Director of Strategy & Operations
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About the Role
Moove is seeking a Director of Strategy & Operations to partner with the Co-CEO and President in Dubai. The role involves owning the operating rhythm, converting strategy into accountabilities, and building performance frameworks.
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Responsibilities
- Research, construct, and support the development of long term corporate strategy in partnership with the Co CEO and President
- Operationalise the operating model, ensuring business units are aligned, accountable, and able to deliver against growth priorities
- Guide the decentralisation effort, embedding governance structures and clear decision rights across business units
- Partner with senior functional leaders to identify and close capability gaps that impact business performance
- Provide forward looking scenario analysis to feed into future strategy
- Own the executive operating rhythm, leadership meetings, offsites, board and committee reviews, ensuring decisions are structured, actioned, and embedded
- Translate strategic direction into clear actions, owners, and timelines across the organisation; hold stakeholders accountable to commitments
- Identify and remove blockers; drive stalled decisions to resolution with pace and rigour
- Facilitate integration across functions and business units, aligning resources and priorities to avoid silos
- Identify and escalate risks that may impact business performance or growth, ensuring mitigation plans are in place
- Embed OKRs and business performance scorecards in collaboration with the People Team; provide data driven insights to the Co CEO and executive team
- Manage information flow to and from the Co CEO, surface what requires attention and filter what does not
Requirements
- 6–10 years of experience owning outcomes in high growth or high complexity environments
- Prior experience as a Chief of Staff, Director of Strategy & Operations, COO, or senior operator at a high velocity technology company, or equivalent seniority from top tier strategy consulting with demonstrated operational delivery
- Experience building or running a critical function through a period of rapid growth, transformation, or M&A activity
- Demonstrable track record of closing things, decisions, commitments, workstreams, at pace and without loss of quality
- Exceptional written communication; produces board quality documents, strategic memos, and executive briefings independently
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About the Role
- The Director of Strategy & Operations serves as a trusted partner to the Co CEO and President, ensuring that ambitious growth plans are executable, aligned, and supported across the organisation.
- On the execution side, this role owns the operating rhythm of the leadership team, converts strategic direction into clear accountabilities, and ensures decisions are structured, actioned, and embedded across business units.
- On the strategic side, the Director of Strategy & Operations researches and constructs long term corporate strategy, embeds governance and decision rights, and provides forward looking scenario analysis to feed into any corporate planning.
- Because much of the company's operating infrastructure is still being built, this role carries significant build responsibility. The Director of Strategy & Operations will design the ways of working, stand up performance frameworks, and embed the OKR and scorecard systems through which the business
What You'll Be Doing Strategy and Governance
- Research, construct, and support the development of long term corporate strategy in partnership with the Co CEO and President; ensure it is cascaded into business unit priorities through structured communication channels including town halls, leadership briefings, and BU level planning.
- Operationalise the operating model, ensuring business units are aligned, accountable, and able to deliver against growth priorities.
- Guide the decentralisation effort, embedding governance structures and clear decision rights across business units.
- Partner with senior functional leaders to identify and close capability gaps that impact business performance.
- Provide forward looking scenario analysis to feed into future strategy.
Operating Rhythm and Execution
- Own the executive operating rhythm, leadership meetings, offsites, board and committee reviews, ensuring decisions are structured, actioned, and embedded.
- Translate strategic direction into clear actions, owners, and timelines across the organisation; hold stakeholders accountable to commitments.
- Identify and remove blockers; drive stalled decisions to resolution with pace and rigour.
- Facilitate integration across functions and business units, aligning resources and priorities to avoid silos.
- Identify and escalate risks that may impact business performance or growth, ensuring mitigation plans are in place.
Performance and Organizational Effectiveness
- Embed OKRs and business performance scorecards in collaboration with the People Team; provide data driven insights to the Co CEO and executive team to inform decisions.
- Ensure business performance outcomes are supported by aligned people performance priorities.
- Manage information flow to and from the Co CEO, surface what requires attention and filter what does not.
Strategic Outputs
- Prepare and own high stakes outputs: board materials, investor updates, strategic documents, and executive briefings.
- Lead specific strategic and operational workstreams directly when required, including platform development and capital markets preparation.
- Identify and deploy AI tools and workflows to increase the velocity and quality of the Co CEO's office.
What You Will Need Experience
- 6–10 years of experience owning outcomes in high growth or high complexity environments.
- Prior experience as a Chief of Staff, Director of Strategy & Operations, COO, or senior operator at a high velocity technology company, or equivalent seniority from top tier strategy consulting with demonstrated operational delivery.
- Experience building or running a critical function through a period of rapid growth, transformation, or M&A activity.
- Demonstrable track record of closing things, decisions, commitments, workstreams, at pace and without loss of quality.
Skills and Capabilities
- Exceptional written communication; produces board quality documents, strategic memos, and executive briefings independently.
- Ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels, with a bias toward action and delivery.
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