# Associate Partner - Business Development

**Company:** [Ultimate Peaks](https://jobs.workable.com/companies/tQ1NMf2LvQj3yAHJATPRQ6.md)
**Location:** Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
**Workplace:** on site
**Department:** UP

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## Description

**About Ultimate Peaks**  
Ultimate Peaks is a Riyadh-based boutique executive search and HR advisory firm serving Saudi and GCC clients on Vision 2030-aligned leadership hiring — C-suite search, board/NRC advisory, and people-strategy consulting. We are founder-led, lean by design, and growing on reputation rather than headcount.

**The opportunity**  
This is not a salaried BD job. It is a seat at the table for someone who wants to build a firm, not join one. You will work directly with the Founder & Managing Partner to originate and close search and advisory mandates, with a written path to Partner and profit share tied to the revenue you bring in. Compensation starts modest and scales with what you originate — if you need a market-rate base before proving yourself, this is not the role.

**What you’ll own**

-   Originate new client relationships with CEOs, CHROs, boards and NRC chairs across KSA/GCC
-   Convert conversations into retained search and advisory mandates (proposals, pricing, negotiation)
-   Co-lead delivery on mandates you win: client management, shortlist presentation, offer stage
-   Build sector or functional practice ownership (e.g. logistics, fintech, PIF portfolio, boards)
-   Represent the firm at industry events and on LinkedIn; grow the brand alongside the founder
-   Help shape firm operations, tooling and process as we scale

## Requirements

**What we’re looking for**

-   8–15 years in executive search, HR consulting, professional services BD, or a senior corporate HR/talent role with a strong external network
-   A real, warm network of decision-makers in Saudi Arabia — demonstrable, not aspirational
-   Proven track record of selling retained or advisory services (or hiring senior leaders repeatedly through agencies and knowing what great looks like)
-   Entrepreneurial risk appetite and runway: comfortable with modest fixed pay for the first 6–12 months in exchange for upside
-   Integrity and discretion — you’ll handle confidential C-suite mandates from day one
-   Fluent Arabic and English; Saudi national or long-tenured GCC resident strongly preferred

## Benefits

**How the deal works**

-   Modest base salary for the ramp-up period
-   Commission on fee revenue you originate, paid on client collection
-   Clear, written milestones to Partner title and profit share (revenue thresholds, not tenure)
-   Full transparency on firm economics from day one