ofti
Head of Operations
Baghdad, Iraq (city only)
On-site 路 Full-time
First seen by offpeak October 22, 2026
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馃殌聽Welcome聽to聽Your聽Next聽Adventure!
About聽The聽Role
We聽are聽seeking聽an聽experienced聽and聽dynamic聽Head聽of聽Operations聽to聽join聽Walletii聽Iraq聽and聽lead聽the聽day-to-day聽operational聽activities聽of聽the聽fintech聽business.
Reporting聽directly聽to聽the聽Country聽Head,聽the聽Head聽of聽Operations聽will聽be聽responsible聽for聽ensuring聽efficient,聽controlled,聽and聽seamless聽operational聽processes聽across聽customer聽onboarding,聽KYC聽activation,聽transaction聽operations,聽reconciliation,聽settlement聽with聽third聽parties,聽and聽merchant聽onboarding聽following聽the聽launch聽of聽merchant聽services.
The聽role聽will聽play聽a聽pivotal聽role聽in聽maintaining聽the聽financial聽integrity,聽operational聽efficiency,聽regulatory聽adherence,聽and聽service聽quality聽of聽Walletii聽Iraq聽as聽the聽business聽scales.
馃洜聽What聽You鈥檒l聽Get聽Your聽Hands聽On
Operations聽Strategy聽and聽Governance
- Develop聽and聽implement聽the聽operations聽strategy,聽roadmap聽and聽operating聽model聽in聽line聽with聽Waletii鈥檚聽business聽plans.
- Establish聽operational聽policies,聽procedures,聽service聽levels,聽controls聽and聽escalation聽mechanisms.
- Ensure聽processes聽are聽scalable,聽standardized,聽measurable聽and聽increasingly聽automated.
- Support聽product聽launches,聽customer聽journey聽design聽and聽partner聽integrations聽from聽an聽operational聽perspective.
Customer聽Service聽and聽Onboarding
- Lead聽customer聽service聽operations聽across聽all聽supported聽channels.
- Define聽service聽standards,聽complaint-handling聽processes,聽quality聽controls聽and聽escalation聽paths.
- Oversee聽customer,聽business聽and聽merchant聽onboarding,聽including聽KYC/KYB聽verification,聽activation聽and聽exception聽management.
- Monitor聽service聽levels,聽turnaround聽times,聽approval聽rates,聽backlogs聽and聽customer聽experience聽indicators.
Merchant聽and聽Business聽Operations
- Manage聽operational聽processes聽for聽merchant聽services,聽corporate聽onboarding,聽salary聽disbursement,聽bulk聽payments聽and聽other聽B2B聽services.
- Ensure聽merchants聽and聽business聽customers聽are聽onboarded,聽activated聽and聽supported聽efficiently.
- Coordinate聽with聽Commercial,聽Product,聽Technology,聽Risk聽and聽Compliance聽to聽ensure聽operational聽readiness聽for聽new聽services.
Partner聽and聽Vendor聽Operations
- Manage聽operational聽relationships聽with聽banks,聽payment聽processors,聽gateways,聽billers,聽card聽providers聽and聽technology聽partners.
- Define聽service-level聽agreements,聽responsibilities,聽performance聽measures聽and聽incident-management聽processes.
- Monitor聽partner聽performance,聽service聽quality,聽costs聽and聽operational聽risks,聽and聽lead聽corrective聽actions聽where聽required
Operational聽Excellence聽and聽Controls
- Drive聽process聽improvement,聽automation,聽productivity聽and聽operational聽discipline.
- Establish聽operational聽dashboards,聽performance聽reviews聽and聽management聽reporting.
- Lead聽root-cause聽analysis聽and聽corrective聽actions聽for聽incidents聽and聽recurring聽operational聽failures.
- Ensure聽business聽continuity,聽operational聽resilience聽and聽crisis-response聽readiness.
People聽Leadership
- Build,聽lead聽and聽develop聽high-performing聽operations聽teams.
- Establish聽clear聽responsibilities,聽objectives聽and聽performance聽standards.
- Manage聽workforce聽capacity聽in聽line聽with聽transaction聽volumes,聽service聽requirements聽and聽growth聽plans.
- Promote聽a聽culture聽of聽customer聽focus,聽accountability,聽collaboration,聽integrity聽and聽continuous聽improvement.
馃聽What聽We're聽Looking聽For
- Bachelor鈥檚聽degree聽in聽Business聽Administration,聽Finance,聽Economics,聽Engineering,聽Information聽Systems聽or聽a聽related聽discipline.
- Minimum聽10聽years聽of聽progressive聽experience聽in聽operations,聽including聽a聽minimum聽of聽5聽years聽in聽a聽senior聽leadership聽role聽within聽fintech,聽banking,聽payments,聽digital聽financial聽services,聽telecom聽financial聽services聽or聽another聽regulated聽industry.
- Demonstrated聽experience聽designing,聽launching,聽scaling聽or聽transforming聽operational聽functions聽in聽a聽complex聽and聽fast-moving聽environment.
- Strong聽practical聽knowledge聽of聽customer聽operations,聽financial聽operations,聽reconciliation,聽settlement,聽KYC/KYB聽operations,聽fraud聽operations,聽merchant聽operations聽and聽third-party聽management.
- Experience聽leading聽multidisciplinary聽teams聽and聽working聽effectively聽across聽Product,聽Technology,聽Finance,聽Risk,聽Compliance聽and聽Commercial聽functions.
- Excellent聽communication聽and聽organizational聽skills.
- Ability聽to聽work聽independently聽and聽as聽part聽of聽a聽team.
- Fluency聽in聽English聽and聽Arabic.聽Kurdish聽is聽a聽plus.
Why聽join聽us?聽馃殌
At聽Ooredoo聽Fintech,聽you鈥檒l聽have聽the聽opportunity聽to:
馃實聽Work聽across聽markets聽鈥斅燾ollaborate聽with聽diverse聽teams聽and聽customers.
馃挕Build聽what鈥檚聽next聽鈥斅燾ontribute聽to聽innovative聽Fintech聽and聽digital聽solutions.
馃搱Make聽an聽impact 鈥斅爏ee聽your聽ideas聽turn聽into聽real聽business聽outcomes.