Careers · Sales · KSA
Business development manager, Saudi Arabia.
- Where
- Riyadh, from our KAFD presence, hybrid, with client site days
- Hours
- Riyadh hours, Sunday to Thursday
- Type and level
- Full time, base plus uncapped commission. Mid to senior.
- Pay
- Base and commission in SAR, discussed on the first call, written into the offer.
The role
You own new business for Codeeo in Saudi Arabia. The pipeline comes from your own outbound, from the sales development representative, from inbound enquiries, from partners and from referrals. You run discovery, qualify hard, and bring a solution lead into the deal to scope and price it. Proposals go out with a fixed cost and a date, you close, and you hand over to delivery cleanly and stay close through the first project. You are measured on closed, delivered revenue, and commission is uncapped.
The KSA market
Who you will sell to in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is our fastest growing market since we opened in Riyadh in 2024. Vision 2030 programmes, family groups digitising, retailers moving online and government linked entities buying platforms and apps. Buyers expect Arabic, in person meetings, a local presence and patience with procurement, and they reward suppliers who show up.
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Companies setting up and scaling
Family groups and holding companies digitising operations across trading, retail and real estate
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Property and real estate
Retail and food brands building apps, e-commerce and loyalty
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Consumer facing businesses
Healthcare, education and logistics companies replacing legacy systems with Dynamics 365, Business Central or Odoo
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Operations and systems
Government linked entities and their contractors buying portals and platforms
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Partners and agencies
Agencies and consultancies in Riyadh and Jeddah that white label our delivery
What you will do
The work, week to week.
- Build and work a pipeline across outbound
- Build and work a pipeline across outbound, inbound, partners and referrals in your territory.
- Run discovery calls and meetings that delivery can trust
- Run discovery calls and meetings that delivery can trust: need, budget, timing, decision maker, and what the buyer is really trying to fix.
- Work with a solution lead to scope
- Work with a solution lead to scope, price and present proposals with a fixed cost and a date.
- Negotiate and close
- Negotiate and close, then hand over to delivery with a written brief.
- Stay close through the first project and open the next phase with the account manager
- Keep the CRM honest and forecast weekly on pipeline
- Keep the CRM honest and forecast weekly on pipeline, stage and probability.
What we look for
Education, experience, skills and the practical things.
Stated as what we actually look for. Experience in the software industry or at a digital, marketing or IT services agency is what we weigh most. If you are close on most of it, apply.
- Education
- A degree in business, marketing, engineering or a related field is useful. A closing record is what matters.
- Experience
- Three or more years selling technology services, software or agency work to businesses, in the software industry or at a digital, marketing or IT services agency, with numbers you can show: quota, attainment, average deal size, cycle length. Experience in the KSA market with its buyers, sectors and buying habits is strongly preferred.
- Language
- Arabic and English, both fluent, are required. Proposals, meetings and relationships in Saudi Arabia run in Arabic.
- Right to work
- An iqama and medical insurance are provided. Saudi nationals are strongly encouraged to apply; you must be in Saudi Arabia or willing to relocate at our cost.
- Consultative selling of scoped services
- Consultative selling of scoped services, not a product off a shelf
- Discovery and qualification that a delivery team can plan against
- Discovery and qualification that a delivery team can plan against
- Proposal writing and presentation
- Proposal writing and presentation, in person and on video, to founders and directors
- Negotiation on scope and terms without discounting the work away
- Negotiation on scope and terms without discounting the work away
- Enough technical fluency to discuss websites
- Enough technical fluency to discuss websites, apps, Dynamics 365, Odoo and marketing credibly, with a solution lead for the depth
- CRM discipline
- CRM discipline (Zoho), forecasting and a clean pipeline
What helps
Not required, but it helps in Saudi Arabia.
- A network in Riyadh or Jeddah among business owners, family offices or procurement teams
- Experience with Etimad, government procurement or large enterprise buying cycles
- Familiarity with ZATCA e-invoicing, WPS and the systems Saudi companies are required to run
What we offer
The practical things, stated plainly.
Competitive pay, reviewed on performance
Salaries benchmarked to the market in each office, with performance bonuses tied to delivery rather than hours.Health insurance
Medical cover for you in every office, with family options where the local plan allows.Paid leave and public holidays
Annual leave above the statutory minimum, sick leave, and the public holidays of the office you work from.End of service and statutory benefits
Gratuity in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and EOBI and provident contributions in Pakistan, as the law in each office requires.Training and certifications
Microsoft, AWS, Google and platform certifications paid for, and time set aside to earn them.Hybrid and flexible working
Office days for the work that needs a room, remote days for the work that does not, agreed with your lead.
How hiring works
From application to first day.
Apply
CV, salary expectation and your numbers: targets, attainment, meetings or retention. Reviewed by the sales lead for the region.
A conversation
30 minutes with the sales lead about the market, the targets and what you are looking for.
A practical exercise
A short, paid exercise close to the real job: a qualification call, a proposal review or an account plan, reviewed together.
An offer in writing
Role, base, commission, benefits and start date set out plainly.
Questions about this role
Uncapped, on completed and paid work, set out in writing in your offer.
Other roles
The other roles in Saudi Arabia, and this role elsewhere.
- 01UAEBusiness development managerOwn a territory and a pipeline: discovery, proposals with a solution lead beside you, and the close.
- 02KSASales development representativeOpen conversations with companies that need websites, apps, systems and marketing, qualify them properly, and book meetings for the business development manager.
- 03KSAAccount managerOwn a book of clients after the first project: monthly reviews, retainers, renewals, the next phase, and the relationship between the client and the delivery team.
- 04USBusiness development managerOwn a territory and a pipeline: discovery, proposals with a solution lead beside you, and the close.
- 05UKBusiness development managerOwn a territory and a pipeline: discovery, proposals with a solution lead beside you, and the close.
Apply
Apply: business development manager, KSA.
CV, salary expectation and your numbers. The sales lead for the region replies within three business days.
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A reply within three business days
From the lead for the lane, not a recruiter.
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A 30 minute conversation
About the work, the office or region, and what you are looking for.
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A paid practical task, then an offer in writing
Close to the real job, reviewed together.