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Dubai Chambers · 4 weeks ago

Chief Representative - United States of America

New York, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

8+ years exp

Dubai Chambers is seeking a Chief Representative to manage their representative office in the United States. The role involves overseeing operations, providing market intelligence, and promoting Dubai as a leading international business hub through various strategic initiatives and events.

Business DevelopmentNon ProfitSharing Economy

Hiring Manager

Lama Awwad

Responsibilities

Ensure effective cascading of the International Offices departmental strategy into department business plans to ensure vertical alignment and horizontal integration with other interfacing departmental strategies

Manage the effective achievement of assigned objectives through the leadership of the Representation Office by setting of individual objectives, managing performance, developing and motivating staff to maximize sectional performance

Develop and recommend the Representation Office budget and monitor financial performance versus the budget while ensuring all Representation Office activities are conducted in line with the approved guidelines

Manage representation office operations by ensuring priorities and objectives are embedded in all local activities conducted, relationships established, etc. to ensure Chamber’s presence in the host country provides the bridge between local business and Dubai’s business opportunities

Develop and implement a continuous engagement plan with local business and governmental stakeholders to ensure Dubai is continuously promoted in the host country in line with Chamber and Dubai Government strategic objectives and guidelines

Manage the consistency of operations and activities conducted in the Representative Office to ensure best practices implementation from other Representative Offices to ensure alignment to Chamber and Dubai Government strategic objectives and guidelines

Speak in public forums in the host country, as required, and make presentations to the businesses on relevant topics, to build credibility in the country and to continuously promote Dubai as a world-class international business hub

Coordinate and ensure the execution of administrative activities of the host country office, including any HR, admin, legal, documentation, and other related matters, in order to ensure the representative office operates efficiently

Manage the identification and exploration of local business opportunities and collection of local market intelligence data to provide constant information feedback to International Relations team in Dubai and relevant Dubai businesses

Manage the organization and execution of promotional and networking events at the host country in collaboration with other departments and local stakeholders to ensure all these initiatives and events are executed as per plan and objectives while promoting Dubai as a leading international business hub

Provide advice and guidance to International Relations team on all host country relevant activities and issues, in order to ensure that all issues are resolved timely, and that Chamber is continuously promoting Dubai as an international business hub, and attracting international business to its economy

Ensure the management and establishment of key relationships in host country to ensure that these relationships continuously serve the Chamber’s and members’ best interests and support the achievement of the departmental strategy

Qualification

External relations experienceBilingual local languagePublic speakingBilingual EnglishBusiness administration degreeEstablished business networkEntrepreneurial mindsetGlobal trendsCultural adaptabilityWriting skillsCommunication skillsInterpersonal skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in International Business, Business Administration or other relevant fields

8 – 10 years of progressive experience in external relations in government / private organizations in that local market, with at least 4 years in a managerial level

Bilingual (English and local language) with strong writing skills in both languages

Strong communication skills, business etiquette and established business network/ wide PR portfolio in the local market

Excellent public speaking and interpersonal skills

Strong entrepreneurial mindset

Established business knowledge and awareness on economic and political global trends

Ability to adapt to the local culture

Company

Dubai Chambers

Dubai Chambers supports global business expansion, market intelligence, and international partnerships for companies. It is a sub-organization of Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy.

Dubai, Dubai, ARE

201-500 employees