Chief Business Development Officer
FinTech · MENA · United Arab Emirates · Dubai
Total compensation band $150K+. The figure is the member's band, not an offer.
Experienced commercial leader with 10+ years building and scaling B2B SaaS and FinTech operations across MENA, CIS, and EU markets. Founded and scaled two bootstrapped companies, including a software development agency that reached 19 staff and Top 100 industry ranking. Currently pursuing Stanford GSB LEAD program while driving commercial growth for digital asset infrastructure companies.
Achievements
- Grew sales pipeline from $0 to $1.5M in 6 months at Scalable Solutions
- Launched FinTech business unit to $1M revenue in first quarter
- Scaled software agency from 4 to 19 staff with Top 100 industry ranking
- Cut operational costs by 20% while driving 30% QoQ revenue increase
- Achieved 10x monthly revenue growth in first year as founder
Skills
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Strategic Leadership
- Sales Leadership
- P&L Management
- Strategic Partnerships
- Pipeline Management
- Marketing Operations
- Team Building
- FinTech
- B2B Sales
- Outbound Sales
- KPI Management
- Web3 and Blockchain GTM
- Digital Asset Infrastructure
Looking for
- Chief Commercial Officer
- Chief Product Officer
- Chief Operating Officer
- Head of Business Unit
Experience
- Chief Commercial Officer — Scalable Solutions 2024 - Present
Built entire commercial function from scratch for digital asset infrastructure company, growing pipeline from $0 to $1.5M in 6 months while managing $1M budget and scaling team from 4 to 8.
- Operations Director / COO — FinTech Holding & Portfolio Company 2021 - 2024
Served as Operations Director at holding level and acting COO for 30+ person EU-based blockchain services company. Launched new business unit to $1M revenue in first quarter and cut costs by 20%.
- Founder — Neurograss 2018 - 2021
Bootstrapped software development agency from 4-person freelance team to 19-person full-time staff. Achieved 10x revenue growth and Top 100 Runet rating for web studios.
Languages
- English (C1)
- Russian (C2)
- Italian (B1)
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