Trireme is a digital-asset market making, trading, treasury and incubation business working with token projects, exchanges, ecosystems and institutional counterparties globally.

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We are looking for a Business Development Manager to expand our presence across the Middle East and North Africa.

You will own commercial development across the MENA region, with a particular focus on the UAE and the wider Gulf ecosystem.

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The role combines direct sales, strategic partnerships and ecosystem development.

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You will work with founders, exchanges, investment firms, accelerators, family offices, ecosystems and institutional counterparties.

• Build and manage Trireme’s MENA sales pipeline.
• Source and close market-making, liquidity, treasury and advisory mandates.
• Develop relationships with crypto projects, exchanges, VCs, family offices, accelerators and ecosystem organisations.
• Build strategic referral partnerships.
• Attend major regional events and maintain an active presence within the ecosystem.
• Run discovery meetings and qualify prospective clients.
• Present Trireme’s capabilities and commercial proposals.
• Drive opportunities from first conversation through contract execution.
• Maintain accurate CRM records and forecasting.
• Identify high-value institutional and treasury opportunities.
• Feed regional market intelligence back into management.

Priority markets include:

UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and the wider MENA digital-asset ecosystem.

• 3+ years of BD, partnerships, investment or commercial experience.
• Strong network within the MENA crypto or financial ecosystem.
• Proven ability to develop senior-level relationships.
• Strong understanding of the crypto market.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to operate independently and represent Trireme at senior levels.
• Strong commercial instincts and follow-through.

• Relationships with UAE-based crypto projects and exchanges.
• Venture capital or family-office relationships.
• Experience working with institutional digital-asset businesses.
• Arabic language capability.
• Experience building partnerships from zero.

Performance will be assessed on:

• Qualified opportunities generated.
• New strategic relationships.
• Partner and referral channels activated.
• Proposals issued.
• Signed clients.
• Contracted and collected revenue.
• Pipeline quality and coverage.
• Client retention and account quality.

Competitive base or contractor fee plus uncapped revenue-linked commission.