Regional Director

Job description / Role

About Axis

Axis enables a smarter and safer world by creating solutions for improving security and business performance. As a network technology company and industry leader, Axis offers solutions in video surveillance, access control, intercom, and audio systems. These are enhanced by intelligent analytics applications and supported by high-quality training.

Axis has approximately 5000 dedicated employees in over 50 countries and collaborates with technology and system integration partners worldwide to deliver customer solutions. Axis was founded in 1984, and the headquarters are in Lund, Sweden. The head region EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) is now looking for a Regional Director to lead one of our four regional business units, Middle East & Africa (MEA).

MEA is a vibrant and highly diverse region with big potential, constituting an important part of Axis and the head regional growth plan. This is a great position for a strong people leader with the capability to drive and grow business in an international business environment.

The position is based in our office in Dubai and requires extensive travelling.

What will you do?

As Regional Director for Middle East & Africa (MEA), you will be responsible for a business of around 100 million Euro and more than 70 employees. The responsibility includes sales, sales engineering, marketing, finance & operations, and human resources to ensure the achievement of our growth objectives while adhering to our values and honouring our channel and partnerships.

Your primary objective is to grow the business in accordance with our strategy, tactics, and values. You will be entrusted with executing Axis and EMEA strategies within the business unit, while also possessing the agility to tailor these strategies to regional requirements.

The role has budgetary and P&L responsibility, and you will execute your job through a team of managers with responsibility for Sales, Sales Engineering, Marketing, HR, Finance, and Operations. Together with your team, you ensure the effective and compliant operations of the business unit.

A pivotal aspect of your role as Regional Director is to lead and cultivate the EMEA organization as a member of the EMEA Leadership team, contributing to and shaping EMEAs overall success. This role reports to the Vice President of EMEA.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a goal-oriented business and people leader with experience of driving and scaling growth. We think you possess great capabilities to inspire and lead teams and leaders, in combination with expertise in formulating, executing, and adhering to strategies and tactics.

As collaboration is a cornerstone for this position, you should thrive in a collaborative environment where you are expected to seek understanding, influence outcomes, and share knowledge with colleagues, partners, and customers. For this purpose and more, your communication and influencing skills need to be excellent.

We also think you have proven experience from working in diverse, multicultural teams. The role involves collaboration across our key regional offices in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Kazakhstan, and South Africa, so an understanding of cross-cultural dynamics and regional business practices is important.

We value self-awareness in our leaders. Thus, you should have a sound understanding of your strengths and weaknesses, always looking to develop yourself.

Apart from the above, you should:

• Have a university degree within business management or related field.
• Have proven success from leading people and managers in an international sales environment (10+ years), preferably touching many functions.
• Have experience from leading leaders.
• Come from a solid sales background, preferably from technology and an indirect sales model.
• Have previous experience from budgeting and P&L responsibility.
• Be fluent in English.

Loyalty, transparency, and trust are factors that we know will make a difference in our relationship with our customers and employees. We therefore believe that you are an ethical and sustainable leader driven by strong values and a believer in peoples abilities.

What Axis can do for you?

In exchange for your dedication, Axis, EMEA, and MEA can offer you a challenging job in an international growing organization that takes great pride in innovating for a smarter and safer world. This is a great opportunity for anyone who values working in a company with a strong culture and in constant motion forwards.

Ready to act?

Axis is a company realizing the benefits of a diverse workforce. We know that diversity in groups creates a better working environment and promotes creativity, something that is fundamental for our success.

If you find the position interesting, please send in your application (CV and cover letter).

Type of employment: Permanent employment

Posting end date: 2025-08-15

Certain roles at Axis require background checks, which means applicable verifications will be done in these recruitments. Notice will be provided before we take any action.

Job Function: Finance, Business Analysis & Consulting

Company Industry: Education