Operations Manager (Remote from South Africa)

You will be the founder's number two in a UK property development business about to quadruple in size. The client secures planning permission on land for investors, sells it on, and runs a paid programme teaching others to do the same. The founder has built this over fourteen years and is about to take on significant investment. You will hold the operation together so the founder can focus on investors, deals, and delivery.

What you will own

Running the small team day to day, including a land acquisitions manager and an operations assistant, and holding them to weekly targets.

Coordinating outsourced marketing suppliers across social, email, and paid ads. Briefing them, chasing them, and checking the quality. You are not doing the marketing yourself.

Supporting a cohort of around twenty paying programme clients through onboarding, weekly coaching calls, and their questions.

Keeping every deal and project moving in Monday.com, and being the person who notices when something has stalled.

Building the written processes and onboarding that a growing team needs.

Being the layer between the founder and everyone else, so his time goes on investors, signing off deals, and speaking to landowners.

Requirements

5+ years in an operations manager, general manager, or number two role.

Experience managing people remotely and holding them to weekly numbers, not just supporting a team.

Experience working directly to a business owner, with the judgment to make daily decisions without checking first.

Confidence coordinating suppliers and contractors, including on the telephone.

Working knowledge of Monday.com or a close equivalent such as ClickUp, Asana, or Trello, plus Slack, and comfort using AI tools in your day-to-day work.

Property, land, planning, or construction experience.

Experience running a paid client programme, cohort, or membership.

Previous work with UK businesses.

Benefits

A senior seat in a business at an inflection point, working directly with the founder. Fully remote, long-term, paid in rand, with real ownership of how the business runs day to day.