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Alpaca is seeking a Head of Business Development for the Middle East to lead strategic expansion across the region, focusing on fintechs, exchanges, and government institutions. This role offers significant ownership in building Alpaca's presence in a dynamic market.
Alpaca is a US-headquartered, global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more. Amongst our subsidiaries, Alpaca is a licensed financial services company, serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with our institutional-grade APIs. This includes broker-dealers, investment advisors, wealth managers, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges, totaling over 10 million brokerage accounts. Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals who are working to achieve our mission of opening financial services to everyone on the planet. We're deeply committed to open-source contributions and fostering a vibrant community, continuously enhancing our award-winning, developer-friendly API and the robust infrastructure behind it.
Your Role
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with fintechs, exchanges, brokerages, banks, primes, and ecosystem partners across the Middle East.
- Serve as a key executive interface with prospective and existing clients in the region, identifying opportunities to deepen partnerships and expand adoption.
- Navigate high-stakes engagements with regulators, government agencies, and public sector institutions to support Alpaca's regional expansion.
- Nurture client relationships across the region — from initial opportunity scoping through ongoing strategic engagement and partnership growth.
- Identify and pursue new commercial opportunities in collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Product, and the Director of Business Development.
- Support account conversion by partnering with the sales team on lead nurturing and referral follow-up.
- Drive Alpaca's go-to-market execution across Middle East geographies and verticals through engagement with local fintech communities, regulators, founders, and institutional partners.
- Collaborate closely with the Director of Business Development and Head of Sales to execute against revenue targets and regional expansion priorities.
- Champion Alpaca's product value proposition by deeply understanding the platform and translating regional customer pain points into strategic solutions.
- Analyze CRM data and business performance metrics to inform regional sales strategy and uncover growth opportunities.
- Represent Alpaca at high-profile regional industry conferences, regulatory roundtables, and ecosystem events.
- Serve as a public-facing spokesperson for Alpaca in government meetings, webinars, client workshops, and strategic media engagements across the region.
- Host and organize regional networking events and client briefings to showcase Alpaca's leadership and reinforce customer trust.
- Prepare and deliver high-impact sales presentations and regular performance reports, translating data into actionable insights for leadership.
Who You Are (Must-Haves)
- 8+ years of experience in business development, strategic partnerships, or institutional sales within financial services, fintech, capital markets, or digital assets, with substantial experience in the Middle East.
- An existing network of relationships among fintechs, exchanges, brokerages, banks, primes, or regulators in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, or the broader GCC.
- Experience engaging directly with regulators and government agencies, and familiarity with regional regulatory frameworks (e.g. DIFC, ADGM, VARA, CMA, SCA).
- Strong understanding of (or strong appetite to quickly learn) brokerage infrastructure, tokenization, blockchain-based settlement, and digital asset market structure.
- Track record sourcing and nurturing strategic relationships that convert into commercial opportunities over time.
- Excellent executive presence and communication skills, comfortable acting as a public-facing representative of the firm with clients, regulators, and media.
- Comfortable working cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Product, and executive leadership in a fast-moving, remote-first environment.
- Self-starter mentality with strong organizational skills, a bias toward action, and comfort building a region largely from scratch.
- Fluency in English required; Arabic fluency strongly preferred.
- Willingness to travel regularly within the region.
How We Take Care of You:
- Competitive Salary & Stock Options.
- Health Benefits.
- New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500.
- Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card.
- Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.