Operations Principal
22 hours ago
City of London
Operations Principal Chronicle Heritage International Location: Fully Remote (with occasional travel across the Middle East and Europe) Contract Type: Full-time, permanent Salary Range: 65,000-85,000 GBP Chronicle Heritage International is a leading global heritage consultancy delivering integrated cultural heritage and advisory services across the Middle East, Europe, and beyond. We support major public and private sector clients through technically robust, regulation-compliant, and operationally excellent cultural heritage management solutions. We are seeking an experienced Operations Principal to provide senior operational leadership across our international portfolio, with a particular focus on the Middle East region. This role will oversee operational delivery, project execution, quality assurance, and team leadership, ensuring that Chronicle Heritage continues to meet strategic and financial expectations through strong operational performance. Role Overview The Operations Principal is a senior operational leader within Chronicle Heritage International, responsible for ensuring effective delivery of projects and programmes across the region. The role focuses on: • Operational excellence and delivery performance, • Resource and team leadership, • Quality assurance and compliance Key Responsibilities Operational Leadership & Performance • Lead regional operational planning to ensure efficient delivery across projects and programmes, • Oversee resource allocation, scheduling, and delivery frameworks, • Ensure successful execution of projects in line with professional best practice and client requirements, • Maintain high standards of technical quality, compliance, and risk management, • Support financial forecasting and delivery planning in collaboration with regional leadership, • Ensure operational decisions align with project budgets, cost control, and performance expectations, • Provide leadership, mentorship, and performance management for senior staff and project managers, • Support staff development, succession planning, and a high-performing team culture, • Maintain strong working relationships with key clients and stakeholders to support successful delivery, • Contribute operational input into proposals, scopes of work, resourcing plans, and delivery strategies, • Ensure compliance with local, national, and international cultural heritage regulations and standards, • Work closely with internal departments to support organisational alignment and operational reporting, • Postgraduate qualification in archaeology, anthropology, heritage management, history, architectural history, or related discipline, • Minimum 5 years’ experience in heritage, environmental, or related consultancy with progressive responsibility, • At least 2 years’ experience in a leadership role managing professional teams, • Strong understanding of cultural heritage regulation and professional practice, preferably within the Middle East, • Demonstrated ability to lead complex project delivery and operational performance, • Excellent organisational, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills, • Ability and willingness to travel periodically across the Middle East and Europe, • Legal eligibility to enter and work across relevant international jurisdictions as required, • Arabic language skills (spoken and written), • Experience working in multinational consultancy environments Chronicle Heritage International offers a collaborative and professional working environment, with a strong focus on operational excellence, staff development, and long-term career progression within a globally active heritage consultancy. This is a fully remote position, and we are open to hiring candidates worldwide, provided they are legally able to travel as required across countries in the Middle East and Europe.