Marketplace Supply & Operations Lead
Duyof is an early-stage booking platform in Bahrain connecting Saudi visitors crossing the King Fahd Causeway with licensed tourist apartments and chalets. The platform is live and we are starting owner sign-ups. We are hiring one person to build and run operations from zero.
What you will do: Build supply: source, negotiate and sign licensed building owners and operators; own the relationship.
- Write the operations playbook: listing standards, photos, seasonal pricing, cancellation policy, guest journey.
- Run bookings day to day: availability, double-booking prevention, Arabic WhatsApp support.
- Weekly KPI dashboard: occupancy, ADR, cancellation rate, booking CAC, owner net.
- Prepare the pilot launch for Saudi National Day (23-26 September 2026).
Engagement: 3-month part-time consulting engagement convertible to full-time, or full-time directly. Remote OK with visits to Bahrain around launch. Founding equity possible for the right person.
To apply, include short answers to these three questions: Name a marketplace you worked in and describe in two sentences how an owner was signed, from first call to first booking.
- What is the #1 reason owners churn from a platform, and how do you prevent it?
- You have 20 units and 45 days to launch. What are your first three moves?
Note: we do not request or accept any confidential data or documents from your current or former employer.
2+ years inside a two-sided marketplace: short-term rental (Gathern, Airbnb, Booking), travel (Almosafer, Rehlat, Wego), property (Property Finder, Bayut) or field ops (Talabat, Careem).
Hands-on supply-side experience with owners, hosts or partners; not customer support only.
Comfortable with marketplace numbers (occupancy, ADR, take rate, CAC) and a simple Excel model.
Excellent Arabic, working English.