
Noon Academy
Head of Noon Schools
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 10 - 15 yrs
Job expiry date: 10/05/2026
Job overview
Date posted
26/03/2026
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Job description
The Head of Noon Schools role in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a senior leadership position responsible for building and scaling next-generation schools as part of Noonâs mission to transform education through cutting-edge technology, peer learning, and innovative physical learning environments. Reporting directly to the Country GM, the role involves leading daily school operations, supervising academic and administrative processes, building high-performing teams, and enhancing student and parent experiences across schools. The position requires overseeing daily schedules, monitoring school performance using KPIs, ensuring adherence to academic calendars, and activating school events and semester plans. The Head of Noon Schools will train facilitators, school leaders, and regional supervisors, create structured development plans, and foster disciplined work cultures focused on quality and student satisfaction. The role includes supervising student registration, grading, certificate issuance, and strengthening internal communication systems while developing structured problem-solving mechanisms to support continuous operational improvement. Additionally, the role involves building parent communication strategies, overseeing performance reporting, managing feedback and complaints, and improving engagement. The position requires implementing operational systems, standardized guides, weekly oversight structures, and cross-functional collaboration with operations, platform, learning, and experience teams. The successful candidate will demonstrate deep understanding of school systems, classroom dynamics, student behavior, and Saudi educational culture while leveraging data-driven decision making to scale education operations across Saudi Arabia.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Lead daily school operations by supervising implementation of daily schedules across schools, ensuring smooth operational execution, monitoring school performance using KPIs, and intervening to resolve operational and organizational challenges
- Ensure adherence to academic calendars by activating school events, managing semester plans, coordinating academic timelines, and maintaining operational consistency across multiple school locations
- Build and develop school teams by training facilitators, school leaders, and regional supervisors, creating structured development plans, and strengthening leadership capabilities across schools
- Supervise academic and administrative operations including student registration, grading processes, certificate issuance, and coordination with academic and operational teams
- Strengthen internal communication systems by improving coordination channels, implementing reporting structures, and ensuring seamless collaboration between departments
- Enhance parent experience by developing communication strategies, overseeing performance reporting, managing regular parent meetings, and coordinating joint school events
- Implement operational systems and standardized procedures by designing workflows, developing structured guides, and establishing continuous improvement frameworks
- Monitor performance metrics and operational KPIs by tracking school outcomes, evaluating operational efficiency, and implementing data-driven decision making to optimize school performance
Experience & skills
- Demonstrate proven experience managing school operations or large-scale educational programs including operational planning and multi-site coordination
- Demonstrate ability to lead multiple teams including school leaders, facilitators, and regional supervisors toward operational and educational goals
- Possess deep understanding of school systems, classroom dynamics, student behavior, and academic environments
- Demonstrate experience addressing day-to-day school operational challenges and making fast, data-informed decisions
- Demonstrate ability to build relationships with school leaders, parents, and cross-functional teams while managing stakeholder engagement
- Demonstrate strong operational execution capabilities including performance monitoring, KPI tracking, and continuous process improvement
- Demonstrate proficiency in tracking metrics, analyzing performance data, and implementing data-driven operational improvements
- Demonstrate fluency in Arabic and English with strong understanding of Saudi culture and education landscape