation, offer stage
• Build sector or functional practice ownership (e.g. logistics, fintech, PIF portfolio, boards)
• Represent the firm at industry events and on LinkedIn; grow the brand alongside the founder
• Help shape firm operations, tooling and process as we scale
What we’re looking for
• 8–15 years in executive search, HR consulting, professional services BD, or a senior corporate HR/talent role with a strong external network
• A real, warm network of decision-makers in Saudi Arabia — demonstrable, not aspirational
• Proven track record of selling retained or advisory services (or hiring senior leaders repeatedly through agencies and knowing what great looks like)
• Entrepreneurial risk appetite and runway: comfortable with modest fixed pay for the first 6–12 months in exchange for upside
• Integrity and discretion — you’ll handle confidential C-suite mandates from day one
• Fluent Arabic and English; Saudi national or long-tenured GCC resident strongly preferred
How the deal works
- Modest base salary for the ramp-up period
- Commission on fee revenue you originate, paid on client collection
- Clear, written milestones to Partner title and profit share (revenue thresholds, not tenure)
- Full transparency on firm economics from day one
Requirements
- •8–15 years in executive search, HR consulting, professional services BD, or senior corporate HR/talent role
- •Strong external network of decision-makers in Saudi Arabia
- •Proven track record of selling retained or advisory services
- •Entrepreneurial risk appetite and runway
- •Integrity and discretion for confidential C-suite mandates
- •Fluent Arabic and English
- •Saudi national or long-tenured GCC resident strongly preferred
Responsibilities
- •Originate new client relationships with CEOs, CHROs, boards and NRC chairs across KSA/GCC
- •Convert conversations into retained search and advisory mandates (proposals, pricing, negotiation)
- •Co-lead delivery on mandates including client management and shortlist presentation
- •Build sector or functional practice ownership (e.g. logistics, fintech, PIF portfolio)
- •Represent the firm at industry events and on LinkedIn to grow the brand
- •Help shape firm operations, tooling and process as we scale
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