General Manager - Additive Manufacturing

About the Role

MBK Global is searching for a visionary and entrepreneurial General Manager to pioneer and develop a sovereign additive manufacturing business based in Qatar. This role involves creating a sustainable industrial capability with a focus on securing the country's critical sectors such as oil and gas, aviation, and defense. The appointment requires immediate mobilisation and functions directly under the CEO.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the feasibility, establishment, and expansion of the business, including development of business plans, financial models, and phased mobilization strategies.
• Validate market demand and select commercially viable additive manufacturing technologies, facilities, and investment priorities.
• Manage all setup logistics such as permits, licensing, facility and equipment procurement, operating systems, and supplier partnerships.
• Seek and secure subsidies, incentives, and industrial development assistance while preparing investment cases for executive approval.
• Drive technology transfer and workforce development to ensure sustainable local operations.
• Negotiate joint ventures with international stakeholders, establishing clear governance, licensing, intellectual property, and commercial arrangements.
• Build and nurture relationships with industry players including operators, OEMs, government entities, and the broader industrial ecosystem.
• Lead customer acquisition efforts, manage tenders and contracts within delegated authority, and foster OEM-authorized contract manufacturing models.
• Oversee operational delivery from application selection through to customer acceptance ensuring quality, timing, and specification compliance.
• Implement robust quality, health and safety, traceability, and supplier assurance systems suited to the respective industrial contexts.
• Manage intellectual property, licensing, warranties, product liability, and protect sensitive customer technical data adhering to confidentiality, cybersecurity, and export control regulations.
• Own financial responsibilities including profit and loss, budgeting, cash flow, pricing, costing, margin controls, and risk assessments.
• Recruit and lead a skilled team, leveraging partner expertise and developing local competencies.
• Establish performance metrics, reporting processes, and coordinate escalations for leadership.
• Scale investment and production capacity guided by market validation and operational readiness.
• Advocate for additive manufacturing adoption through stakeholder education, technical evaluation, and trust-building within Qatar’s cultural and business environment.

Qualifications and Experience

• Extensive experience in the oil and gas sector, especially in asset integrity, reliability, maintenance, and supply chain management within operations or asset management functions.
• Proven track record of launching, scaling, or transforming industrial enterprises or major business units with fiscal and commercial responsibility.
• Experience managing complex industrial or manufacturing projects emphasizing safety, quality, specifications, and scheduling.
• Technical knowledge of additive manufacturing processes, materials science, product qualification, and manufacturing economics sufficient to supervise specialists and make informed investment choices.
• Understanding of critical spare parts management, obsolescence issues, equipment lifecycle, and implications of supply chain interruptions.
• Proven expertise collaborating with OEMs and handling intellectual property, licensing, and contract manufacturing.
• Strong negotiation capabilities with experience in formalizing financially robust partnership and customer agreements.
• Cultural fluency and proven success in establishing enduring relationships within Qatar's industrial environment.
• A technical degree in engineering or closely related field, or equivalent demonstrable professional experience.
• Fluent in professional English, willing to travel internationally, with immediate availability for full-time engagement in Qatar.

Additional Desired Attributes

• Direct leadership in metal additive manufacturing or advanced industrial manufacturing operations.
• Experience setting up manufacturing plants, joint ventures, or local technology capabilities.
• Familiarity with aviation or defense industry qualification and client standards.
• Experience within Qatar or the greater GCC region, particularly in industrial development and local supply chain ecosystems.
• Track record of talent development and technical knowledge transfer from international partners.

Work Approach

The ideal candidate thrives in an environment requiring rapid decision-making despite incomplete data, maintains accountability, prioritizes effectively, and collaborates with customers and partners to solve emerging challenges. They value transparent technical validation, commercial viability, and stakeholder trust, ensuring consistent delivery without compromising safety or quality.

Performance Indicators

Initial success metrics include delivering a practical mobilisation plan, advancing ongoing proofs of concept to customer approval stages, progressing partnership negotiations and permitting, and expanding a qualified commercial client base. Long term, success is measured by customer adoption rates, repeat business, operational and quality excellence, profitability, cash generation, and tangible growth of manufacturing capacity in Qatar.

Compensation and Benefits

The remuneration package offers a fixed salary combined with performance-based pay and equity shares subject to vesting agreements, reflecting the long-term strategic nature of this position and alignment with business outcomes.

Application Requirements

• Submit a curriculum vitae along with a brief statement detailing a past industrial business or capability you have led or scaled with measurable outcomes.
• Highlight relevant industry experience including oil and gas, asset management, and manufacturing.
• Specify your current location and earliest availability to mobilize in Qatar.

Additional Information

Start: Immediate mobilisation required. Reporting line: Direct to MBK Global CEO. This position is full-time and based onsite in Doha, Qatar.