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We are a small team in Dubai, and we hire carefully. If you enjoy owning your work and seeing it through, we would be glad to hear from you, even when we have no role open.
Why work with us
You will look after a defined area of work from early on, with the support of a principal who has done similar work before and is easy to reach when you need a second opinion.
You will know everyone in the company, and your work will be seen by the people who lead it. Good ideas do not have to travel through several layers to be heard.
We are a privately held company without quarterly targets from outside investors, so we can take the time to develop people properly and let them grow into bigger roles.
We do not recruit continuously or advertise every vacancy. Hiring usually happens when one of our activities needs a particular person, and it often starts with an introduction someone sent us months earlier. If you have run a team, started a business, led an operating function or built a product, please write and tell us what you worked on.
You can use the form at the bottom of this page to introduce yourself. We reply within two working days, including when we do not have a suitable role.
Introduce yourself
Tell us what you have worked on and what you would like to do next. We reply within two working days.
Who we look for
Kaelo Global is a small company with four activities and one office in Dubai. We usually look for people who have run something themselves, whether that is a business unit, a company, an operating function or a product launch. We value clear writing and numbers you can explain. We also do not name individual staff in case studies or promotional material, so the role suits people who are comfortable letting their work speak for itself.
The process is short and the same for every senior role, with a shorter version for junior roles. You will know where you stand at every stage.
A page at most. Tell us what you have worked on, what you would like to do next and why Kaelo interests you.
If there is a good fit, you meet the principal of the relevant activity for forty minutes. We share the topics in advance, so you can prepare properly.
For most senior roles we ask for a paid week of work on a real problem. It helps us see how you work, and it helps you decide whether the work suits you.
We set out the terms clearly in writing, and our first offer is close to our final one, so there is no long negotiation.
You work alongside an experienced principal for your first ninety days, with a short written review each week, so you always know how things are going.
Within your first six months you will look after a defined area of work, with the authority to make decisions about it.
Pay at the upper end of the local market for the role, with a bonus linked to results we can both measure.
A written review every quarter from the principal you work with, so feedback never arrives second-hand.
Promotion follows the work you do, not the time you have served, and we support moves from one activity to another.
We keep roles focused, so you are not left juggling too many competing priorities at once.
Hiring is handled by each activity, so your conversation will be with the people you would work alongside.