Head of Transformation
Real Estate Development · UAE · United Arab Emirates · Dubai
Total compensation band $180K+. The figure is the member's band, not an offer.
Transformation leader with 10 years driving large-scale business transformation across PE portfolio companies, industrial holdings, and real estate developers. Proven track record delivering $50M+ cumulative EBITDA impact through post-M&A integration, procurement optimization, and organizational restructuring. Currently based in UAE.
Achievements
- Delivered $50M+ cumulative EBITDA impact across transformation initiatives
- Led spin-off and IPO preparation with $450-500M projected valuation
- Designed procurement efficiency system covering $500M annual spend
Skills
- Value Creation
- Operational Transformation
- Operational Excellence
- Lean Six Sigma
- Strategy Execution
- Pre-IPO Strategy
- IPO Readiness
- Post-merger Integration
- 100-day Plans
- PE Portfolio Transformation
- Stakeholder Management
- Business Strategy
- Performance Management
- Cost Structure Optimization
- Financial Modeling
Looking for
- Head of Transformation
- Head of Strategy
- Head of Operational Excellence
- Head of AI Transformation
Experience
- Head of Transformation — Samolet Group 2024 - Present
Leading cross-functional transformation across 4,000+ employees in Russia's largest real estate developer, delivering $20M EBITDA impact and preparing design division for IPO with $450-500M projected valuation.
- Head of Transformation — Xploration Capital 2023 - 2024
Led post-M&A integration and operational transformation of PE portfolio companies including FMCG company (~1,000 employees) and diagnostics laboratory (~250 employees), delivering transformation impact equivalent to 50% of annual EBITDA.
- Operational Excellence Lead — AIM Holding 2021 - 2023
Designed procurement efficiency system for industrial holding covering $500M annual spend and led fuel-source transition initiative for multiple power plants, achieving $3M annual EBITDA impact.
- Operational Excellence Manager — Freight One 2020 - 2021
Developed 7-year technical maintenance strategy for 100,000+ railcar fleet and managed portfolio of 6 efficiency projects, delivering combined $10M annual EBITDA impact.
- Consultant — KPMG 2019 - 2020
Led operational transformation for Russia's largest oil & gas equipment manufacturer using LEAN and TOC methodologies, delivering 25% productivity improvement and conducted M&A commercial due diligence for petrochemical producer.
- Continuous Improvement Engineer — Sakhalin Energy 2018 - 2019
Embedded LEAN manufacturing and CI culture across upstream and LNG operations, leading 100+ process improvement initiatives with total verified savings exceeding $10M.
- Shift Supervisor — LUKOIL 2016 - 2018
Implemented process optimization initiative increasing diesel fuel yield by 2% for $1.5M annual savings and conducted root cause analysis improving residual fuel quality for additional $1M savings.
Languages
- Russian (C2)
- English (C1)
- Mandarin Chinese (B1)
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