Head of Operations – Multi-Branch Restaurants

Lever, Inc.; Saudi Arabia; Remote; SAR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Additional leave

Remote work option

Performance-based pay raises

Path to COO leadership

AI and automation tools

Growth in multi-location ops

Job summary

Lever, Inc. is seeking a Head of Operations for a multi-branch restaurant business in Saudi Arabia. You will lead Area and Branch Managers, drive profitability, and build scalable systems across locations, with a strong focus on dashboards, data, and automation.

You will work directly with the CEO, overseeing pricing, promotions, and new service opportunities while turning operational challenges into actionable plans and measurable outcomes. A hands-on, high-ownership leader is essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in operations or business management with multi-location leadership.
• Experience managing managers, accountability, and performance improvement.
• Proven track record in improving processes, service quality and profitability.
• Strong understanding of gP&L, budgeting, costs, margins and unit economics.
• Comfortable with data, dashboards, Excel or Google Sheets, and digital tools.
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Hands-on when required and able to own initiatives end-to-end.
• Experience launching, scaling, or turning around a branch/brand/service.
• Experience growing delivery operations via platforms or websites is a plus.
• Business development, partnerships, or sales exposure is advantageous.
• Familiarity with AI, automation, digital transformation or operational turnarounds is a plus.
• Ability to work with ambiguity and drive practical solutions.
• Ability to build capable managers and scalable systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and improve performance across multiple branches through Area and Branch Managers.
• Establish clear roles, standards, decision rights, audits, and routines.
• Increase visibility into service, delivery, staffing, revenue, costs and unit economics.
• Coach managers to own their areas and reduce escalations.
• Own the online customer journey from discovery to retention.
• Develop pricing, promotions and budgets to support growth while protecting margins.
• Identify opportunities to reduce leakage and bottlenecks.
• Turn opportunities into practical operating plans and pilots.
• Build relationships with merchants, delivery partners and service providers.
• Support hiring, onboarding and development as expansion continues.
• Use AI tools, dashboards, automation and digital workflows to improve processes.
• Translate business problems into requirements for tech teams and validate outcomes.
• Establish a strong first-90-day foundation with dashboards, workflows and a growth roadmap.

Skills

Multi-site operations

People/Managerial leadership

Process improvement

P&L management & budgeting

Data analytics

Excel/Google Sheets

Executive communication

Hands-on execution

Delivery growth experience

Business development

AI & automation familiarity

Problem-solving & root-cause analysis

Scalable systems building

Tools

Dashboards

AI tools

Automation tools

Digital workflows

Job description

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Head of Operations – Multi-Branch Restaurants based in Saudi Arabia.

This is a hands-on operational leadership role overseeing performance across a growing multi-location food-service business.
You will work directly with the CEO and lead managers across branches, focusing on execution, accountability, profitability, and scalable systems.
The role combines multi-site restaurant operations with sales growth, business development, and the creation of new service opportunities.
You will bring greater visibility to branch performance through dashboards, structured management routines, data, AI, and automation.
Success will depend on turning operational problems into clear plans, accountable ownership, measurable outcomes, and repeatable processes.
With delegated COO-level responsibility, the position offers significant autonomy and a path toward broader executive leadership as the business grows.

Accountabilities

• Lead and improve performance across multiple restaurant branches through Area Managers, Branch Managers, and shift leaders.
• Establish clear roles, operating standards, decision rights, escalation paths, audits, and daily and weekly management routines.
• Improve visibility into service, delivery, staffing, branch performance, revenue, costs, margins, and unit economics while holding managers accountable for results.
• Coach managers to take full ownership of their areas, strengthen leadership capabilities, and reduce unnecessary escalation to senior leadership.
• Own the online customer journey, including discovery, ordering, delivery, issue resolution, repeat purchasing, conversion, average order value, and customer retention.
• Develop pricing, promotions, bundles, and offers that support sales growth while protecting margins, and prepare budgets, forecasts, and performance plans.
• Identify opportunities to improve profitability by reducing leakage, waste, operational bottlenecks, and inefficient processes.
• Turn business opportunities into practical operating plans, pilots, service lines, partnerships, and institutional accounts.
• Build relationships with merchants, delivery and courier partners, and service providers, while identifying internal solutions that can become repeatable and scalable services.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and development as the business expands.
• Use AI tools, dashboards, automation, and digital workflows to improve analysis, planning, reporting, documentation, and management processes.
• Translate business problems into clear requirements and acceptance criteria for technology teams, and validate whether new systems deliver the intended results.
• Establish a strong first-90-day operating foundation by stabilizing urgent issues, launching dashboards and workflows, defining priority pilots, and presenting a roadmap for future growth.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in operations or business management, with proven experience leading multiple restaurant or food-service locations, such as in an Area Manager, Operations Manager, Head of Operations, or multi-unit General Manager role.
• Demonstrated experience managing managers, establishing accountability, and improving operational performance.
• Proven track record of improving processes, service quality, and profitability.
• Strong understanding of P&L management, budgeting, food and labor costs, margins and unit economics.
• Comfortable working with data, dashboards, Excel or Google Sheets, and digital business tools.
• Strong executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills.
• High ownership, strong execution focus, and willingness to get hands-on when operational challenges require it.
• Experience launching, scaling, or turning around a branch, brand, service, or business unit is a strong advantage.
• Experience growing delivery operations or online sales through platforms such as GrabFood, foodpanda, websites, or mobile applications is beneficial.
• Business development, partnerships, or sales experience is advantageous.
• Practical experience with AI, automation, digital transformation, consulting, implementation, or operational turnaround is a plus.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity, investigating root causes, separating facts from assumptions, and developing practical solutions without waiting for perfect instructions.
• A strong ability to build capable managers and scalable systems rather than becoming the central point of dependency for every operational issue.

Benefits

• HMO / health insurance.
• Paid Time Off (PTO).
• Additional leave.
• Work-from-anywhere / work-from-home arrangement.
• Performance-based pay raises.
• Opportunity to work directly with executive leadership and take on delegated COO-level responsibilities.
• Potential growth toward a COO-level position as the business and scope expand.
• Opportunity to work with AI, dashboards, automation, and technology-enabled operating systems.
• Exposure to multi-location operations, business development, partnerships, and new service creation.