# Operations Manager

We are looking for an organised, people-first generalist to keep the team running and growing. You’ll own hiring pipelines, coordinate team events and culture, manage project scheduling and delivery planning, and drive outbound outreach to prospective clients. This is a hands-on role in a small team - you’ll have real ownership across the business from day one. Tasks Own and improve hiring pipelines and processes for technical and operational roles Coordinate team events, culture initiatives, and onboarding to foster belonging and productivity Manage project scheduling, resource allocation, and delivery planning Drive outbound outreach to prospective clients and support business development Handle operational tasks including client coordination and general administration Support leadership with strategic planning and process improvements Requirements Experience in operations, project coordination, or a similar generalist role Comfortable managing multiple workstreams simultaneously Strong written communication skills - you’ll be writing outreach and coordinating with clients People-oriented - you care about team culture and hiring well Self-directed and comfortable with ambiguity i

- **Id**: 1327011
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/sidekwest-operations-manager-2>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cape Town, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-06-10T16:28:28Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-06-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T18:59:46Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 150
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1756
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Custom Software Development, AI Consulting & Integration

## Company

- **Id**: 687180
- **Name**: Sidekwest
- **Domain**: sidekwest.co.za
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/sidekwest>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Join

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 22000
- **Max usd**: 56000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_country_seniority_unknown
- **Sample n**: 73

## Technologies

- **Jira** — Optional: no
- **Notion** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 149

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **South Africa** — Iso: ZA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-27T04:23:28Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 5
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.192
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 149
- **Expected fill days**: 15
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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