Senior Growth Manager

Chemonics is a leading professional services firm that helps governments, businesses, and organizations deliver results in complex environments. With a proven track record of success for over 50 years, we combine local presence and international expertise to implement at scale.

As we grow our presence in the GCC, we are seeking a Senior Growth Manager to drive business development support activities and support project delivery across our advisory and implementation portfolio in the UAE and other GCC countries. This is a mid-to-senior level role suited for professionals with established experience in business development, consulting, public sector advisory, and project delivery.

The Senior Growth Manager will support coordination between Chemonics UAE’s growth and project delivery functions. The role sits at the interface of business development and project execution with core accountability in opportunity identification, relationship building, proposal development, internal business development coordination, and delivery management. The Senior Growth Manager will actively support growth initiatives and business development activities, while also contributing to the operational start-up of new projects.

The role covers Chemonics’ work across sectors including economic development, social development, public sector efficiency, and foreign development and humanitarian assistance.

• Monitor relevant market developments, sector events, and competitive signals to inform BD strategy.
• Support senior leadership in market positioning and stakeholder engagement by preparing briefs, pitches, concept notes, and presentations.
• Proactively identify BD opportunities and develop client relationships to support conversion to sales.
• Manage and maintain the opportunity pipeline, including tender tracking, expression of interest monitoring, and prioritization across Chemonics UAE’s target sectors.
• Coordinate the internal BD calendar, ensuring timely awareness of upcoming submissions, partner engagements, and strategic milestones.
• Lead internal coordination for bids managing timelines, assigning tasks, tracking progress, and ensuring quality of inputs from across the team.

• Lead background research on clients, partners, and competitors to inform positioning and pursuit decisions.
• Prepare client and partner briefs, stakeholder summaries, and engagement materials ahead of key meetings.
• Maintain structured records of partner relationships, interaction history, and strategic alignment assessments.
• Support the development and maintenance of Chemonics’ partner network across relevant sectors.

• Lead the coordination and compilation of proposals, concept notes, and technical submissions from initiation through final delivery.
• Conduct and direct desk research, market scans, and policy reviews to support technical content development.
• Manage documentation requirements for compliant submissions, including CVs, corporate documents, and mandatory forms.
• Draft and review administrative and technical sections of proposals, and provide quality assurance on formatting and completeness.
• Provide translation support and review where required.

• Support rapid mobilization at award, including internal handover from business development, review of contract requirements, and start-up planning.
• Develop and maintain core start-up tools (workplan, deliverable tracker, staffing plan, RACI, risk/issue log) and align them with client expectations and reporting cadence.
• Coordinate onboarding of project staff, consultants, and partners, including scopes of work, contracting workflows, and initial orientation to project protocols.
• Plan and facilitate project kick-off activities, including agenda preparation, stakeholder mapping, meeting notes, and action tracking for early-stage decisions.
• Set up project document management and communications processes (templates, filing structure, version control, distribution lists) to ensure audit-ready records from day one.
• Support initial client-facing deliverables and…