Senior Operations Manager (Planning)

Capital.com; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Work abroad up to 30 days/year

Volunteering days

Hybrid working

Referral bonuses

Social events

Development and training support

Performance-based bonuses

Job summary

Capital.com is seeking a Senior Operations Manager to own capacity planning across the organisation as we grow into new products and markets.

You will forecast demand over 1 week to 6 months, translate it into staffing needs, and build the main planning model using AI and automation. You’ll partner with Finance and operational leaders to drive hiring decisions and process improvements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in capacity planning, workforce management or operations planning in a high-volume environment.
• Experience with Customer Support, KYC or FinCrime operations planning.
• Record of recommendations that changed hiring or process decisions.
• Advanced spreadsheet skills and SQL or similar; experience managing direct reports.
• Strong grasp of capacity drivers, scenario planning and sensitivity analysis.
• Experience building forecasting and capacity models, including seasonality.
• Experience collaborating with Finance and tracking forecast accuracy over time.

Responsibilities

• Own capacity planning across the organisation; forecast demand over 1 week to 6 months and translate into staffing needs.
• Build and run the department’s main planning model using AI and automation; advise leaders on hiring and process improvements.
• Own the capacity planning model, roadmap and KPIs; align with Finance and reporting.
• Flag capacity risks early and keep reporting clear for managers to act on.

Skills

Capacity planning

Workforce management

Forecasting

AI/machine learning

Finance collaboration

SQL

Excel/advanced spreadsheets

Forecast accuracy tracking

Seasonality modeling

KYC/FinCrime ops domain

Tools

Python

SQL

Excel

Job description

• We are looking for a Senior Operations Manager: Planning to build how Capital.com plans the people and skills its operations need as we grow into new products and markets
• You will own capacity planning across the organisation. That covers forecasting demand, such as new customer sign-ups and FinCrime alerts, over the next week, month and six months, and turning it into clear staffing needs. You’ll use AI and automation to build and run the department’s main planning model, and you’ll advise leaders on hiring, redeployment, process improvements and automation early enough for them to act. You’ll work closely with operational leaders and Finance, and manage a Workforce Management specialists
• Own the capacity planning model, roadmap and KPIs
• Forecast demand over the next week, month and six months. Separate customer activity, product changes, seasonality and backlogs, and agree assumptions with the teams closest to each source of demand
• Translate demand into capacity needs using workload, handling time and productivity. Account for skills, hours, absence, attrition, training and ramp-up
• Build scenarios for growth, launches and disruption, and show the cost and service impact
• Recommend hiring, redeployment, process and automation actions early enough to cover recruitment and training lead times
• Align definitions and data with Finance and operational teams, track forecast vs. actual, and improve the models
• Flag capacity risks early, including skill and time-zone gaps, and keep reporting clear enough for managers to act on

Benefits

• Private health insurance
• Option to work abroad (up to 30 days a year)
• Volunteering days
• Hybrid working (where applicable)
• Referral bonuses
• Exciting social events
• Development and training support
• Performance-based bonuses

• Using AI, Python or statistical methods in forecasting
• Experience working with Finance and tracking forecast accuracy over time
• 5+ years in capacity planning, workforce management or operations planning in a high-volume environment
• Planning for Customer Support, KYC or FinCrime operations
• Record of recommendations that changed hiring or process decisions
• Advanced spreadsheet skills, SQL or similar, and experience managing direct reports
• Strong grasp of capacity drivers, scenario planning and sensitivity analysis
• Financial services, fintech or payments background
• Hands-on experience building forecasting and capacity models yourself, including seasonality