
Head of Business Operations - APJMEA - IFS - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Head of Business Operations
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Job Description
As the Head of Business Operations for the APJMEA region, you will serve as a strategic advisor and operational catalyst to the Regional President, COO, CFO, and Market Unit (MU) leaders. This role is central to driving commercial excellence, enabling scalable growth, and ensuring operational alignment across diverse markets. You will lead a high-impact team across Field Operations, Deal Desk, and Sales Compensation, delivering insights and infrastructure that empower sales teams and accelerate performance. Key Responsibilities include strategic partnering with regional executives, operational leadership, sales performance optimization, CRM excellence, GTM execution, pipeline acceleration, process innovation, compensation governance, and team development. Qualifications include deep understanding of software licensing, contracting, revenue recognition principles, experience with enterprise software platforms, strong analytical skills, excellent communication, cross-regional collaboration, high integrity, resilience, and organization. The role is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, full-time, onsite.
Company Information
| Location | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Remote - Global | 97 |
| Remote | 8 |
| Espoo, Finland | 3 |
| Remote - Finland | 2 |
| Remote - North America | 2 |
| Remote - EU | 1 |
| Europe | 1 |
| Role type | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Sales Executive | 7 |
| Account Executive | 7 |
| Software Engineer | 4 |
| Product Manager | 4 |
| Human Resources Specialist | 4 |
| Project Manager | 3 |
| Cloud Engineer | 3 |
| Strategic Account Executive | 3 |
| Solution Architect | 2 |
| IT Trainer | 2 |
| Presales Consultant | 2 |
| Enterprise Account Executive | 2 |
| Business Development Representative | 2 |
| Director | 2 |
| Business Solutions Architect | 2 |
| Industry Principal | 2 |
| Solutions Consultant | 2 |
| System Engineer | 2 |
| Platform Engineer | 2 |
| DevOps Engineer | 2 |
| Cloud Solution Engineer | 2 |
| Solution Marketing Manager | 1 |
| Business Development | 1 |
| Key Account Executive | 1 |
| HR Generalist | 1 |
| Marketing Campaign | 1 |
| Privacy & Data Protection Lead | 1 |
| Deployment Engineer | 1 |
| Client Services | 1 |
| Delivery Director | 1 |
| Security Operations Center Analyst | 1 |
| Solution Marketing | 1 |
| Channel Deal Desk | 1 |
| Demand Generation | 1 |
| Engineering Director | 1 |
| Architect | 1 |
| Implementation Consultant | 1 |
| Product Designer | 1 |
| Cloud Engineer / Senior Cloud Engineer | 1 |
| Aerospace and Defense Marketing Manager | 1 |
| Solution Consultant | 1 |
| Account Director | 1 |
| Global Campaigns Specialist | 1 |
| Commercial Lead | 1 |
| Deal Desk Specialist | 1 |
| SaaS Operations Engineer | 1 |
| Renewals Business Support Specialist | 1 |
| Data Scientist | 1 |
| Social Media Manager | 1 |
| Marketing Campaigns Manager | 1 |
| Engineer | 1 |
| Marketing Campaigns Specialist | 1 |
| Regional Account Executive | 1 |
| ERP Presales | 1 |
| ServiceNow Platform Engineer | 1 |
| Sales Director | 1 |
| Pre-Sales Consultant | 1 |
| Vice President, Commercial Operations | 1 |
| Data Transformation | 1 |
| HubSpot Administrator | 1 |
| Development Lead | 1 |
| AI Internship | 1 |
| Senior Consultant | 1 |
| Manager | 1 |
| AI Engineer | 1 |
| Undergraduate Trainee | 1 |
| Internal Communications Manager | 1 |
| Customer Success Manager | 1 |
| Solutions Consulting Director | 1 |
| Industry Leader | 1 |
| Payroll Executive | 1 |
| Security Analyst | 1 |
| Consultant | 1 |
| Role level | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Mid-Level | 80 |
| Senior | 12 |
| Manager | 2 |
| Entry-level | 1 |
IFS appears in 114 indexed job postings in JobCrawls' Finland dataset since October 2023. In that historical index, the strongest location signals for this employer are Remote - Global, Remote, and Espoo, Finland.
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Job Details
Responsibilities
- Serve as a strategic advisor and operational catalyst to regional leaders.
- Lead a high-impact team across Field Operations, Deal Desk, and Sales Compensation.
- Drive commercial excellence and scalable growth.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of software licensing, contracting, and revenue recognition principles.
- Experience with enterprise software platforms.
Education Level
None required