Business Development & Project Delivery Specialist

About Syndicate Stride

Syndicate Stride is a Saudi-based advisory and consulting firm that supports organizations in financial advisory, investment strategy, governance, and business transformation. The firm works with corporates, SMEs, investors, and public-sector organizations to address business challenges and deliver practical outcomes.

The Role

Syndicate Stride is seeking a Business Development & Project Delivery Specialist to join its team in Riyadh. This full-time role involves identifying new business opportunities, managing the sales pipeline, preparing technical and financial proposals, and coordinating consulting projects from inception to completion. The specialist will work closely with the CEO, consultants, and specialized delivery partners to align client needs with well-defined engagements and ensure successful project delivery. The position requires 2-5 years of relevant experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify potential clients and consulting opportunities through market research, targeted outreach, referrals, networking, partnerships, and tender monitoring.
• Develop relationships with decision-makers and arrange meetings to understand business needs.
• Qualify opportunities based on strategic fit, budget, decision-making process, timing, and delivery requirements.
• Coordinate client discussions, presentations, follow-ups, and negotiations to progress opportunities toward signed engagements.
• Identify repeat business and opportunities to expand services within existing client relationships.
• Represent Syndicate Stride at relevant industry events and business forums.

Sales and Proposal Management

• Establish and maintain a structured CRM pipeline with clear sales stages, qualification criteria, responsibilities, and next actions.
• Maintain accurate opportunity records, including client contacts, estimated values, expected closing dates, and engagement history.
• Develop consistent processes for lead generation, qualification, follow-up, and proposal tracking.
• Prepare regular pipeline reports and sales forecasts for the CEO.
• Review client briefs and requests for proposals, identifying requirements, evaluation criteria, deadlines, and submission conditions.
• Coordinate input from consultants and delivery partners to prepare tailored technical proposals.
• Draft the understanding of client needs, methodology, scope of work, deliverables, project schedule, team structure, and relevant credentials.
• Prepare resource estimates, project budgets, pricing schedules, payment milestones, and commercial assumptions.
• Manage proposal preparation, internal review, submission, clarifications, and revisions.

Project Coordination and Delivery

• Translate approved proposals into project plans with clear milestones, deliverables, responsibilities, and resource requirements.
• Coordinate consultants, delivery partners, and client stakeholders throughout the engagement.
• Monitor progress against agreed scope, timelines, budgets, and quality requirements.
• Organize project meetings, maintain action logs, document decisions, and follow up on commitments.
• Track risks, issues, dependencies, and scope changes, escalating concerns with recommended actions.
• Coordinate internal deliverable reviews and client acceptance.
• Track payment milestones and support timely invoicing and follow-up.
• Support project closure, lessons learned, and identification of follow-on opportunities.

Experience and Work Type

This full-time position requires 2-5 years of experience in a related field. The role is based in Riyadh.