# Chief Executive Officer

> Ultimate Peaks · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Full-time · Posted 2026-05-19

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** PX3

## Description

A large-scale global Saudi operating group is appointing a Chief Executive Officer to lead the next phase of operational scale, execution maturity, and commercial performance across a nationally distributed business.

The organisation operates across multiple service and infrastructure-related verticals with a significant workforce footprint, complex field operations, and active transformation initiatives already underway.

This is a high-accountability operating role with direct ownership of performance, leadership cadence, execution quality, and long-term organisational positioning.

The mandate

The incoming CEO will oversee:

-   Multi-site operations and customer delivery performance
-   Commercial growth and operating economics
-   Workforce and leadership alignment across a distributed organisation
-   Ongoing transformation and operational-modernisation initiatives
-   Executive governance and board engagement
-   Strategic partnerships and long-term operating scalability

The board is seeking a commercially mature operator who can balance disciplined execution with sustainable growth in a rapidly evolving Saudi market environment.

## Requirements

-   Minimum of 18 years of experience in large-scale operating environments.
-   At least 5 years in senior leadership positions such as CEO, COO, Country Head, or leading significant business units.
-   Demonstrated accountability for Profit and Loss within operationally intensive organizations.
-   Proven experience in managing extensive workforce populations and distributed operational models.
-   Exemplary executive presence when engaging with boards, shareholders, or governance entities.
-   Experience operating within Saudi Arabia, the GCC, Africa, and globally is highly preferred.
-   Fluency in both Arabic and English is desirable.

**Particular interest in leaders who have:**

-   Led operational transformation at scale
-   Managed customer-facing service or infrastructure-heavy businesses
-   Built strong executive teams and succession depth
-   Stabilised performance while maintaining growth momentum
-   Operated effectively in founder-led, family-owned, shareholder-led, or institutional environments

**This role is not suited to:**

-   Pure advisory or consulting profiles without major operating accountability
-   Executives without meaningful large-scale operational leadership exposure
-   Leaders whose experience has been primarily limited to matrix-reporting corporate structures without full ownership responsibility

## Benefits

Structured to attract top-tier executive leadership currently operating at significant scale within Saudi Arabia and the GCC, including performance-linked incentives and long-term alignment mechanisms.

## Apply

[Apply at Ultimate Peaks](https://apply.workable.com/ultimate-peaks/j/28CC3ACE7E/apply)

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