Director of Business Unit (Event Production) (m/f/d)

Your mission:
Our dynamic and enthusiastic Event Production team in Dubai is expanding, and we’re looking for a Director of Event Production unit to lead, manage, and further develop the business unit. If you’re ready to take on a challenge, showcase your leadership skills in a fast-paced environment, and help scale a rapidly growing team, we’d love to hear from you!
 
We expect you to: 
• Lead, decide and take responsibility for the business unit.
• Develop, propose and execute business unit plans and strategies.
• Control business plans and strategies execution as well as key performance indicators.
• Be accountable for achieving the qualitative and quantitative business unit objectives.
• Play part in business development and sales activities.
• Be a responsible spokesman to the General Management.
• Take responsibility for ensuring that all processes run flawlessly and that the day-to-day business operates efficiently and smoothly.
• Drive change, develop new ideas, create future vision.
• Be an administrative line manager for business unit team.
• Develop and coordinate strategies to acquire new business and grow the market share.
• Act as a key account for existing and new clients.
• Promote cross-selling between BeWunder business units.
• Develop and coordinate marketing plans and strategies together with the Marketing team.

 
You will also be responsible for:  
• Management / decision-making / responsibility for the economic and operational results of the business unit.
• Development / design of the business unit.
• Budget planning for the business unit in cooperation with business unit team and General Management.
• Financial responsibility for the business unit.
• Responsibility for team members in the business unit.
• Leading the team, processes and procedure improvement initiatives.
• Definition and monitoring of team objectives in collaboration with the team.
• Team motivation and mentoring.
• Resource planning and quality management.
• Communication about developments, decisions, changes in the business unit to the wider team.
• Creation and review of various analyses and statistics.

Your profile:
• Proven experience in a senior management role, ideally as Managing Director or similar, in large-scale contracting, event production, exhibition fit-out, or a related field.
• Strong commercial acumen with a track record of driving business growth, securing high-value projects, and delivering profitable results.
• Demonstrated success in leading high-performance production teams, optimising workflows, and implementing operational efficiencies.
• Extensive knowledge of project life cycles in event production, including budgeting, resource allocation, and cost control, with a strong focus on efficiency and quality delivery.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and team-building skills with a strategic mindset.
• Knowledge of the legal and regulatory requirements and frameworks.

 
You should bring the following competencies:   
• Own visionary thinking (future-orientated).
• Entrepreneurial thinking and acting.
• Assertiveness, persuasiveness, enthusiasm (inspire and excite).
• High motivation and sense of responsibility.
• Social competence and strong communication skills (internally and externally).
• Flexibility, agility and pronounced resilience.
• Teambuilder mentality.
• Polite and friendly manner.
• Clear and considered action.
• Solution orientated mindset.
• Confident and authentic.
• Business owner thinking.

Why us?:
• Unified CAT A Silver Premium Medical Insurance provided as standard to all team members – yes, you read that correctly, we all enjoy the same insurance category benefits! 
• Complimentary lunches provided daily in our Dubai office canteen.
• Team Engagement Initiatives – team-building activities, health and wellness drives, etc.
• Team Socials – team BBQs, season opening and closing parties.
• Worker’s Compensation and Accident Insurance.
• Annual Flight Allowance.
• Recruitment Referral Bonus Scheme for team members who refer successful applicants for our open positions. 
• Project Referral Bonus Scheme for team members who refer successful project leads.
• The opportunity to work in an international and multi-cultural team with collaboration across our offices in the Middle East and Europe.
• Collaborative and motivated working environment.
• Trusting and partnership-based cooperation across all units.
• An innovative and growth-oriented company with a matrix organizational structure and an open corporate culture.