Managing Director, Operations

**About Stamford American International School**

As a leading international school in Singapore, Stamford American International School (Stamford American) caters to students aged 2 months to 18 years old. With students from 79 countries and over 3000 students across two state-of-the-art campuses, we offer a dynamic educational journey emphasizing student well-being and academic excellence.
Stamford American is proud to be an IB World School, offering the full continuum of the International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes: the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP), IB Middle Years Programme (MYP), and IB Diploma Programme (DP). The school’s outstanding faculty comprising more than 350 experienced and highly qualified teachers from over 40 nationalities, through a competitive recruitment process. Educators are highly skilled in their content areas and pedagogy, but equally important, they excel at building strong relationships and creating an environment where students feel safe, supported, and valued.

The school now has an exciting opportunity for a new **Managing Director, Operations**to join our Senior Leadership team.

**About Cognita**
At Cognita, we know every student is unique. We nurture their distinct personalities and strengths. We support them academically, socially, and emotionally, wherever they are in the world, wherever they’re starting from. And each and every one of our schools is unique too.

We protect what’s special about them, while offering them rich knowledge, opportunities, and best practices. And they get to be part of something bigger. We open their classrooms to the collective wisdom of over 100 schools in 16 countries, ensuring every child gets an education that’s, quite literally, world class.

It’s an individual approach that empowers every school, teacher and student to focus on what they do best. And thrive.

**About the Role**

The Managing Director, Operations actively supports the strategic direction of SAIS, assuring its accountability and ensuring its effective operations to fulfilment of key objectives. The MD Ops is responsible for the non-academic school operations and includes responsibility for:

- Finance and Procurement
- Communications
- Community Engagement
- Human Resources
- School Facilities Management
- IT Operations
- Regulatory Compliance

**Responsibilities**
- Inspire, lead, mentor and develop the functional teams.
- In collaboration with the Superintendent, Finance Director and Asia regional colleagues, drive to meet or exceed P& L targets in terms of enrolment numbers, headcounts, costs, EBITDA.
- Work with the Superintendent, CMEO, regional, country and school Admissions and Marketing team to develop, manage, execute, monitor and measure the School’s growth strategy.
- Work closely with the School’s HR Director, Asia’s Regional HR Director and COPO to ensure a great employee experience to employees.
- Work closely with the School’s IT Head to ensure smooth running of the IT operations at the school.
- In conjunction with the school’s Facilities Director, oversee the complete facility and security operations at the school, including transportation, cafeteria management, and third-party service vendor management.
- In conjunction with Superintendent and the operations leadership team, ensure that both Voice of the Parent and Voice of the Employee scores are at the desired level.

**Position Requirements**
- Bachelor’s degree in business / finance / marketing or equivalent is required
- Minimum 10 years’ experience, including at least 5 years in overseeing cross functional teams, collaborating with stakeholders at senior levels in a multinational high value service environment like retail or hospitality, or the education sector.
- At least 10 years of leadership experience in leading diverse functional teams
- Exemplifies the IB learner profile - knowledgeable, inquirer, open-minded, principled, caring, communicator, risk taker, thinker, balanced, reflective

With a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, all potential employees undergo mandatory pre-employment background checks, and appointments are contingent upon satisfactory completion of all reference and background checks, as required by our parent organization, Cognita.