Operations Director

Saqr Academy; Dubai; On-site; AED 223,000 - 335,000; Full time

Job summary

Saqr Academy in Dubai seeks an Operations Director to design and scale the operational backbone of the academy. You will craft systems for scheduling, student experience, logistics and daily execution, ensuring precise delivery of each cohort.

You will hire faculty, manage venues and vendors, and write the playbooks that keep the organization running smoothly. You’ll use AI tools to automate tasks and raise productivity while maintaining high standards.

Qualifications

• Takes ownership of results and builds systems from scratch.
• Delivers clear, disciplined processes and playbooks.
• Improves structures to reduce headcount reliance.
• Maintains calm, precise and reliable work under pressure.
• Leverages AI tools to multiply personal productivity.

Responsibilities

• Build the operational backbone of the academy across scheduling, student experience, logistics and daily execution.
• Manage facilities, vendors and faculty to ensure every cohort runs with excellence.
• Create scalable processes and playbooks for repeatable operations.
• Use AI to automate tasks and streamline workflows across operations.

Skills

Ownership mindset

Systems design

AI productivity tools

Problem solving

Calm, precise execution

Tools

AI tools

Job description

## About the RoleThe Operations Director is the backbone of Saqr Academy. You'll turn our vision into a functioning, scalable, high-quality institution. This is a builder role for someone who loves structure, systems and excellence.You'll design the student experience from the ground up. You'll hire faculty, manage venues and create processes that allow our academy to run with precision. When something breaks, you fix the system. When something is unclear, you create the playbook.You'll work directly with the founder and operate with full ownership of your domain. You're not inheriting a manual. You're writing it.### Build Our InfrastructureCreate the operational backbone of our academy. Design systems for scheduling, student experience, logistics and daily execution.### Run the AcademyManage facilities, vendors and faculty. Ensure every cohort experience is delivered with excellence.### Optimize With AIUse modern tools to automate tasks, increase output and streamline workflows across operations.## Who You Are* You take ownership of results, not tasks.* You can build systems from scratch with clarity and discipline.* You solve problems by improving structures, not adding headcount.* You work with calmness, precision and reliability.* You use AI tools to multiply your personal productivity.* You thrive in fast environments where high standards matter.## CompensationAED 20,000 to AED 30,000 monthly* Full time, in person* Dubai Internet City### Faith Over FearSet goals that feel impossible, then move toward them anyway. Believe in your ability to learn, to build, to figure it out. We don't shrink from hard odds. We face them and find a way through.