THE WORK:

Ripple is growing, and we're looking to hire a Sales Director based in Dubai. This is a sales quota-carrying position that is responsible for revenue generation through the direct sale of Ripple products and services to financial institutions.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Act as a subject matter expert on blockchain-enabled payments, translating Ripple’s technical advantages into clear commercial value for cross-border settlement and stablecoin liquidity workflows.
• Drive the full sales lifecycle to meet and surpass assigned booking targets, ensuring Ripple’s market share expands across designated accounts.
• Generate and close high-value opportunities within the financial services sector, navigating complex institutional procurement cycles in the region.
• Own the regional roadmap by developing high-impact account plans and go-to-market tactics that penetrate top-tier financial institutions, ensuring Ripple’s cross-border and stablecoin solutions become the regional standard.
• Qualification of prospects to deep-dive needs assessments to rapidly convert complex regional opportunities into high-value, closed-won business for Ripple’s payment and liquidity solutions.
• Handle the effective and rapid movement of leads through sales process, including qualification of prospects; assessment of potential client needs; presentation of Ripple solutions; and expeditious closing of business.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date sales pipeline forecasts daily, ensuring timely and detailed reporting of sales activities and outcomes.
• Conduct client site visits, deliver sales presentations, and perform product demonstrations to prospective clients, driving engagement and interest.
• Travel frequently across MEA to engage with customers and prospects.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• Extensive experience within the Financial Services or Fintech ecosystem, with a sophisticated understanding of the regional banking landscape in the MEA.
• 8+ years of validated success in a consultative, enterprise-level sales role
• A proven track record of exceeding quotas by selling solutions to Financial Institutions
• Act as a regional subject matter expert on blockchain-enabled payments, translating Ripple’s product suite including stablecoin liquidity and digital asset custody, into high-impact value propositions for C-suite stakeholders
• Positive attitude with outstanding client relationship &leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously and in a timely manner

Required:

• 3+ in Windows desktop application development using Windows App SDK, WinUI (or similar), C#, XAML — and ideally additional experience with native Windows code (C++, Win32/WinRT/COM).
• Deep understanding of Windows application architecture, including interop between managed code (.NET) and native code.
• Proven track record of designing, building, and shipping production-quality desktop applications, with an emphasis on reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Strong experience with accessibility APIs on Windows (e.g. Microsoft UI Automation or similar), and a dedication to building accessible and inclusive software.
• Excellent software engineering fundamentals: OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, memory management, multi-threading or asynchronous programming (where relevant).
• Experience leading technical design, mentoring other engineers, conducting code reviews, and making architecture-level decisions.
• Strong communication skills; ability to articulate tradeoffs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive consensus.
• A user-centric mindset: focus on building polished, intuitive, and accessible experiences for end users.

Preferred / Bonus:

• Experience with writing automated tests for UI — unit tests, integration tests, UI automation tests; familiarity with relevant testing frameworks.
• Experience with performance optimization for desktop apps (memory usage, startup time, rendering performance, high-DPI support, responsiveness under load).
• Experience with localization/globalization, right-to-left UI support, internationalization, accessibility for multiple regions.
• Familiarity with telemetry, analytics, crash reporting, logging, and error monitoring in desktop applications.
• Previous experience in shaping CI/CD workflows, release pipelines, and deployment strategies for desktop applications.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of feature areas or modules and drive them long-term, including maintenance, refactoring, and technical debt management.

What we offer

• A high-impact role: you will define architecture, shape the future of our Windows product, and directly influence what millions of users see and experience.
• A collaborative, flat-structure engineering culture — you are not just a coder, but a builder and a decision-maker.
• Opportunities to lead — mentor others, steer technical direction, and grow into broader technical leadership (e.g. Tech Lead, Architect).
• Flexibility, autonomy, and responsibility: you define how to solve problems, own features end-to-end, and contribute to long-term product vision.
• A purpose-driven mission: building software that’s reliable, accessible, and user-centered — making a real difference for people.                  

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Required:

• 3+ in Windows desktop application development using Windows App SDK, WinUI (or similar), C#, XAML — and ideally additional experience with native Windows code (C++, Win32/WinRT/COM).
• Deep understanding of Windows application architecture, including interop between managed code (.NET) and native code.
• Proven track record of designing, building, and shipping production-quality desktop applications, with an emphasis on reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Strong experience with accessibility APIs on Windows (e.g. Microsoft UI Automation or similar), and a dedication to building accessible and inclusive software.
• Excellent software engineering fundamentals: OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, memory management, multi-threading or asynchronous programming (where relevant).
• Experience leading technical design, mentoring other engineers, conducting code reviews, and making architecture-level decisions.
• Strong communication skills; ability to articulate tradeoffs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive consensus.
• A user-centric mindset: focus on building polished, intuitive, and accessible experiences for end users.

Preferred / Bonus:

• Experience with writing automated tests for UI — unit tests, integration tests, UI automation tests; familiarity with relevant testing frameworks.
• Experience with performance optimization for desktop apps (memory usage, startup time, rendering performance, high-DPI support, responsiveness under load).
• Experience with localization/globalization, right-to-left UI support, internationalization, accessibility for multiple regions.
• Familiarity with telemetry, analytics, crash reporting, logging, and error monitoring in desktop applications.
• Previous experience in shaping CI/CD workflows, release pipelines, and deployment strategies for desktop applications.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of feature areas or modules and drive them long-term, including maintenance, refactoring, and technical debt management.

What we offer

• A high-impact role: you will define architecture, shape the future of our Windows product, and directly influence what millions of users see and experience.
• A collaborative, flat-structure engineering culture — you are not just a coder, but a builder and a decision-maker.
• Opportunities to lead — mentor others, steer technical direction, and grow into broader technical leadership (e.g. Tech Lead, Architect).
• Flexibility, autonomy, and responsibility: you define how to solve problems, own features end-to-end, and contribute to long-term product vision.
• A purpose-driven mission: building software that’s reliable, accessible, and user-centered — making a real difference for people.                  

Think you’re a good fit for this job? 

Tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in the role when you apply.
And don’t forget to include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

Not looking but know someone who would make a great fit? 
Refer them! 

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. 
Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Responsibilities:

• Own the CMA (SCA) license application end-to-end: documentation, submissions, regulator meetings, and responses to queries
• Be named as the designated Compliance Officer; obtain and maintain personal fit & proper approval
• Serve as the Company`s primary liaison with relevant regulatory authorities.
• Design the UAE Compliance Framework: policies manual, compliance monitoring program, internal controls register, and client classification
• Prepare and submit the Annual Compliance Report (ACR) and semi-annual internal controls reports to the CMA
• Act as the named MLRO with full statutory responsibility, register and maintain MLRO designation on the UAEFIU goAML system
• Build the Compliance Management Framework (CMF) specifically for Category 5 activities: Investment Intermediation, Client Classification (Retail vs. Professional), and Suitability Assessments
• Manage the end-to-end STR lifecycle: alert review, investigation, goAML filing, and liaison with UAEFIU and law enforcement where required
• Conduct the annual Business-Wide AML Risk Assessment and present findings to the board; ensure sanctions screening (OFAC, UN, EU, UAE) is embedded across onboarding and transaction monitoring
• Monitor CMA regulatory developments; translate changes into concrete actions with defined timelines; evaluate new business initiatives and provide compliance opinions
• Review and approve all UAE client-facing marketing materials; maintain the complaints handling framework with defined resolution timescales and regulatory reporting
• Prepare monthly and quarterly board-level compliance reports; coordinate external audits and manage remediation of findings to closure
• Design and deliver AML/compliance training for all UAE staff; act as the internal regulatory advisor to partners, operations, finance, and product teams

Requirements:

• 7+ years in financial compliance: Minimum 3 years in the UAE under CMA (SCA) regulation. DFSA/FSRA background considered
• Bachelor's degree: Law, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field
• Proven CMA (SCA) license track record: Personally led a CMA (SCA) license application
• Retail FX/CFD expertise: Deep understanding of retail FX/CFD products from a compliance perspective
• Relevant professional qualification acceptable to the CMA (e.g. CISI UAE Financial Rules & Regulations or equivalent)
• Clean fit & proper record: Must have been previously approved as a CO/MLRO by the SCA (CMA)
• goAML expert proficiency: Hands-on experience with UAEFIU goAML: registration, STR filing, and ongoing system maintenance
• UAE residency: ​​physically based in the UAE and eligible to serve as a named Compliance Officer and MLRO with the CMA
• AML/CFT legal framework mastery

Will be a plus:

• CAMS, ICA Diploma, ACFCS, or equivalent compliance qualification
• LLM, MBA, or postgraduate degree in compliance, law, or finance
• Prior experience coordinating multi-jurisdiction compliance standards within an international group
• Professional proficiency in Arabic is a meaningful advantage in regulator engagement

We offer:

• Paid time off, including annual leave, sick leave, and public holidays
• Medical budget
• Professional education budget
• Language learning budget
• Wellness budget (gym membership, sports gear and related expenses)

• Tip of the Spear: Lead the deployment of WorkOS in the field. You will be responsible for understanding a customer's operational "chaos" and architecting an AI-driven solution that fixes it in weeks, not months.
• Rapid-Fire Execution: Build, iterate, and ship. You will write high-quality, full-stack code to create bespoke integrations and augment our platform’s core capabilities and create custom agents. This goes beyond context engineering; you’ll build the connective tissue - integrating bespoke APIs, setting up RAGs and Evals, tuning the E2E system and performance, and architecting multi-agent handoffs.
• Feedback Loop Mastery: You are the eyes and ears of the product team. You will translate field-tested insights into core product requirements, ensuring WorkOS remains grounded in real-world utility.
• Winning Stakeholders: Act as the technical face of WorkOS. You’ll need to win the trust of stakeholders, navigate complex enterprise hierarchies, and persuade skeptics by shipping results that speak for themselves.
• Technical Versatility: One day you’re setting up a RAG pipeline; the next, you’re debugging a legacy enterprise API or designing a custom dashboard. You do whatever is necessary to make the solution land.

• 5–8+ years of high-octane engineering experience. You are likely a senior-level engineer who is "hungrier" than your peers and bored by traditional, slow-moving dev cycles.
• The FDE Pedigree: Experience in forward-deployed, mission-driven environments (e.g., Palantir, high-growth startups, or specialized consultancy) where you worked directly with customers.
• Full-Stack Polyglot: Mastery of the modern stack (React/TS, Python/Node) with the ability to jump into any codebase and be productive on day one.
• AI Fluidity: Strong working knowledge of LLMs, prompt engineering, and agentic frameworks. You don't just know the theory; you know how to make AI work in production.
• Excellent Communication: You are a "social engineer." You can explain complex AI logic to a CEO and then pivot to a deep-dive session with an infrastructure lead without missing a beat.
• Relentless Bias for Action: You are a builder who values shipping over perfection. You have a "founder-level" sense of ownership and aren't afraid to get your hands dirty.
• Willingness to work on-site full time in UAE, with occasional travel to be embedded with regional partners.

• A Blank Canvas and Live Ammunition: The rare opportunity to build a "0-to-1" product while immediately deploying it into the real-world operations of a regional giant. No "sandbox" projects here, you’ll be shipping code that moves people and goods on day one. This is a huge opportunity to create impact in our region.
• A Special Ops Mission: We’re a lean, impact-obsessed team operating with total autonomy. You’ll be free from corporate bureaucracy and legacy baggage, focused entirely on winning the customer and solving "unsolvable" problems.
• Direct Collaboration with Leadership: Direct engagement with Careem and enterprise client leadership, in addition to working side-by-side with the WorkOS founding team including Magnus Olsson (Careem’s original Co-founder).

About the team

The Careem Data Science team’s mission is to drive competitive value from data at scale through building AI models to optimize user experiences, decision-making, operational efficiencies, and lead the region’s AI ecosystem. As one of the tech leaders in this team, you will be at the forefront of fulfilling this mission. You will be working with the top data science talent of the region, while innovating on our user experience using GenAI.

What you'll do

• Be part of a 0-1 AI transformation for the Careem app from a personalization perspective.
• Build a long-term vision on how we can rethink our customer acquisition and engagement strategies, leveraging data in our decision-making.
• Drive exploratory analysis to understand the ecosystem, user behavior, and identify new levers to help move metrics and build models of user behaviors for analysis and product enhancements.
• Shape and influence data/ML models and instrumentation to optimize the product experience and generate insights on new areas of opportunity and new products.
• Provide product leadership by sharing data-based recommendations to communicate the state of the business, the root cause of change in metrics, and experimentation results, influencing product and business decisions
• Implement scalable machine learning algorithms that will be used in production on big data.
• Embark on exploratory data analysis projects to achieve a better understanding of phenomena as well as to discover untapped areas of growth and optimization. 
• Answer complex analytic questions from big data sets to help Careem shape its products and services in a better way.
• Help define and track the appropriate key metrics for specific projects. 
• Design and run randomized controlled experiments, analyze the resulting data, and communicate results with other teams.
• You will always challenge the status quo and continually investigate new data processing technologies and seek to ensure that we follow the industry best practices.
• Build and deploy retrieval augmented generation systems and other applications of large language models.

What you'll need

• 7-9 years of experience in data mining, predictive modeling, time series analysis, machine learning, Big Data methodologies, and transformation and cleaning of both structured and unstructured data.
• Advanced degree in a quantitative discipline such as Physics, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering or Computer Science.
• Solid experience with Deep Learning Techniques (e.g, attention, retrieval models, etc)
• 1-2 years of industrial experience in personalization, recommendation or search is a MUST. Preferably working in a product-driven company.
• Strong problem-solving and coding skills.
• Solid knowledge of AB testing, classic ML, and DL
• Solid understanding of recommendations, ranking, and retrieval. 
• Proficiency and demonstrated experience in: Python, SQL, Spark, Hive.
• Demonstrated experience with database technologies (e.g. , Hadoop, BigQuery, Amazon EMR, Hive, Oracle, SAP, DB2, Teradata, MS SQL Server, MySQL).
• Demonstrated experience with business intelligence and visualization tools (Tableau, MicroStrategy, ChartIO, Qlik) along with geospatial data processing skill, is a plus.

About the Team

You’ll work across the domains of Platform and Rides—two high-impact product domains at Careem—collaborating with cross-functional peers in Product, Engineering, Design, Research, and Data to shape the end-to-end customer journey. This is a unique opportunity to impact both vertical-specific and platform-wide experiences at Careem.

About the Role

As a Senior Product Manager, you’ll lead critical customer journeys that define how users interact with Careem—from booking a ride to tracking an order. Depending on business needs, you will either:

• Own the in-ride experience (Rides) including booking creation, captain discovery, and live tracking; or
  
  
• Own the multi-vertical Activities layer (Platform) which powers shared experiences like order tracking and cross-device interactions.
  
  

You’ll work at scale, balancing deep customer empathy with product intuition and technical fluency.

What You’ll Do

• Lead product strategy and execution for customer journey experiences across verticals.
  
  
• Define and continuously improve flows such as ride creation, order tracking, and delivery visibility.
  
  
• Work hands-on with designers, engineers, analysts, and researchers to craft seamless experiences.
  
  
• Own product KPIs related to engagement, retention, and journey completion.
  
  
• Drive decision-making using insights from experiments, dashboards, and qualitative feedback.
  
  
• Prioritize ruthlessly, navigate trade-offs, and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-moving environment.
  
  

What You’ll Need

• 9–12 years total experience, including senior-level product management experience in B2C tech.
  
  
• Exceptional communication skills—able to structure ambiguity, write clearly, and lead discussions.
  
  
• Strong product thinking with a sharp user focus.
  
  
• Ability to collaborate with engineers, interpret data, and drive complex feature sets end-to-end.
  
  
• Fluency in SQL or data analysis tools to work autonomously on performance insights.
  
  

Nice to Have

• Background in UX design or UX research.
  
  
• Experience working across multiple verticals (e.g., rides, food, groceries).
  
  
• Exposure to platform layers or shared user experiences across services.
  
  
• Interest or experience with AI/ML product use cases, though not required.
  
  

Preferred Background

We’re looking for experienced consumer product managers with a track record of building user-centric experiences in large-scale, multi-vertical platforms. Candidates should have deep experience working in high-scale B2C environments and delivering customer-facing products across complex operational domains.

About the Role

As a Staff Data Scientist I – ETA, you will own the end-to-end ETA prediction systems for Careem’s Food and Groceries verticals. This is a highly technical Individual Contributor role with full domain ownership across architecture, modeling strategy, experimentation, production deployment, and operational excellence.

You will define the long-term vision for ETA systems in high-load, latency-sensitive marketplace environments. You will design and implement multi-stage stochastic pipelines that model preparation time, assignment delay, pickup time, travel time, batching, and pooling effects delivering reliable, calibrated predictions at scale. This role requires deep expertise in time-series forecasting, deep learning, and operations research combined with strong production experience in distributed and real-time systems. You will collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Marketplace, and Operations leaders, ensuring ETA becomes a core competitive advantage in Careem’s Everything App.

What You'll Do

1. ETA Vision & Architecture Ownership

• Define and own the long-term technical vision for ETA systems across Food and Groceries.
• Architect scalable, multi-stage pipelines.
• Design probabilistic and stochastic modeling approaches with uncertainty calibration and reliability guarantees.
• Establish modeling standards and best practices for ETA across the organization.

2. Advanced Modeling & Algorithm Development

• Develop and deploy production-grade ML systems leveraging:
• Deep learning architectures
• Time-series forecasting
• Graph-based and routing-aware models
• Operations research techniques
• Build models robust to marketplace volatility and supply-demand shifts.
• Optimize for both point accuracy and distributional correctness (confidence intervals, tail control).
• Continuously improve system performance under high traffic and low-latency constraints.

3. Production Systems & Real-Time Inference

• Design and deploy scalable real-time inference pipelines.
• Ensure model reliability, monitoring, alerting, and graceful degradation under load.
• Collaborate with Data Platform and ML Ops teams to productionize models using Spark, Trino, Python, and distributed frameworks.
• Lead model lifecycle management, retraining strategies, and performance tracking in live environments.

4. Experimentation & Marketplace Impact

• Define clear evaluation frameworks aligned with business metrics (conversion, cancellations, fulfillment efficiency, customer trust).
• Design and run controlled experiments to measure ETA improvements and marketplace impact.
• Drive measurable improvements in operational efficiency and user experience through data-driven insights.

5. Technical Leadership & Cross-Team Influence

• Lead cross-team architectural discussions.
• Conduct design reviews and raise the technical bar for modeling quality and system robustness.
• Mentor senior data scientists and engineers in advanced ML and modeling techniques.
• Contribute to Careem’s applied AI community through technical talks, documentation, and research initiatives.
  
  

What You'll Need

• 8+ years of experience in Applied Machine Learning or Data Science, with significant experience building large-scale production systems.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Operations Research, or a related quantitative field.
• Proven expertise in:
• Time-series forecasting
• Deep learning
• Stochastic modeling
• Operations research and optimization
• Strong experience building and deploying high-load, low-latency ML systems.
• Hands-on proficiency in Python, Spark and ML frameworks.
• Experience with real-time inference systems and model monitoring in production.
• Strong understanding of experimentation, A/B testing, and causal inference.
• Demonstrated ability to drive architectural decisions across teams.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to translate complex modeling trade-offs into business impact.
  
  

What we’ll provide you

We offer colleagues the opportunity to drive impact in the region while they learn and grow. As a full time Careem colleague, you will be able to:

• Work and learn from great minds by joining a community of inspiring colleagues.
• Put your passion to work in a purposeful organisation dedicated to creating impact in a region with a lot of untapped potential.
• Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day.
• Work 4 days a week in office & 1 day from home, and remotely from any country in the world for 30 days a year with unlimited vacation days per year. (If you are in an individual contributor role in tech, you will have 2 office days a week and 3 to work from home.)
• Access to healthcare benefits and fitness reimbursements for health activities including gym, health club, and training classes.

The Mission
We believe the transformative potential of AI is significantly under-realised in our region. To bridge this gap, we are incubating a new division within Careem dedicated to Enterprise AI Transformation. 
We are reimagining and building the future of work to simplify and improve how businesses function in the era of GenAI with WorkOS: a next-generation ‘operating system’ designed to deploy, orchestrate, and improve AI agents across every customer and operational journey (and increasingly autonomously). This isn’t just automation; it’s about creating a hybrid workforce where self-learning AI agents handle the heavy lifting, empowering our people to focus on the highest-value, most creative work.

The Team
This group operates as a startup within Careem with a distinct mandate: move fast, build boldly, and deliver production-grade AI systems that fundamentally change how the region leverages technology. 

The Opportunity
We are looking for an exceptional founding Backend Engineer to build the WorkOS platform. This is a role for a systems-thinker who wants to work at the intersection of high-scale distributed systems and AI orchestration. You will be responsible for building the "brain" of WorkOS, the engine that deploys and manages autonomous agents across the region’s most complex operational journeys at massive scale.

As one of the first engineers in WorkOS, you will have a disproportionate impact on our technical foundation, culture, and the speed at which we move from 0 to 1.

What You’ll Do

• Architect and Build the WorkOS Engine: Design and build the scalable backend services and architectures required to orchestrate complex AI workflows and real-time data streaming. Leverage novel technologies to build cutting-edge capabilities. 
• Set the Engineering Gold Standard: As a founding member, you will establish our backend best practices, from CI/CD and observability to security and system integrity, ensuring a high-velocity but rigorous engineering culture.
• Solve for Distributed Complexity: Navigate the unique challenges of integrating AI agents into legacy enterprise stacks, ensuring low-latency communication and robust data consistency.
• Database design: Build our data infrastructure, leveraging relational, schemaless, and vector stores to power the platform and create persistent brains for our Agents. 
• Full-Cycle Ownership: Own the lifecycle of the platform, from rapid prototyping of new agent capabilities to maintaining production-grade systems at enterprise scale.
• Drive AI-Accelerated Engineering: Constantly experiment with AI-assisted development to move faster than traditional teams, while maintaining a bar for superb technical quality and craft.
• Lead Pioneer Deployments: While building the core platform, you will occasionally lead the charge on first-of-their-kind implementations for strategic partners, ensuring our tech solves real-world operational complexity.
• Operate with High Agency: In this lean, startup-style environment, you will be responsible for outcomes over inputs, rolling your sleeves up to code and balancing investments in the long-term technical roadmap with the need to ship value quickly.

What You’ll Need: 

• 8–12+ years of professional backend engineering experience, with significant tenure acting as a Staff Engineer or Technical Lead for complex, high-scale distributed systems.
• Mastery of Backend Systems: Deep expertise in languages like Python, Go, or Node.js, with a proven track record of architecting concurrency, microservices, and high-throughput data pipelines.
• AI-Native Infrastructure Depth: Hands-on experience with LLM orchestration (LangChain, etc.), vector databases (Pinecone, Milvus), and RAG architectures at a production-grade level.
• Systems-Level Visionary: The ability to design "platform-first", thinking in terms of APIs, modularity, and extensibility so that the WorkOS core can support infinite customer use cases.
• Obsession with Performance: A specialist's focus on latency and system observability; you believe that AI interactions must feel "instant" and "bulletproof" to be valuable.
• Startup-level Autonomy: Comfortable navigating a "0-to-1" environment where you define the technical roadmap and ship high-quality code without a playbook.
• Willingness to work on-site full time in UAE, to foster the high-intensity collaboration required for this incubation phase.
• Experience with enterprise software transformation or legacy system integration is a significant plus.

What You’ll Receive:

• A Blank Canvas and Live Ammunition: The rare opportunity to build a "0-to-1" product while immediately deploying it into the real-world operations of a regional giant. No "sandbox" projects here, you’ll be shipping code that moves people and goods on day one. This is a huge opportunity to create impact in our region. 
• Architecting the Engine: We’re a lean, impact-obsessed team operating with total autonomy. You’ll be free from corporate bureaucracy and legacy baggage, focused entirely on building the core orchestration layer and agentic frameworks that will serve as the "brain" of the region’s enterprises.
• Direct Collaboration with Leadership: Direct engagement with Careem and enterprise client leadership, in addition to working side-by-side with the WorkOS founding team including Magnus Olsson (Careem’s original Co-founder). 
• Competitive Compensation: Including direct equity in this new division. Our philosophy is meritocratic: we want you to own a meaningful stake in the value you create.

Calling senior technology leaders to shape the future of engineering in the Middle East!

Are you a senior tech leader with deep roots in the Middle East, looking for a way to bring your global experience back to the region? Have you been considering a move, driven by a desire to make a lasting impact?

At Careem, our journey started with a simple purpose: to simplify and improve the lives of people in the Greater Middle East. From our beginnings as a ride-hailing service, we’ve grown into the region’s first Everything App, but our mission remains the same. We’re not just a tech company; we’re a team of builders, dreamers, and doers, working to create a better future for our region.

We’re looking to connect with senior tech professionals like you. If you’ve built and scaled complex engineering systems, platforms, or infrastructure in high-growth tech environments, we want to hear from you. Your expertise is exactly what’s needed to shape the future of engineering culture and technical foundations in the region.

We’re particularly interested in leaders who:

• Lead Internal Engineering Initiatives: Design and build scalable, secure, and maintainable systems that accelerate engineering productivity and reliability across Careem.

• Architect Scalable Solutions: Define system architecture for complex backend systems with a focus on performance, modularity, and extensibility, leveraging deep expertise in Java, Golang, and modern platforms.

• Drive Impact in Data & AI: Apply machine learning, platformization, and agentic AI innovation to unlock new capabilities and improve customer experiences at scale.

• Product Mindset & Strategic Influence: Shape roadmaps and drive technical decisions with a product-centric mindset, ensuring solutions directly impact customer and business outcomes.

• Technical Excellence & Culture: Uphold high standards in code quality, system design, testing, and operational excellence while nurturing a strong engineering culture across MENA.

• Mentorship and Knowledge Sharing: Mentor engineers across teams, foster continuous learning, and grow technical leadership capacity within the organization.

• Efficiency and Automation: Streamline workflows and reduce toil through automation in CI/CD, observability, and configuration management.

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with platform, infrastructure, product, and security teams to deliver robust and aligned solutions.

• Long-term Vision & Purpose: Contribute to Careem’s mission of shaping the future of mobility, fintech, and everyday services in the region by building lasting technical foundations

This is your chance to use your skills and experience to truly make a difference. We are creating an Everything App that will have a massive positive impact on our communities. We're creating income opportunities for our Captains and simplifying daily life for our customers.

This is more than a job. It's an opportunity to lead a mission that matters.

Ready to shape the future of the Middle East?

More about the role:

As an Account Director, you will be a central figure in our client relationships, confidently managing a portfolio of accounts and contributing significantly to the practice's strategic success. You will possess the gravitas to offer strategic communications counsel to C-suite executives and senior government stakeholders, and the ability to inspire and guide your project teams in the intricate world of government and public sector communications.

What you'll do:

• Lead strategic communications counsel for senior B2B and B2G clients on reputation management, public perception, and critical communications challenges.
• Develop, oversee, and execute comprehensive public relations strategies, impactful public awareness campaigns, and integrated stakeholder communication plans.
• Drive thought leadership initiatives that strategically position clients, shape public discourse, and enhance their reputation within the UAE and wider region.
• Manage complex media relations for sensitive public issues and proactive campaigns, engaging with key journalists, influencers, and commentators across diverse media platforms.
• Lead crisis and issues management pertaining to public scrutiny, media challenges, or reputational threats for clients.
• Drive new business growth within the Government & Public Sector Communications domain, from identifying opportunities to leading pitches and conversion.
• Mentor and develop senior and junior team members, fostering a culture of strategic communications excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Experience that contributes to success:

• Proven experience as an Account Director or Senior Account Manager, with significant expertise in strategic communications, and media relations, particularly with government or public sector clients.
• Demonstrable track record in providing strategic communications counsel to senior B2B/B2G clients on complex public perception and reputational matters.
• Expertise in designing and executing effective strategic communications campaigns, public awareness initiatives, and integrated stakeholder communication plans.
• Strong media relations skills across broadcast, print, digital, and social channels, specifically within the governmental, corporate, and general news landscapes, including crisis communication.
• Deep understanding of the UAE and regional public discourse, media landscape, and cultural nuances crucial for effective government communications.
• Proven leadership in mentoring and developing high-performing teams, fostering strategic communications thinking and professional growth.
• Strong commercial acumen, including P&L oversight, new business development, and strategic budgeting for complex accounts.
• Exceptional strategic thinking, issues management, and analytical skills to navigate and influence complex public opinion and media environments

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Location: Dubai or Abu Dhabi, UAE

Who we are:
Burson is the global communications leader built to create value for clients through reputation. With highly specialised teams, industry-leading technologies and breakthrough creative, we help brands and businesses redefine reputation as a competitive advantage so they can lead today and into the future. Burson operates under WPP (NYSE: WPP), the creative transformation company. Learn more at www.bursonglobal.com.   

More about the role

We are looking for a skilled Senior Account Manager to join our leading Energy & Industrials Communications team. In this role, you will lead a team to oversee key client relationships, provide solid counsel and drive well-crafted communications plans across the energy, industrials, and sustainability sectors. You will be instrumental in delivering communication strategies and campaigns, shaping narratives, and contributing to client’s business goals through communications within a talented and passionate team.

What you’ll do:

• Oversee and manage a portfolio of high-profile clients within the Energy, Industrials, and Sustainability sectors to ensure the highest standards of project delivery, timeline management, and budget management.
• Contribute to and implement integrated corporate communications strategies, ensuring clear business messaging and alignment with client objectives.
• Work with senior colleagues to provide solid counsel to clients on reputation management, complex crisis communications, and C-suite thought leadership.
• Spearhead the written development and placement of high-impact thought leadership content, including executive op-eds, articles, and research reports.
• Oversee and manage comprehensive media relations activity, including pitching, executive profiling, and handling media interactions.
• Serve as a key leader within the team, actively mentoring, developing, and overseeing the work of junior account team members.
• Contribute to new business development efforts, leveraging sector expertise to contribute to strategic and creative proposals for new clients.
• Build your knowledge and expertise in client-related sectors, proactively learning about latest developments, opportunities, and challenges that your clients may face

Experience that contributes to success

• Proven experience (5+ years) in communications and media relations, with exposure to the energy, industrials, renewables, sustainability, or technology sectors.
• Demonstrates experience operating at an experienced Account Manager or Senior Account Manager level or equivalent, preferably within a fast-paced agency environment.
• Proven expertise in developing and executing complex Corporate and B2B communications programs with tangible, impactful results.
• A strong track record in client and issues management, providing calm and effective counsel to senior clients.
• Exceptional media relations capabilities, including a deep network of contacts and an effective approach to media engagement and thought leadership.
• Outstanding leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to inspire, guide, and develop a high-performing team.
• Superior organizational abilities, adept at managing multiple complex client projects and delivering under pressure in a high-volume setting.
• Bi-lingual (Arabic) is a significant plus

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Senior Account Manager – Energy & Industrials – Burson

Location: Dubai or Abu Dhabi, UAE

Who we are:
Burson is the global communications leader built to create value for clients through reputation. With highly specialised teams, industry-leading technologies and breakthrough creative, we help brands and businesses redefine reputation as a competitive advantage so they can lead today and into the future. Burson operates under WPP (NYSE: WPP), the creative transformation company. Learn more at www.bursonglobal.com.   

More about the role

We are looking for a skilled Senior Account Manager to join our leading Energy & Industrials Communications team. In this role, you will lead a team to oversee key client relationships, provide solid counsel and drive well-crafted communications plans across the energy, industrials, and sustainability sectors. You will be instrumental in delivering communication strategies and campaigns, shaping narratives, and contributing to client’s business goals through communications within a talented and passionate team.

What you’ll do:

• Oversee and manage a portfolio of high-profile clients within the Energy, Industrials, and Sustainability sectors to ensure the highest standards of project delivery, timeline management, and budget management.
• Contribute to and implement integrated corporate communications strategies, ensuring clear business messaging and alignment with client objectives.
• Work with senior colleagues to provide solid counsel to clients on reputation management, complex crisis communications, and C-suite thought leadership.
• Spearhead the written development and placement of high-impact thought leadership content, including executive op-eds, articles, and research reports.
• Oversee and manage comprehensive media relations activity, including pitching, executive profiling, and handling media interactions.
• Serve as a key leader within the team, actively mentoring, developing, and overseeing the work of junior account team members.
• Contribute to new business development efforts, leveraging sector expertise to contribute to strategic and creative proposals for new clients.
• Build your knowledge and expertise in client-related sectors, proactively learning about latest developments, opportunities, and challenges that your clients may face

Experience that contributes to success

• Proven experience (5+ years) in communications and media relations, with exposure to the energy, industrials, renewables, sustainability, or technology sectors.
• Demonstrates experience operating at an experienced Account Manager or Senior Account Manager level or equivalent, preferably within a fast-paced agency environment.
• Proven expertise in developing and executing complex Corporate and B2B communications programs with tangible, impactful results.
• A strong track record in client and issues management, providing calm and effective counsel to senior clients.
• Exceptional media relations capabilities, including a deep network of contacts and an effective approach to media engagement and thought leadership.
• Outstanding leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to inspire, guide, and develop a high-performing team.
• Superior organizational abilities, adept at managing multiple complex client projects and delivering under pressure in a high-volume setting.
• Bi-lingual (Arabic) is a significant plus

#LI-RE1