Are you a marketing operations leader who can turn a crowded launch calendar into one connected plan, and land global launches on time, in full and within budget?

A fast growing fragrance and beauty brand headquartered in Dubai is launching at pace across global markets, direct to consumer, retail and distributor partners. With a wide portfolio of launches and campaigns in motion, the business is creating a brand new marketing operations and campaign delivery function, and needs its first Director to build it.

This is not a brand strategy or creative leadership role. The CMO owns the brand vision and the creative direction. Your job is to make sure approved ideas reach every market properly, through planning, governance and delivery.

What’s in it for you:

• First hire into a newly created function, you are shaping the operating model, not inheriting one

• Direct reporting line to the CMO, with a seat at the table across brand, creative, ecommerce, retail and regional teams

• A genuinely global remit, with launches spanning regions, retail partners and distributors

• The chance to build your own team as the function scales, alongside internal talent and external hires

• Base salary around AED 45,000 per month, tax free, plus a 20% annual bonus, a full relocation package and schooling support

What you’ll be doing:

• Owning the global marketing planning calendar as the single source of truth for every launch, campaign and retail moment

• Designing and running a gated launch process from concept lock to in market, including readiness reviews and go or no go decisions

• Leading integrated campaign delivery across brand, creative, social, ecommerce, retail and regional teams

• Owning the marketing budget process, agency and partner operations, and the scorecard that reports performance to leadership

• Building the marketing technology, digital asset management and AI adoption roadmap

• Mapping critical paths and dependencies across product, supply chain, regulatory and commercial teams before they become escalations

What we need:

• 12+ years in campaign management, marketing operations or integrated marketing, with a track record of leading multi channel product launches end to end

• Genuine global experience, having worked across multiple markets rather than managing them from one office

• Commercial and budget literacy: you can hold a number and explain a variance

• Experience managing agencies and external partners, and building governance around them

• Background in beauty, fragrance, luxury or fashion strongly preferred

• Calm and structured under pressure, with the judgement to hold the line on quality when timing would compromise the work

If you’re an operator who wants to build the engine behind a global launch calendar, not just run someone else’s, we’d like to hear from you.