Academic Staff in Bahrain

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> <p>The Sales Supervisor role at our esteemed accounting firm in Manama, Bahrain, offers an exciting opportunity for dynamic individuals eager to lead a team and drive sales success. This position is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in the accounting industry while enhancing their leadership skills. As a Sales Supervisor, you will play a crucial role in shaping the sales strategy and ensuring that our team meets and exceeds their targets. This is not just a job; it's a chance to elevate your career in a supportive and growth-oriented environment.</p><p>In this role, you will be surrounded by a collaborative team that values innovation and strategic thinking. We believe in fostering a culture of continuous learning, which is why we offer extensive training programs and mentorship opportunities. Our firm is committed to your professional development, ensuring that you have the skills and knowledge necessary to excel in your career. You'll have the chance to work closely with senior management, gaining insights into high-level decision-making processes and contributing to the overall success of the company.</p><p>As a Sales Supervisor, you will also have the opportunity to implement new sales strategies and initiatives that can significantly impact our market presence. Your leadership will inspire your team to achieve their best, and your contributions will be recognized as vital to our growth. If you are passionate about sales and looking for a role that offers both challenges and rewards, we encourage you to apply and take the next step in your career with us.</p><p><b>Responsibilities:</b></p><ol><li>Lead and mentor a team of sales representatives, providing guidance and support to enhance their performance and achieve individual and team sales goals.</li><li>Develop and implement effective sales strategies that align with company objectives, utilizing market research and analytics to inform decisions.</li><li>Monitor sales metrics and KPIs regularly to evaluate team performance and identify areas for improvement, ensuring accountability and excellence.</li><li>Conduct regular training sessions and workshops to equip the sales team with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel in their roles.</li><li>Collaborate with the marketing department to design promotional campaigns that effectively target potential clients and increase brand awareness.</li><li>Establish and maintain strong relationships with key clients, addressing their needs and concerns while promoting our services effectively.</li><li>Prepare detailed sales reports and presentations for senior management, highlighting achievements, challenges, and strategic recommendations.</li><li>Assist in the recruitment and onboarding of new sales team members, ensuring they are well-integrated into the company culture.</li><li>Stay updated on industry trends and competitor activities to anticipate market changes and adjust sales strategies accordingly.</li></ol> </div><h2 class="h5">Skills</h2> <div data-jb-field="skills"><ul><li>Proven leadership skills to effectively manage and motivate a sales team towards achieving targets.</li><li>Excellent communication abilities to interact with clients and internal stakeholders clearly and persuasively.</li><li>Strong analytical skills to interpret sales data and derive actionable insights for strategic planning.</li><li>Ability to develop and implement innovative sales strategies that drive revenue growth.</li><li>Proficiency in CRM software and sales analytics tools to manage client relationships and sales performance.</li><li>Experience in conducting training and development programs to enhance team capabilities and performance.</li><li>Deep understanding of the accounting industry and market dynamics to tailor sales approaches effectively.</li></ul></div>

<p><h4>Bank overview</h4> <p>Bank ABC seeks to recruit a Head of IT Application Support in the Group Information Technology Department based in our Head Office in Bahrain. The Head of Application Support provides bank-wide leadership and accountability for the stability, availability, resilience, and controlled change of the bank's application and digital service landscape. This includes core banking platforms (e.g., Temenos), payments, digital channels, treasury and markets, CRM, trade finance, AML/KYC and sanctions, regulatory and finance reporting, data platforms, and enterprise integration.</p> <p>The role owns the Run-the-Bank (RTB) and Change-the-Bank (CTB) operating model and plays a critical role in shaping the Run-and-Change interface between the bank, IT vendors, and managed-service providers, ensuring that production services are delivered in a predictable, secure, compliant, and cost-effective manner across a hybrid cloud environment spanning on-premises, private cloud, and public cloud platforms.</p> <p>As part of the bank's technology transformation agenda, the role is responsible for supporting and executing the application support strategy for core banking and all associated ecosystems, including cloud-hosted deployments, vendor-managed services, and complex integration patterns.</p> <p>The job holder is expected to modernise and adopt AI-enabled capabilities across application support; this includes embedding disciplined ITIL-aligned service management in collaboration with other technology teams. Finally, the Head of Application Support acts as a senior contributor to the wider Group Technology Strategy, supporting technology governance, regulatory readiness, risk management, and architecture discipline.</p> <h4>Responsibilities of the role</h4> <p>The job holder will be responsible for:</p> <h4>Strategy and governance</h4> <ul> <li>Define, own and continuously evolve the application support strategy aligned with business objectives and the wider Group technology strategy, with clear roadmap around Temenos and its digital ecosystem.</li> <li>Work with other technology partners and key stakeholders to establish and enforce a robust governance framework for RTB and CTB, ensuring clear accountability between internal teams, vendors, and managed-service providers.</li> <li>Ensure the application support team comply with regulatory, risk, and internal control requirements, providing senior-level assurance for audits, regulatory reviews, and other examinations.</li> <li>Support the GCITO in shaping and executing Group-wide technology governance, including policy adherence, architectural discipline, service standards, and technology risk management.</li> <li>Sponsor and gradually adopt AI capabilities across application support, ensuring appropriate governance and measurable operational benefits.</li> </ul> <h4>Application ecosystem management</h4> <ul> <li>Lead the definition and execution of application lifecycle and obsolescence management, ensuring early engagement with systems owners to timely decommission, migrate, or consolidate systems in line with the bank's core banking and digital transformation strategy.</li> <li>Own and drive the rationalisation and simplification of the application estate, with the Temenos core banking platform as the strategic foundation around which all supporting, adjacent and downstream systems are designed, integrated, and operated.</li> <li>Ensure the application support model, service processes, and operational tooling are aligned to the bank's technology roadmap, including cloud-hosted deployments, vendor-managed services, and complex integration landscapes.</li> <li>As needed, lead major incident and problem management situations, ensuring timely resolution, executive communication, root-cause analysis, and durable remediation.</li> <li>Own and mature ITIL/ServiceNow-aligned service management practices (incident, problem, change, release, knowledge), ensuring consistent execution across the application support team.</li> </ul> <h4>Collaboration and stakeholder management</h4> <ul> <li>Act as the most senior point of contact for business stakeholders and business-technologist teams on application stability, integration, service performance, and operational risk.</li> <li>Partner closely with Architecture, IT Delivery, Data Management, Service Management, Cyber Security, and Business technologists to ensure seamless transition of solutions into production and sustained service quality.</li> <li>Build and maintain strong, outcome-driven relationships with vendors, system integrators, and managed-service providers, ensuring SLA compliance, performance transparency, and accountability.</li> <li>Provide clear, timely, and executive-ready communication during incidents, service issues, and material risk events.</li> <li>Represent Application Support in senior management forums, governance committees, and steering groups, contributing informed, risk-based perspectives.</li> </ul> <h4>Leadership and people management</h4> <ul> <li>Lead and develop a high-performance application support team, fostering a culture of accountability, professionalism, and continuous improvement.</li> <li>Manage clear role boundaries and responsibilities across Tech Leads, support teams, business-technologist teams, and vendor resources, ensuring effective coverage and resilience.</li> <li>Build and execute succession plans and capability uplift strategies, particularly in Temenos, cloud operations, service management, and AI-enabled application delivery and support. Promote modern ways of working, including SRE principles, automation and AI, and data-driven decision-making.</li> <li>Promote a culture of diversity, equality, and inclusion within the Application Support team, championing diversity initiatives and fostering a sense of belonging and respect for all team members.</li> <li>Collaborate with GIT Management and HR to recruit and onboard top talent, ensuring the application support team has the skills, capabilities, and resources needed to achieve its goals and objectives.</li> </ul> <h4>Areas of knowledge, qualification and experience</h4> <ul> <li>20+ years of technology, digital or application support experience.</li> <li>10+ years in a managerial and leadership role (mandatory).</li> <li>Extensive leadership experience in application support, production services, or technology operations within banking or regulated financial services.</li> <li>Proven accountability for the stability, availability, and resilience of large-scale, business-critical application estates.</li> <li>Hands-on experience supporting and operating core banking platforms, preferably Temenos, within complex, multi-vendor and integration-heavy environments.</li> <li>Experience leading and developing multi-disciplinary, geographically distributed teams, including succession planning and capability uplift.</li> <li>Bachelor's degree or advanced degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.</li> <li>Temenos banking platform (desirable) - formal training or certifications related to Temenos implementations, operations, or upgrades.</li> <li>Professional certifications in IT Service Management (e.g., ITIL), Cloud Platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure), Project delivery/governance (e.g., Agile, PRINCE2, etc.).</li> <li>Banking application landscapes, including core banking platforms (particularly Temenos), payments, digital channels, treasury and markets, trade finance and cash management, regulatory and finance reporting, and enterprise integration patterns.</li> <li>Application support and service management frameworks, including ITIL-aligned practices, service lifecycle management, and the operation of multi-tier (L1-L4) support models across internal teams and managed-service providers.</li> <li>Hybrid cloud architectures and operating models, spanning on-premises, private cloud, and public cloud environments, with an understanding of operational resilience, availability, and recovery considerations.</li> <li>Non-functional requirements (NFRs) and operational controls, including availability, performance, security, scalability, observability, resilience, and recoverability.</li> <li>Modern reliability and operations concepts, including Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), automation, monitoring, and data-driven service delivery.</li> <li>Data platforms, and strong experience in data integration, ETL processes, and data management platforms and tools.</li> <li>Knowledge of data lake architectures and experience in managing and integrating data lakes using platforms like AWS and Azure.</li> <li>Vendor and managed-service governance, including SLA/OLA models, performance management, and commercial oversight.</li> <li>Technology risk management within regulated financial services, including audit, regulatory expectations, control frameworks, and cyber security and data protection.</li> <li>Knowledge of cloud computing technologies and implementing cloud-based solutions and services.</li> <li>Knowledge of API management and integration, facilitating data exchange between internal systems and external data sources.</li> <li>Understanding of machine learning and AI frameworks and platforms, including AI-enabled operational capabilities.</li> </ul></p><p></p>

<p><h4>Company description</h4> <p>Welcome to the award-winning five-star Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain, located adjacent to Bahrain International Airport, with a magnificent view of the sprawling lagoon and less than 10 minutes away from downtown city centre of Manama, the capital of Kingdom of Bahrain.</p> <p>The hotel offers 97 luxury hotel rooms and 10 suites with state-of-art facilities and amenities. Our 5 star hotel went through a complete transformation; including restaurants and bars as well as rooms and suites.</p> <p>Silk's restaurant is all day dining, offering international cuisine and theme nights. Gallery lounge is located in the high ceiling natural light glass lobby, serving French pastries, high tea and Swiss Mövenpick coffee and delights. While Xenia bar and lounge is offering exotic cocktails and bar food with live night entertainment daily. Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain is well known for its award-winning Friday brunch.</p> <p>The award-winning European Rimal spa features 12 treatment rooms, including single treatment suites, one double female suite and two traditional Turkish hammam suites with their own steam rooms and heated wet tables. Rimal Spa is the only spa that offers non-surgical CACI Synergy machines in the Kingdom. All treatment rooms are designed to the highest standards and have private showers.</p> <p>Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain is a place to experience world-class luxury hospitality, blended with Arabian tradition and a touch of Swiss that makes our guests feel at home in one of the most attractive and friendly destinations in the Gulf region.</p> <h4>Job description</h4> <p><strong>Spa therapist</strong></p> <p>We are looking to employ a dedicated and experienced spa therapist to perform massages, beauty treatments, and wellness therapies, depending on guest's needs and preferences. The responsibilities include greeting and welcoming spa guests, informing guests of spa packages, promotions, and rates, and customizing treatments and therapies to suit guests' needs. You should also be able to recommend additional spa services and up-sell spa products.</p> <h4>What you will be doing:</h4> <ul> <li>Performing different types of massages, beauty treatments, and wellness therapies.</li> <li>Maintaining detailed records of massages, treatments, and therapies performed on each spa guest.</li> <li>Communicating with guests during massages to adjust massage techniques as required.</li> <li>Ensuring all spa standards are followed.</li> <li>Promoting and selling customized spa programs to guests.</li> <li>Being familiar with all areas of the spa operation, including product knowledge and retail sales.</li> <li>Providing massage and body treatment services to guests using props and/or products.</li> <li>Assessing guest needs and inquiring about contraindications before beginning service.</li> <li>Keeping up to date with current techniques and modalities related to their field of work.</li> <li>Escorting guests to and from treatment rooms and arranging workstation and treatment room.</li> </ul> <h4>Qualifications</h4> <p>Your experience and skills include:</p> <ul> <li>Previous experience working as a spa therapist.</li> <li>Fast learner on new machines.</li> <li>Sound knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and different massage techniques.</li> <li>Effective communication skills.</li> <li>Exceptional customer service skills.</li> <li>Certificate in massage.</li> </ul> <h4>Additional information</h4> <p><strong>Why work for Accor?</strong></p> <p>When you become one of our Heartists, you will also be a member of the Accor group with all the benefits that brings. The ALL Heartists program is the benefits program dedicated to Accor Heartists. It provides employees with the opportunity to enjoy living life to its fullest throughout the year, thanks to preferential rates in hotels and exclusive discounts with a wide range of partners including travel, gourmet, wellness, and shopping.</p></p><p></p>

<p><h4>Job overview</h4> <p>The MPM Manager will support the development, implementation, and management of medical provider networks. Reporting to the Senior Manager or Head of Department, this role focuses on ensuring the quality, cost-effectiveness, and accessibility of healthcare services provided to members. The Manager will negotiate with providers, maintain medical provider relationships, and collaborate with various departments to optimize network performance. The incumbent is expected to negotiate strategically with the medical providers with an objective to procure medical services at an optimized cost and to generate revenue through effective application of various revenue streams and execution of identified revenue generation strategies.</p> <h4>Key responsibilities</h4> <ul> <li><strong>Strategy:</strong> Support and drive the strategy devised by the MPM management.</li> <li><strong>Develop cost savings strategies:</strong> Align with financial savings targets, delivered both by the team and individually.</li> <li><strong>Network development:</strong> Develop and maintain a robust network of healthcare providers, including hospitals, physicians, diagnostics, and ancillary services.</li> <li><strong>Medical provider contracting:</strong> Negotiate with healthcare providers to secure favorable terms and conditions, ensuring cost-effective care and robust provider revenues.</li> <li><strong>Medical provider relations:</strong> Establish and maintain positive relationships with network providers, addressing any concerns or issues promptly and escalating as needed.</li> <li><strong>Compliance:</strong> Ensure medical provider network and contract management comply with all relevant internal and external regulations, local mandates, accreditation standards, and organizational policies. Responsible for compliance of TOM and DTPs.</li> <li><strong>Performance monitoring:</strong> Monitor medical network performance metrics, including cost, quality, and accessibility/segmentation, and implement improvement initiatives as needed.</li> <li><strong>Team collaboration:</strong> Work collaboratively with the MPM team providing support, coaching, assistance, and guidance to achieve organizational objectives.</li> <li><strong>Collaboration:</strong> Work closely with other departments such as Claims, Business Development, CRM, Operations, and Finance to support overall organizational goals.</li> <li><strong>Reporting:</strong> Prepare and present regular reports on network performance to senior leadership.</li> <li>Work effectively with AI, machine learning, data analytics, and cloud-based tools, adhering to high standards of data governance, security, and ethical use.</li> </ul> <h4>Key requirements</h4> <ul> <li><strong>Education:</strong> Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, Business Administration, or a related field. Master's degree preferred.</li> <li><strong>Experience:</strong> Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in healthcare network management.</li> <li><strong>Skills:</strong></li> <ul> <li>Strong negotiation and contract management skills.</li> <li>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.</li> <li>Analytical and problem-solving abilities.</li> <li>Knowledge of healthcare regulations and accreditation standards.</li> <li>Proficiency in relevant software and technology tools.</li> <li>Regional medical industry knowledge.</li> </ul> </ul> <p>Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams, and challenges is what makes us a unique employer. We are united by a shared commitment: to put our customers first and at the center of everything we do. Their needs inspire our thinking and guide our actions. Together, we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and confident to explore, grow, and shape a better future – for our customers and for the world around us.</p> <p>At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. The foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and where integrity, fairness, inclusion, and trust are at the heart of our culture. We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.</p> <p>Great to have you on board. Let's care for tomorrow.</p> <p>Note: Having different strengths, experiences, perspectives, and approaches is an integral part of Allianz's company culture. One means to achieve this is a regular rotation of Allianz employees across functions, Allianz entities, and geographies. Therefore, Allianz expects from its employees a general openness and a high motivation to regularly change positions and collect experiences across Allianz Group.</p></p><p></p>

<p><h4>Job overview</h4> <p>The MPM Manager will support the development, implementation, and management of medical provider networks. Reporting to the senior manager or head of department, this role focuses on ensuring the quality, cost-effectiveness, and accessibility of healthcare services provided to members. The manager will negotiate with providers, maintain medical provider relationships, and collaborate with various departments to optimize network performance. The incumbent is expected to negotiate strategically with the medical providers with an objective to procure medical services at an optimized cost and to generate revenue through effective applicable various revenue streams and execution of identified revenue generation strategies.</p> <h4>Key responsibilities:</h4> <li><strong>Strategy:</strong> Support and drive the strategy devised by the MPM management.</li> <li><strong>Develop cost savings strategies:</strong> Aligned with financial savings target, this is to be delivered by the team but also individually.</li> <li><strong>Network development:</strong> Develop and maintain a robust network of healthcare providers, including hospitals, physicians, diagnostics, and ancillary services.</li> <li><strong>Medical provider contracting:</strong> Negotiations with healthcare providers to secure favorable terms and conditions, ensuring cost-effective care and robust applicable provider revenues.</li> <li><strong>Medical provider relations:</strong> Establish and maintain positive relationships with network providers, addressing any concerns or issues promptly and escalating as needed.</li> <li><strong>Compliance:</strong> Ensure medical provider network and contract management comply with all relevant internal and external regulations, local mandates, accreditation standards, and organizational policies. Responsible for compliance of TOM and DTPs.</li> <li><strong>Performance monitoring:</strong> Monitor medical network performance metrics, including cost, quality, and accessibility/segmentation, and implement improvement initiatives as needed.</li> <li><strong>Team collaboration:</strong> Work collaboratively with the MPM team providing support, coaching, assistance, and guidance to achieve organizational objectives.</li> <li><strong>Collaboration:</strong> Work closely with other departments such as claims, business development, CRM, operations, and finance to support overall organizational goals.</li> <li><strong>Reporting:</strong> Prepare and present regular reports on network performance to senior leadership.</li> <li><strong>Work effectively with AI, machine learning, data analytics, and cloud-based tools,</strong> adhering to high standards of data governance, security, and ethical use.</li> <h4>Key requirements:</h4> <li><strong>Education:</strong> Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, business administration, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred.</li> <li><strong>Experience:</strong> Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in healthcare network management.</li> <li><strong>Skills:</strong></li> <ul> <li>Strong negotiation and contract management skills.</li> <li>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.</li> <li>Analytical and problem-solving abilities.</li> <li>Knowledge of healthcare regulations and accreditation standards.</li> <li>Proficiency in relevant software and technology tools.</li> <li>Regional medical industry knowledge.</li> </ul> <p>Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams, and challenges is what makes us a unique employer. We are united by a shared commitment: to put our customers first and at the center of everything we do. Their needs inspire our thinking and guide our actions. Together, we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and confident to explore, grow, and shape a better future – for our customers and for the world around us.</p> <p>At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. The foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and where integrity, fairness, inclusion, and trust are at the heart of our culture. We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.</p> <p>Great to have you on board. Let's care for tomorrow.</p> <p>Note: Having different strengths, experiences, perspectives, and approaches is an integral part of Allianz’ company culture. One means to achieve this is a regular rotation of Allianz employees across functions, Allianz entities, and geographies. Therefore, Allianz expects from its employees a general openness and a high motivation to regularly change positions and collect experiences across Allianz Group.</p></p><p></p>