VIE Business Development (Defense Technology)

Location: Based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, with coverage across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. Coordination with the Paris headquarters and regional travel for defence events, partner visits, demonstrations, and leadership trips.

Company

hirify.global is a defence technology startup developing AI-guided interceptors for drones and cruise missiles, together with the software platform that powers them.

What you will do

• Map the Gulf defence ecosystem, including institutional buyers, procurement bodies, industrial partners, and innovation initiatives.
• Identify procurement programmes, capability gaps, and tender opportunities related to ISR, C-UAS, and AI autonomy.
• Monitor defence policies, budgets, and strategic priorities in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.
• Build first-contact relationships with institutional stakeholders, industrial partners, and potential clients.
• Qualify inbound interest and escalate concrete partnership or sales opportunities to the Defence Sales Manager MEA.
• Coordinate partner visits, demonstrations, leadership trips, and regional defence-event participation between Abu Dhabi and Paris.

Requirements

• 0–3 years of experience; recent graduates and early-career candidates are welcome.
• Background in business development, international relations, political science, defence studies, engineering, or a related field.
• Fluent English is mandatory.
• Genuine interest in defence technology and Gulf security dynamics.
• Proactive, autonomous, culturally agile, discreet, and professional in a security-sensitive environment.
• French or EU nationality is mandatory; candidates must be aged 18–28 at mission start and must not have completed a prior VIE with the same company.

Nice to have

• Prior exposure to the Gulf region through studies, an internship, or work experience.
• Arabic proficiency for relationship-building in the Gulf.
• French proficiency for daily interaction with the Paris headquarters.

Culture & Benefits

• Direct exposure to company leadership in Paris and ownership of the commercial entry point into the Gulf.
• Work across Gulf and European cultural and business contexts.
• Participation in regional defence events including IDEX, World Defence Show, Milipol Qatar, and DSEI Arabia.
• Exposure to international expansion, industrial scaling, fundraising, and defence product development.