Job Description

Your mission
Our dynamic and enthusiastic Event Production team in Dubai is expanding, and we're looking for a Director of Event Production to lead, manage, and further develop the business unit. If you're ready to take on a challenge, showcase your leadership skills in a fast-paced environment, and help scale a rapidly growing team, we'd love to hear from you!
We expect you to:

• Lead, decide and take responsibility for the business unit.
• Develop, propose and execute business unit plans and strategies.
• Control business plans and strategies execution as well as key performance indicators.
• Be accountable for achieving the qualitative and quantitative business unit objectives.
• Play part in business development and sales activities.
• Be a responsible spokesman to the General Management.
• Take responsibility for ensuring that all processes run flawlessly and that the day-to-day business operates efficiently and smoothly.
• Drive change, develop new ideas, create future vision.
• Be an administrative line manager for business unit team.
• Develop and coordinate strategies to acquire new business and grow the market share.
• Act as a key account for existing and new clients.
• Promote cross-selling between BeWunder business units.
• Develop and coordinate marketing plans and strategies together with the Marketing team.

You will also be responsible for:

• Management / decision-making / responsibility for the economic and operational results of the business unit.
• Development / design of the business unit.
• Budget planning for the business unit in cooperation with business unit team and General Management.
• Financial responsibility for the business unit.
• Responsibility for team members in the business unit.
• Leading the team, processes and procedure improvement initiatives.
• Definition and monitoring of team objectives in collaboration with the team.
• Team motivation and mentoring.
• Resource planning and quality management.
• Communication about developments, decisions, changes in the business unit to the wider team.
• Creation and review of various analyses and statistics.

Your profile

• Proven experience in a senior management role, ideally as Managing Director or similar, in large-scale contracting, event production, exhibition fit-out, or a related field.
• Strong commercial acumen with a track record of driving business growth, securing high-value projects, and delivering profitable results.
• Demonstrated success in leading high-performance production teams, optimising workflows, and implementing operational efficiencies.
• Extensive knowledge of project life cycles in event production, including budgeting, resource allocation, and cost control, with a strong focus on efficiency and quality delivery.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and team-building skills with a strategic mindset.
• Knowledge of the legal and regulatory requirements and frameworks.

You should bring the following competencies:

• Own visionary thinking (future-orientated)
• Entrepreneurial thinking and acting
• Assertiveness, persuasiveness, enthusiasm (inspire and excite)
• High motivation and sense of responsibility
• Social competence and strong communication skills (internally and externally)
• Flexibility, agility and pronounced resilience
• Teambuilder mentality
• Polite and friendly manner
• Clear and considered action
• Solution orientated mindset
• Confident and authentic
• Business owner thinking

Why us?

• Unified CAT A Silver Premium Medical Insurance provided as standard to all team members - yes, you read that correctly, we all enjoy the same insurance category benefits!
• Complimentary lunches provided daily in our Dubai office canteen.
• Team Engagement Initiatives - team-building activities, health and wellness drives, etc.
• Team Socials - team BBQs, season opening and closing parties.
• Worker's Compensation and Accident Insurance.
• Annual Flight Allowance.
• Recruitment Referral Bonus Scheme for team members who refer successful applicants for our open positions.
• Project Referral Bonus Scheme for team members who refer successful project leads.
• The opportunity to work in an international and multi-cultural team with collaboration across our offices in the Middle East and Europe.
• Collaborative and motivated working environment.
• Trusting and partnership-based cooperation across all units.
• An innovative and growth-oriented company with a matrix organizational structure and an open corporate culture.

About us
BeWunder is your turnkey partner specializing in Event Production and Spatial Experiences.
We create inspiring and unforgettable experiences for our clients and their guests. Our renowned and highly-skilled team of industry experts in both live events and permanent construction is well-versed in bridging the gap between vision and reality. We design, deliver and service complex, challenging, and large-scale projects in the field of museums and exhibitions, EXPO and brand pavilions, visitor and experience centers, digital art spaces, live events - both corporate and sporting, as well as conferences and multimedia shows.
Our passion lies in producing multisensory and immersive experiences, a perfect blend of new technologies and content, staged lighting and interactive elements.
With our international track record in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we are perfectly positioned to realize exceptional projects for our clients around the globe, from initial concept design through to final installation and beyond!

Skills Required