Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Real Estate Development

Overview

Lead strategy, development, and operations for residential, hospitality and mixed-use projects

Key Responsibilities

• commercial performance
• strategic vision
• development lifecycle
• governance systems
• team building
• hospitality ops

Tasks

-Drive commercial performance, profitability, and long-term value creation across all asset classes. -Represent the company at board level and foster strong relationships with authorities, consultants, contractors, and investors. -Define and execute the strategic vision across residential, hospitality, and mixed-use development. -Lead the end-to-end development lifecycle—from land strategy and concept design through delivery, sales, operations, and handover. -Strengthen organisational structure, governance, and systems to support rapid expansion. -Build and scale high-performing teams across development, delivery, commercial, hospitality operations, finance, and sales. -Oversee hospitality components, including operator selection, brand positioning, and commercial performance.

Requirements

• ceo
• real estate
• uae
• commercial
• financial
• regulations

What You Bring

To lead this next stage, we are seeking an experienced Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with proven experience operating at CEO level within a real estate development company. -Demonstrated ability to scale and professionalise a growing development organisation. -Mandatory: Proven experience as a CEO within a real estate development company (UAE or wider GCC). -Strong background leading residential, hospitality, and mixed-use developments. -Strong commercial, financial, and strategic leadership skills. -Experienced engaging with shareholders, investors, and hospitality operators. -Deep understanding of UAE development regulations, planning authorities, and delivery environments.

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About Big Fish Consult

-Born in the UAE, spun off from a broader group to focus on recruitment in MENA and Asia. -Carved a niche by placing professionals in construction, engineering, facilities management, property, and support-services roles. -Uses a lean team of experts to match top talent with sector-specific mandates, guided by deep regional expertise. -Undertakes projects ranging from sourcing engineers for major infrastructure builds to staffing entire FM teams for large property portfolios. -Operates on WordPress, backed by Outlook and Google Cloud, enabling agile placement tracking. -Earned a reputation for combining sector insight with precise recruitment, emphasizing the human edge in technical fields.

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