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Director of Operations

Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia·RiyadhFull-timeexecutive
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Requirements Summary

Accountability: owns the number, not the activity. Operational rigour: root cause before remedy, measures before and after. People leadership: turns function leads into owners.

Technical Tools
OtherDirector Of Operations

  • Own the service levels: first response time, first contact resolution, average resolution time and reopened tickets. Restore and hold first contact resolution at or above 80% through root-cause analysis of repeat-contact drivers,
  • Agent enablement and process redesign.
  • Manage capacity, scheduling, quality monitoring, and any outsourced service partners.
  • Reduce cost to serve per booking without trading away resolution quality.

  • Own listing content completeness, photo quality and destination content readiness.
  • Scale proven content interventions across the destination portfolio; the Abha pilot lifted click-through from 6.0% to
  • 11.8%.
  • Set and enforce the host content standard with clear controls and consequences.
  • Quality and unit readiness
  • Own the unit onboarding and activation journey: activation rate, time to activate, and time to first reservation with
  • clear SLA
  • Close the gap between activation and occupancy by working with Commercial and Product on destination
  • readiness.
  • Run the quality assurance framework across both the guest and the host journey.

  • Lead, develop and structure the three function teams, and build capability and succession within them.
  • Partner with Product on operational defects that require a product fix, sorting and visibility, and claims.
  • Partner with Data & Analytics to close instrumentation gaps and automate departmental reporting.
  • Transform the team to be the center of operational excellence

Requirements

~1 min read
  • Bachelor’s degree; a postgraduate qualification is an advantage.
  • Ten or more years in operations, including five or more leading multi-function or multi-site teams in a marketplace,
  • e-commerce platform.
  • Proven turnaround of contact-center service levels, evidenced on first contact resolution, response time, and
  • resolution time.
  • A numerate operator who owns a KPI tree, sets targets, runs a monthly performance cycle and defends the
  • numbers to an executive audience.
  •  Experience as a transformation leader
  • Professional fluency in Arabic and English.

Preferred

  •  KSA or GCC market experience in a digital platform.
  •  Exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, DMAIC, or an equivalent process-improvement discipline.
  •  Experience introducing automation or AI-assisted tooling into a contact center

Accountability: owns the number, not the activity.

Operational rigour: root cause before remedy, measures before and after.

People leadership: turns function leads into owners.

Cross-functional influence: gets fixes prioritized outside their own reporting line.

Location & Eligibility

Where is the job
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
On-site at the office

Listing Details

Posted
September 2, 2026
First seen
September 28, 2026
Last seen
September 28, 2026

Posting Health

Days active
0
Repost count
0
Trust Level
22%
Scored at
September 28, 2026

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GathernDirector of Operations