Marketing Business Partner (UAE National only)

About the Role
The company is seeking candidates for the position of Marketing Business Partner - Specialist to join our growing marketing team, based in the Dubai office. This role reports to the Middle East Marketing & Communications Leader and is responsible for day-to-day coordination, stakeholder management, and the disciplined delivery of regional strategies across markets. A key aspect of this position involves advancing the company's thought leadership agenda, ensuring that the business is visible, credible, and differentiated through effective storytelling, executive visibility, and targeted amplification. The Marketing Manager, UAE will play a crucial role in translating regional marketing priorities into high-quality, commercially relevant execution across the company and its operating entities.

What's in it for you

• A company culture founded on integrity, responsible teamwork, and a wealth of experience.
• A fast-paced environment where you can engage with colleagues across the business and interact with senior leadership.
• A corporate commitment to fostering a vibrant, inclusive, and diverse culture that values each voice.

What you can expect

• Collaboration with colleagues and stakeholders at various levels globally.
• An integral role in streamlining processes and identifying efficiencies.
• Communication with key stakeholders and leadership.

We will count on you to
Strategy and Planning

• Translate regional priorities into clear market-level plans, timelines, and deliverables across key businesses and geographies.
• Support annual and quarterly planning by gathering market inputs, identifying local opportunities, and ensuring alignment with commercial priorities.
• Coordinate across multiple stakeholder groups, including regional CEOs, to ensure effective sequencing and timely delivery of campaigns and initiatives.

Integrated Campaigns and Execution

• Drive strong end-to-end campaign management and governance, ensuring all integrated campaigns are consistently planned, executed, tracked, and measured.
• Lead the execution of integrated campaigns encompassing digital, content, events, internal communications, and stakeholder engagement.
• Manage day-to-day delivery against agreed timelines, ensuring quality control, clear ownership, and strong follow-through.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external suppliers to maintain activity momentum and remove barriers to delivery.

Thought Leadership and Reputation

• Own the delivery of the thought leadership pipeline, ensuring insight-led content is developed, approved, and amplified according to regional priorities.
• Work alongside business leaders and subject matter experts to shape relevant topics that enhance market presence and executive credibility.
• Aid in the creation and promotion of articles, reports, videos, and other thought leadership assets that build the company's reputation in the market.
• Utilize thought leadership as a business tool to tell compelling stories, facilitate client conversations, and reinforce the company's position in the market.

Events and Stakeholder Engagement

• Lead planning and delivery for the strategic event calendar throughout the year, ensuring commercial relevance, coordination, and high execution standards for each event.
• Manage relationships with local-market CEOs, local business leaders, and regional stakeholders to align priorities and streamline decision-making.
• Provide responsive support to market teams, ensuring senior stakeholders are well-prepared with appropriate messaging, materials, and follow-up actions.
• Enhance internal understanding of marketing priorities through briefings, education sessions, and practical support that bolsters marketing efforts across the business.

Execution Excellence, Tools, and Measurement

• Maintain rigorous discipline around campaign tracking, reporting, and measurement.
• Ensure marketing tools and CRM systems are utilized consistently and accurately to support visibility and informed decision-making.
• Monitor performance of campaigns, events, and thought leadership activities, applying insights to improve future planning.
• Facilitate clean workflows, clear approvals, and reliable governance throughout the marketing process.

Brand Stewardship and Governance

• Ensure all marketing outputs adhere to the company's brand standards, tone of voice, and governance requirements.
• Maintain a robust review and approval process for content, presentations, campaigns, and event materials.
• Support consistency across the company, MMB, and Mercer while appropriately adapting activities for each audience and market.

What you need to have

• 8 to 10+ years of experience in marketing, communications, or a related business development environment, ideally within professional services, consulting, or financial services.
• Proven experience in delivering integrated campaigns, events, content, and stakeholder engagement activities in complex, matrixed environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines, engaging senior stakeholders with professionalism and sound judgment.
• Excellent writing, editing, and communication skills, with keen attention to quality and detail.
• Comfort with thought leadership content, executive messaging, and commercially sensitive topics.
• Strong project management and coordination skills, with the ability to maintain momentum in workstreams across teams.
• Familiarity with marketing tools, content workflows, and digital channels is highly desirable.
• Fluency in Arabic is required; English language proficiency is a plus (Emirati candidates will be prioritized).

What makes you stand out

• Collaborative and service-oriented, focused on building trust and enabling others to succeed.
• Commercially aware and proactive, able to anticipate needs effectively.
• Highly organized, responsive, and dependable in a dynamic environment.
• Confident communicator who can engage credibly with senior leaders and subject matter experts.
• A natural relationship builder, skilled at identifying opportunities and creating momentum across the business.
• Adaptable and solutions-focused, capable of adjusting across business lines and priorities as necessary.
• Proficient in uniting strategy, structure, and execution to enhance the visibility and value of the role.

What success looks like

• Contributes to strong market momentum, resulting in measurable pipeline and revenue impact.
• Effectively supports the regional agenda to promote growth and commercial outcomes.
• Provides solid support to the regional business and Middle East Marketing & Communications Leader with clear and dependable execution.
• Ensures timely, high-quality delivery of campaigns, events, and thought leadership.
• Establishes the role as a trusted partner who enhances the quality, pace, and coordination of efforts.
• Positions thought leadership as a visible and effective component of the regional marketing strategy.