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title: "Operations Manager"
company: "Harmattan AI"
company_url: "https://www.remjobs.works/companies/harmattan-ai"
url: "https://www.remjobs.works/job/harmattan-ai-operations-manager-097b1c48-31b2-4a9d-8dd3-5fed979d7af4"
apply_url: "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/harmattan-ai/240ba8d9-4f74-417c-9dde-f60916a497f2"
workplace: onsite
location: "UAE"
employment_type: full-time
seniority: mid
role: operations
region: middle-east-africa
date_posted: 2026-09-18T14:22:59.783Z
first_seen_by_remjobs: 2026-09-18T14:26:00.438Z
---

# Operations Manager

**Harmattan AI** · UAE

Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/harmattan-ai/240ba8d9-4f74-417c-9dde-f60916a497f2

## About Harmattan AI

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## About the role

##### About Us

Harmattan AI is a next-generation defense prime building autonomous and scalable defense systems. Following the close of a $200M Series B, valuing the company at $1.4 billion, we are expanding our teams and capabilities to deliver mission-critical systems to allied forces.

Our work is guided by clear values: building technologies with real-world impact, pursuing excellence in everything we do, setting ambitious goals, and taking on the hardest technical challenges. We operate in a demanding environment where rigor, ownership, and execution are expected.

#### About the Role

As an **Operations Manager** at Harmattan AI, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth and reliable functioning of our operations across MEA regions. You will support and execute a wide range of operational, administrative, and people-related activities, while contributing to the structuring and continuous improvement of our internal processes.
This role requires a high level of rigor, adaptability, and ownership. You will operate in a fast-paced environment with high standards, where attention to detail, autonomy, and a strong execution mindset are essential.

#### Responsibilities

**Driving Operational Excellence Across Locations**

- Own the seamless execution of day-to-day operations across Harmattan AI’s MEA regions.

- Design and implement scalable, high-performance workflows spanning operations, administration, and people initiatives.

- Oversee regulatory and compliance matters with precision, from insurance coverage to administrative governance, ensuring robustness without friction.**Thriving in a Fast-Moving Environment**

- Operate with speed, clarity, and composure in an ever-evolving landscape.

- Anticipate urgent or unexpected operational needs and respond with creativity and decisiveness.

- Switch effortlessly between industry-facing operations and internal topics such as people, security, and administration.

- Bring a relentless, solution-first mindset, focused on outcomes, not obstacles.

- Step up proactively during high-stakes or critical moments to keep the organisation moving forward.**Orchestrating External Partnerships**

- Act as a trusted interface with external stakeholders: vendors, service providers, insurers, administrative bodies, and partners.

- Communicate with authority, structure, and professionalism.

- Drive disciplined follow-up to ensure every commitment is met and every partnership performs at the highest standard.

#### Requirements

- Master’s degree preferred in Business Administration, Engineering, Finance, or a related field.

- Professional proficiency in English, Arabic and French.

- Proven exposure to operational roles requiring versatility, reliability, and high execution standards.

- Comfortable working autonomously in a fast-growing environment with high expectations.

- Strong organisational skills, structured thinking, and excellent written and verbal expression.

- Ability to handle multiple topics in parallel without losing attention to detail.

- Proactive, resourceful, and solution-oriented mindset.

- Comfortable interacting with both internal teams and external stakeholders.We look forward to hearing how you can help shape the future of autonomous defense systems at Harmattan AI.

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