Business Operations Team Leader
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About the role
About Nebius:
Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure.
Built by engineers, for engineers. From large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization, we own the hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI.
Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS) and headquartered in Amsterdam, we have a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel. Our team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R&D.
About the role:
The Business Operations Team Lead is a hands-on leadership role, combining people management with direct ownership and execution of Business Operations activities and processes.
The role is responsible for leading and developing a team of Operations Specialists, driving strong operational performance, and ensuring effective and scalable execution across the purchase-to-pay (P2P) lifecycle.
Working closely with Procurement, Finance, Accounts Payable, Legal, Accounting, Treasury, Logistics, and other stakeholders, the Team Lead drives process improvements, resolves cross-functional challenges, supports the implementation of new capabilities and ways of working, and helps ensure that Business Operations can effectively support the organization as it grows.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop the Business Operations team, setting clear expectations, providing ongoing feedback, managing performance, and supporting individual professional growth.
- Maintain an active hands-on role in Business Operations activities, including managing assigned PRs, requests and tickets, while also supporting complex cases and operational escalations across the P2P lifecycle, alongside team leadership responsibilities.
- Own and continuously improve Business Operations processes and operational standards, ensuring effective, consistent, and scalable execution across the team.
- Drive operational performance and quality by managing team priorities and workload, monitoring key metrics, identifying trends and gaps, and taking action to improve results.
- Partner with Procurement, Finance, AP, Legal, Accounting, Treasury, and other stakeholders to manage cross-functional topics and resolve operational challenges.
- Identify recurring issues, process gaps, and inefficiencies, and drive practical improvements from identification through implementation.
- Drive and contribute to the design, testing, implementation, and adoption of new workflows, systems, automation, and operational capabilities.
- Ensure processes and execution are aligned with internal policies, controls, and business requirements.
- Lead and contribute to cross-functional projects and initiatives that improve efficiency, quality, controls, and scalability.
Key Qualifications & Experience
- 5+ years of experience in Business Operations, Procurement Operations, Finance Operations, P2P, or a related operational role, with a strong understanding of end-to-end procurement and purchase-to-pay processes.
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing team members, either through formal people management or a team leadership role.
- Experience driving cross-functional processes and working with stakeholders across Procurement, Finance, AP, Legal, Accounting, and other business functions.
- Demonstrated experience identifying process gaps, resolving complex operational issues, and driving improvements through implementation.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use data and operational insights to support decision-making.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and drive alignment across teams.
- Experience working with ERP, procurement, finance, or workflow management systems.
- Fluent English.
- Experience working in a global and rapidly scaling organization.
Competencies & Behavioral Traits
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to coach, develop, and create accountability within a team.
- High level of ownership and accountability, with the ability to drive topics independently from identification through resolution.
- Strong end-to-end and process-oriented thinking, with the ability to identify dependencies, gaps, and broader business impact.