General Manager | Operations & Growth | Design-Build Projects

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee daily company operations across departments
• Build weekly operating rhythm and management cadence
• Improve internal accountability and reporting
• Monitor priorities and execution across teams

Project Delivery

• Track live projects, deadlines, budgets, risks, client satisfaction
• Improve coordination between technical, commercial, procurement, and site teams
• Reduce delays and leakage

Commercial Growth

• Strengthen lead conversion process
• Support partnerships and new revenue opportunities
• Improve proposal quality, pricing discipline, and pipeline visibility

Financial Discipline

• Improve budgeting visibility
• Manage cash flow coordination with finance team
• Track profitability by project / business line
• Improve collections discipline

Team Leadership

• Manage department heads
• Recruit strong talent where required
• Build performance culture
• Introduce KPI systems that actually work

What Success in First 6 Months Looks Like

• Better management control

• Clear reporting structure

• Improved collections / visibility

• Stronger delivery discipline

• Founder time freed for growth

• Higher profitability control

• Better hiring decisions

• 10+ years experience in operations, contracting, fit-out, landscaping, facilities, development, or project-based businesses

• Strong commercial instinct

• Comfortable in founder-led entrepreneurial environments

• Hands-on, practical, execution-focused

• Strong Arabic and English preferred

• Experience managing multi-function teams

• Can build order from chaos without bureaucracy

Strong Advantage If Candidate Has Experience In

• Riyadh market relationships
• Construction / fit-out / premium residential / hospitality projects
• SME growth-stage companies
• P&L ownership
• KPI implementation
• Cash flow management

10+ years experience in operations, contracting, fit-out, landscaping, facilities, development, or project-based businesses. Strong commercial instinct. Comfortable in founder-led entrepreneurial environments. Hands-on, practical, execution-focused. Strong Arabic and English preferred. Experience managing multi-function teams. Can build order from chaos without bureaucracy.