Director of Strategy & Operations

About Moove Moove is one of the world's fastest-growing mobility infrastructure companies. We finance and supply vehicles to mobility platforms across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America and we're building the infrastructure layer that the next generation of mobility will depend on. The company is pre-IPO, operating at scale across multiple geographies, and moving through one of the most consequential phases of its growth. The pace is fast and the stakes are high. The decisions being made now will define the company for a decade. We are building the next phase of this business to be AI-native from the ground up and the people around the leadership table need to be operating at their best.

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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.

The role will be crucial in operationalizing the vision of Moove. 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 runs. This is an execution role with strategic range, the ratio matters, and the ceiling is high. 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 for this position 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 process complexity quickly, communicate it clearly, and operate with minimal direction Genuinely AI-native; uses AI to increase personal and team velocity, with experience managing AI-enabled workflows or operating system design Sufficient fluency across technology, capital markets, and business transformation to engage credibly across Moove’s active workstreams Strong product and technology instincts; understands how software is built, how platforms scale, and how technology and physical operations intersect Sound judgment on when to act independently and when to escalate Available across geographies and time zones as required What Does Success Look Like The Co-CEO and President’s office operates as a high-performance execution engine, no decisions stall, no commitments drop The company’s operating cadence is designed, implemented, and running effectively within the first 90 days OKRs and performance scorecards are embedded and generating actionable insights for the executive team Governance structures and decision rights are documented and operational across all business units Board and investor outputs are produced on time, to a consistently high standard Strategic workstreams move faster and with greater clarity as a direct result of this role’s involvement Who You'll Be Working with: Directly reporting to our CO-CEO & President , and closely working with our office of the CEO team.