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Senior Business Development and Partnership Manager

Lead or manage the development and evaluation of potential wind energy business opportunities, including environmental studies, permitting, and proposals. In the GCC market, this role is actively hired across saudi, uae with 3 recent postings.

In brief

A Senior Business Development and Partnership Manager in the GCC region requires communication, crm, excel, negotiation, presentation. Lead or manage the development and evaluation of potential wind energy business opportunities, including environmental studies, permitting, and proposals. This role is in demand across the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

Salary across the GCC

Salary across the GCC

Monthly gross median in local currency, by country × seniority.

Senior Business Development and Partnership ManagerMonthly gross median in local currency, by country × seniority.
CountryJuniorMid-LevelSeniorLead / Principal
United Arab Emirates13,000 AED22,000 AED34,000 AED47,500 AED
Saudi Arabia12,000 SAR21,000 SAR32,500 SAR45,000 SAR
Qatar13,500 QAR23,000 QAR35,500 QAR49,500 QAR
Kuwait1,050 KWD1,800 KWD2,800 KWD3,850 KWD
Oman1,150 OMR2,000 OMR3,100 OMR4,300 OMR
Bahrain1,100 BHD1,900 BHD2,950 BHD4,100 BHD
Salary breakdown

How Senior Business Development and Partnership Manager pay varies in the UAE

UAE · mid-level · monthly gross in AED

Based on 500 data points · updated June 15, 2026 · How we estimate

Sample size
500
verified reports
Year-over-year
+9%
vs 2025
Hiring demand
Medium
roles open now
Remote share
26%
fully or hybrid

By company size

Median compensation varies with headcount.

Startup (<50)18,500
Scale-up (50–500)22,000
Enterprise (500+)28,500

Top-paying industries

Median for this role, ranked by sector.

01Fintech
27,000
02Cloud & SaaS
24,500
03E-commerce
22,000
04Government tech
20,500
05Telecom
19,000

Estimates modelled from GCC pay surveys and live posting volume — a directional guide, not a live salary feed.

Top hiring companies

  • Synolon
  • Studio 52 Arts Production

Active markets

  • saudi
  • uae
What a Senior Business Development and Partnership Manager does
  • 01

    What this is about We are building a global real estate infrastructure platform and are entering an early test and validation phase. We are looking for a hands

  • 02

    on Business Development / Partnerships Manager who enjoys talking to people, building relationships and being close to the market. This is not a corporate BD role and not a senior ivory

  • 03

    tower position. What you will do

  • 04

    potential cooperation partners

  • 05

    selected brokers for early test listings

  • 06

    Build and manage early partnerships

  • 07

    phase onboarding of brokers

  • 08

    Talk directly to brokers and users when we go live

Country
Seniority level
Based on 14,820 verified salaries across the GCC · Updated monthly