General Manager / COO FR & ENG Fluent

Are you inspired in being a key player in building a massive EdTech company that will empower millions of people?

Do you have international ambition?

Do you love scaling companies & improving Operations?

Do you desire to put that thrive of excellence at the service of selling meaningful products that really change lives?

Are you inspired by Ed Tech?

Deep inside you are looking for a new adventure with…

• Freedom : feeling free to work in hybrid and being trusted to deliver
• Ambition : growing up surrounded by smart colleagues driven to create an iconic brand like Nike big
• Impact : contributing to transform people lives at scale and feel your own impact in the company

That's great because we want to empower people at scale, by leveraging cutting edge technologies and innovating on creating breakthrough learning experiences.

This is why we are looking for our new General Manager / GM or COO.

Sometimes called #2, here it's about managing all the leadership team, leading the day-to-day and forming a powerful duo with our CEO / chairman a kind of 'Visionary' / 'Integrator' duo.

An Integrator you have the Unique Ability to harmoniously integrate the major functions of the business, run the organization, and manage the day-to-day issues that arise. You are the glue that holds the people, processes, systems, priorities, and strategy of the company together.

Your natural perspective is oriented toward things that are internal to the company. Getting the house in order and making sure Paradox scales fast, and with fast execution.

While David we'll be focusing on :

• Defining the Vision & keeping in-depth Industry Knowledge
• External Communication on social media, PR, interviews with people like Richard Branson
• Strategic Product Keynotes for major Marketing opportunities
• Building the future of our products
• Generating growth opportunities, big ideas

This duo will work if you recognize yourself :

• Strongly analytical, and at ease to challenge or disagree with our CEO in his thinking with strong reasoning and Data
• Strong leadership to inspire, lead, and make people accountable
• Really Hard worker
• Great at being provided with a company Vision, and then turning it into something real and then translating the Vision into something others can understand and get on board with-laying a solid foundation for execution.
• But also very inspired by our mission to empower people live their true ambition

If you dream of a life that is more like an adventure with its twists and turns and challenges than a stable, set life …. Then, you have found the next adventure that will fulfill you!

This is a full-time position, carried out from our beautiful offices in Dubaï, Lisbon or from the comfort of your couch! Being present at least 3 months in Dubaï per year is required. French and English fluency is a must.

YOUR MISSION

Your main mission is to help us scale to the next level of 50M in 3 years while generating very high level of customers and team satisfaction.

So structuring the company so that it grows without our CEO : creating an A-Players team, installing a culture of performance and execution, putting the right systems in place and overseeing all Sales, Product, HR, finance, legal, marketing, office management operations.

Our sources of inspiration are Apple, Nike, Disney for their obsession of excelling and having a worldwide impact. You will be playing a pivotal role in making Paradox play at that level and becoming an iconic brand.

1I Leads the execution by meeting or exceeding planned P&L targets.

• Develop the business and manage the day-to-day operations
• Yearly / Monthly / Quarterly planning and structure and lead quarterly meeting
• Play devil's advocate with the CEO and determine when to stay focused
• Integrate all major functions of the company

2I Create a culture of performance, execution and continuous improvement.

• Leads, manages, and holds the leadership team accountable for achieving agreed-upon commitments. (ex : performance reviews)
• Lead all internal team meetings and bring global communication
• Set a tempo, a pace of execution and performance at all levels in the company, so that everyone have clear and ambitious objectives for the quarter
• be responsible for a numerical indicator and with an associated scoreboard
• Develop Talents

3I SCALE : Make the company Scalable and turn it into a growth machine.

• Creation, process optimization, automation & Continuously simplify the organization
• Be the 'Glue' holding things together
• Choose the digital tools that will allow to scale (we expect deep analysis & thinking when you do your benchmarks)
• Identify structural problems that impede the flow of information & Ensure that everyone is truly following and adhering to the company's core processes and operating system with consistency.

4I Dependably demonstrates a relentless obsession with values alignment, focus, simplicity, and clarity.

• Create new ways to make them part of everyday life
• Resolves issues effectively-seeing real problems, being comfortable with conflict, calling out the problems, and solving the problems in a practical and healthy manner. Ensures the leadership team is healthy, functional, and cohesive.
• Find ways for the team to be able to take decisions by themselves and aligned with the vision, mission and the values and culture of Paradox
• With the Head of HR, create an organization where our A players are fulfilled

5I Talent Density is everything for us >

Fill Paradox with A Players

• Source, Recruit, Onboard people who stand out from the crowd
• Set training standards and hiring and onboarding procedures
• Increase the competence of each manager in their ability to find and choose stars in their field

6 I Oversee financial information and budget.

• Forecast requirements and prepare annual budget
• Oversee budgeting, reporting, planning, and auditing
• Manage staff levels, hours, wages and contract labor

7 I Dig the Data, find patterns, and make changes happen from them.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE YOURSELF?

Must Have

• Proven experience as a Chief of Staff, Operational Manager, COO, Founders, CEO, CRO, Head of Operations, General Manager at least 3 years in a startup or scale up, we need someone who is immediately operational and has a global knowledge of all business functions.
• You master and like modern tools and are comfortable with building processes.

Personality

• You are charismatic, have a strong ethic and a profonde sense of humility.
• You are obsessed by performance, having ambitious goals and giving everything to achieve them & Excellence you must always strive to do better.
• Leadership : Catalyst for team cohesion and effective conflict management, you make others want to follow you.
• You love people deeply : You like to be interested in others and you know how to create a link very easily.
• You enjoy managing the day-to-day aspects.