Operations Manager

The Data Institute, Pakistan is looking for an Operational Manager to join our roster of full-time staff that has a passion for providing excellent service to ensure a high-quality student experience and a collaborative working environment. Becoming an operational Manager at the DIP will provide you with a greater distribution advantage than any other platform, allowing you to grow your brand, develop your leadership skills, and build your network. You will also have the opportunity to develop core content for candidates looking to build their Data Science expertise.

About DIP The Data Institute is a project of The Shaikh Center for Data Sciences, USA, and managed by Data Science Technologies Pvt Ltd, Pakistan. We foster the teaching and training of people in the space of Data Science and AI. Our focus is to attract talented individuals, educate and train them through the courses we provide; give them a platform that creates opportunities to innovate on a grander scale, and/or acquire talent once they’ve graduated into a world-class engineering company. Effectively, we are disrupting and seeding the future with emerging talent! Our Three Minarets offer a wide range of support programs for the cohorts to help them better orient to the new environment.

Institution: Data Science Literacy & Talent Development

Incubator: Empower Ideas by helping students Ideate, Develop, & Go-To-Market

Industry: Hire students into product development roles

The Role We Play

We aim at bridging the gap between academia and industry through relevant and hands-on training. By arranging data science classes, and workshops for the learning and skill development of students, and entrepreneurs. Our goal is to Nurture Entrepreneurship; The most important building block is to inculcate the mindset in the youth that entrepreneurship is a viable career choice. We not only help students tap into Industry Partnerships across borders and mentors but also help them Raise and direct Capital.

The Role You Will Play

• As an Operations Manager, he/she pro-actively participates in all aspects of business development and management from operation to finance to marketing to human resources.
• Reporting to the Sr Director Academics, they are assigned overall responsibility and accountability for the development of DIP strategies and policies.
• Oversee the organization's operations in Pakistan
• In charge of managing and ensuring everything is within legal compliance.
• Support the Sr Director Academics in developing policies and procedures to accredit new agencies into the DIP network.
• Support the Sr Director Academics in creating and streamlining organizational management systems to ensure smooth operations
• Accounting and fiscal management include the preparation and presentation of quarterly P&L reports for the Board of Directors
• Minutes/proceedings of meetings of BOD/ MC.
• Oversee strategic business initiatives from development through successful execution under the guidance of senior leadership and departmental heads
• Assist and communicate with executives in decision-making, program management, and initiative implementation
• Review, design, and execute improvements to organizational structure find knowledge and skills gaps and help address them
• Improve current processes and coordinate organizational procedures for optimized efficiency and productivity.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison between staff, executives, and Sr Director Academics, regarding company climate, employee well-being, project updates, proposals, and planning
• Assist the human resources department with new hires, including documentation and onboarding, and collaborate to address and resolve all employee concerns
• Oversee daily operations through collaboration with Sr Director Academics and VP, performing an array of administrative tasks from managing calendars, generating correspondence, maintaining hard copy and electronic files, planning and coordinating annual corporate meetings, and scheduling facilities
• Build and develop relationships with all employees for increased efficiency and effective responsiveness to existing operations, and help to define new operational strategies, working under Sr Director Academics and VP on special projects

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities 

• Serve as liaison between staff, executives, and Sr Director Academics, regarding company climate, employee well-being, project updates, proposals, and planning 
• Assist the human resources department with new hires, including documentation and onboarding, and collaborate to address and resolve all employee concerns 
• Oversee daily operations through collaboration with Sr Director Academics and VP, performing an array of administrative tasks from managing calendars, generating correspondence, maintaining hard copy and electronic files, planning and coordinating annual corporate meetings, and scheduling facilities
• Build and develop relationships with all employees for increased efficiency and effective responsiveness to existing operations, and help to define new operational strategies, working under Sr Director Academics and VP on special projects.
• Serve as a subject matter expert, handling inquiries and developing action plans to address them, and assisting with the preparation and dissemination of communications.

The Data Institute, headquartered in Islamabad, Pakistan provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.