Join the Wave Group UAE founding team.

Join the Wave Group UAE founding team.

Join the Wave Group UAE founding team.

You'd join with 650+ clients, deep VC and PE relationships, and an in-house AI team behind you from day one. Two of the four founding seats are already filled.

You’d join with 650+ clients, deep VC and PE relationships, and an in-house AI team behind you from day one. Two of the four founding seats are already filled.

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500+ BUSINESSES SERVED, START-UPS TO GLOBAL ENTERPRISES .

A career-defining opportunity in Dubai.

Founding Team

Wave group in numbers

Wave Group is opening its first office outside London, in Dubai - and we're building the founding team now. Founders Ollie and Cam will be permanently based on the ground, with Jake, one of the UK's strongest directors and billers, running the floor.

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We're not entering Dubai cold.

The Middle East is one of the fastest-growing technology economies in the world, home to ambitious AI startups and scale-ups, tier-one VCs and PE funds, and global enterprises building their next generation of teams. What it lacks is a role-led tech recruitment specialist with genuine enterprise pedigree. That's the gap we fill - and we arrive with an edge others simply don't have.

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A 650+ client head start

The group already works with 650+ companies. We’ll activate every one with a Middle Eastern presence from day one, then expand outward. Warm introductions, not cold outreach, from the moment the doors open.

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A 650+ client head start

The group already works with 650+ companies. We’ll activate every one with a Middle Eastern presence from day one, then expand outward. Warm introductions, not cold outreach, from the moment the doors open.

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A top-down market entry

We partner with tier-one VC and PE funds, reaching the region’s best-funded companies through the people who back them. We already have relationships with some of the region’s most well-known funds.

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A top-down market entry

We partner with tier-one VC and PE funds, reaching the region’s best-funded companies through the people who back them. We already have relationships with some of the region’s most well-known funds.

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Wave Labs, our unfair advantage

An internal innovation hub of software engineers, product managers and data engineers building the infrastructure that gives us a genuine technical edge. And feeds us clients and candidates from across the globe. No standalone agency in Dubai has anything like it.

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Wave Labs, our unfair advantage

An internal innovation hub of software engineers, product managers and data engineers building the infrastructure that gives us a genuine technical edge. And feeds us clients and candidates from across the globe. No standalone agency in Dubai has anything like it.

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A splits engine competitors can’t match

With 60+ people at Wave Group and growing, work won anywhere in the group converts into revenue everywhere. Perm splits, contract splits, EU SOW. Win in Dubai and a wave engine turns it into billings. Standalone agencies simply can’t offer that.

Specialisms we cover in the region

Every seat on the tech org chart.

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Software Engineering

Frontend · Backend · Full-stack · Mobile · Staff · Principal

Specialisms

Frontend

Backend

Full-stack

Mobile

Staff & Principal

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Software Engineering

Frontend · Backend · Full-stack · Mobile · Staff · Principal

Specialisms

Frontend

Backend

Full-stack

Mobile

Staff & Principal

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Data

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Data

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Product

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Product

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Platform

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Platform

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Design

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GTM & Commercial

UAE team

Exceptional team on the ground in Dubai

Work with experienced professionals who understand the market like the back of their hands.

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Ollie Ovel

CEO

Cam Ovel

Co-Founder

Jake Tomkins

Practice Director

You

Founding Consultant

The perks

Hybrid working

Three days a week in the office, Mondays and Fridays from home.

Hybrid working

Three days a week in the office, Mondays and Fridays from home.

Core hours 9am–6pm Mon–Thurs, early finish on Fridays

With allowances for time zones if you’re covering Europe or the UK.

Core hours 9am–6pm Mon–Thurs, early finish on Fridays

With allowances for time zones if you’re covering Europe or the UK.

30 calendar days after year 1

25 days in year one plus public holidays. 30 calendar days’ paid annual leave after one year’s service.

30 calendar days after year 1

25 days in year one plus public holidays. 30 calendar days’ paid annual leave after one year’s service.

A month remote each summer

Work from anywhere across June, July or August. London HQ is an option.

A month remote each summer

Work from anywhere across June, July or August. London HQ is an option.

Bupa Select health cover

Private medical cover from day one of your policy.

Bupa Select health cover

Private medical cover from day one of your policy.

One annual flight home

A flight back home included every year.

One annual flight home

A flight back home included every year.

Yearly incentive holiday

Hit target and travel the world. So far: Mexico, Vegas, Mykonos and Dubai.

Yearly incentive holiday

Hit target and travel the world. So far: Mexico, Vegas, Mykonos and Dubai.

Apple equipment

It’s the Apple life at Wave. Your MacBook arrives before you start.

Apple equipment

It’s the Apple life at Wave. Your MacBook arrives before you start.

Career progression

Two tracks. You choose which one.

Two tracks. You choose which one.

Everyone starts on the same ladder. At Principal Recruiter the path splits: keep billing as an individual contributor, or take on a team.

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Recruiter

P1

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Senior Recruiter

P2

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Staff Recruiter

P3

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Principal Recruiter

P4

The path splits here

Pick one at Principal

Track A

Individual contributor

Stay on the desk. Build a practice as your own book, no team to manage.

Practice Lead

P5

Practice Director

P6

Track B

Leadership

Build and lead a team, with your own billings alongside team override.

Managing Consultant

P5

Associate Director

P6

Director

P7

Senior Director

P8

Managing Director

P9

Most people join a company. This is your chance to build one.

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