This is a remote position.
The Gulf is executing the world's most ambitious construction pipeline. Buildings, infrastructure and industrial projects at a scale no other region attempts. Behind every mega project, master developer and contractor is one constant: the fight for exceptional people.
Black & Grey HR is a people advisory firm. Since 2016 we have shaped the people decisions of 400+ organizations across the GCC and beyond. Our Built Environment desk works with the full spectrum of clients, from international contractors to sovereign developers.
We are looking for a Business Development Associate to open doors across Buildings, Infrastructure andIndustrial Construction, including Real Estate, Engineering Consultancies and Building Materials. Your mandate is clear: put us in the room with the people who decide. Fresh graduates with sharp communication skills and genuine hunger for consultative sales are encouraged to apply.
The Role
You will identify and engage developers, main contractors, EPC firms, engineering consultancies and industrial builders across the GCC. You will build relationships with the people who own hiring decisions and convert those relationships into qualified meetings for our Business Development leadership. Meeting generation and relationship building are the success metrics. Everything else supports them.
What You Will Do
- Identify and engage prospective clients across buildings, infrastructure and industrial construction
- Generate qualified meetings through cold calling, LinkedIn outreach, networking, referrals, email campaigns and market research
- Build relationships with HR Directors, Talent Acquisition Managers, Project Directors, Commercial Managers, Procurement Heads and Business Owners
- Schedule and prepare meetings for the Business Development leadership team
- Build and maintain a healthy, honest pipeline in our CRM
- Understand each client's hiring challenge before positioning our recruitment and HR advisory solutions
- Track project awards, tenders and construction pipelines and turn market intelligence into opportunity
- Represent Black & Grey HR at networking events and industry exhibitions with the presence the brand demands
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Civil Engineering, Architecture or a related discipline
- Fresh graduates welcome.
- Attitude and communication matter more than tenure
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
- Natural relationship builder with the confidence to engage senior professionals
- Strong commercial awareness and genuine curiosity about the construction industry
- Self motivated, energetic and target driven
- Persistent, resilient and organized in follow up
Benefits
- Structured training and mentoring in consultative B2B sales, built on our proprietary BlackBox methodology
- Direct exposure to the region's most ambitious projects, from master developers to sovereign backed groups
- Cross sector visibility spanning ten dedicated industry desks
- A defined progression path: Business Development Executive, Account Manager, Sales Leadership
- Performance driven culture with attractive incentive structures
- An entrepreneurial environment where good judgment is expected and rewarded
