AI Operations Manager
🇿🇦 Up to ZAR 700,000 salary on a full time, permanent employment contract
🌎 Fully remote working anywhere in South Africa!
🏖️ 33 Days Paid Leave and Benefits
✨ Exciting high growth product, relied on by leading global brands, particularly within sports
💻 Working with the latest hardware, tech stack and tools
ABOUT US
Storyteller is a high growth B2B SaaS platform, which allows companies to integrate Stories into their owned and operated platforms. Popularized by Instagram and Snapchat, Stories are perfectly suited for boosting user engagement, audience retention, and driving advertising revenue.
Our end‑to‑end platform gives companies a best‑in‑class Stories experience in days with native iOS, Android, and Web SDKs, publishing tools, analytics, and ad support.
We work with many globally recognised clients, particularly within sport, so if you're a sporting fan this could be a great fit!
RESPONSIBILITIES
What can you expect?
As an AI Operations Manager, you can expect to be part of a supportive and innovative team that values collaboration and creativity. You'll have the flexibility of working remotely, allowing you to balance your professional and personal life effectively. You'll engage with exciting sporting clients, providing you with unique insights and experiences in the sports industry.
This role will provide you with the opportunity to:
- Oversee and coordinate cross-team projects, using AI tools to track progress, manage dependencies, and keep delivery on schedule.
- Introduce and refine AI-driven processes that improve efficiency and reduce manual work across client and internal operations.
- Partner directly with sports organisations and global brands, supporting them with solutions enhanced by automation and data insights.
- Build and optimise internal systems that leverage AI for forecasting, reporting, and decision support as our client base grows.
- Proactively identify operational challenges and apply AI-powered approaches to streamline workflows and scale sustainably.
QUALIFICATIONS
What's important to us:
- A genuine sports fan with strong knowledge and enthusiasm for the industry.
- Experience in operations management or a related discipline.
- Curiosity about technology and AI, with proven ability to explore tools and apply them to real business problems.
- A proactive, hands-on mindset—comfortable stepping in wherever value can be added.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities effectively.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across teams.
- Reliable, consistent internet for remote work.
What’s nice to have:
- Experience managing client relationships.
- Exposure to fast-paced, high-growth environments.
- SaaS or content industry background.
RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Firstly, you will be asked to complete an online video, which will involve answering a mixture of questions.
Secondly, if your video interview goes well, you will be invited for an interview with Alex, our Senior Project Manager. Depending on the outcome of this interview, you will be sent a follow-up task, which will give you an idea of what your day-to-day might look like (which you will be compensated for).
And that’s it!
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