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Navan

Product Director, Service Operations

Navan
London, United KingdomPosted Discovered via the company's careers siteMatch locked
8+ years expProduct Management

About the role

Navan is the all-in-one travel and expense management platform that powers the world's leading businesses. By combining cutting-edge technology, corporate cards, and a modern traveler experience, Navan is disrupting traditional enterprise T&E pacing past

$900M+ in revenue

with over

$9B in Gross Booking Volume

. At Navan, we believe world-class technology should empower world-class human service. We are committed to building an AI-first service ecosystem where frontline travel consultants and intelligent automation work in tandem to deliver a true 5-star concierge experience at scale.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a sharp, user-obsessed, and high-slope

Senior Product Director, Service Operations

to serve as the core product counterpart to our engineering and operational leadership. In this role, you will own the end-to-end product vision for internal tools, consultant workflows, crisis management, and the next-generation AI intelligence layer powering our global service operations. A key focus of your mandate will be expanding and rebranding our core internal platform. Taking our AI travel assistant,

Ava

, to the next level ("Ava for Consultants") to automate complex travel workflows, improve agent productivity, and elevate customer experience. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role at the intersection of product, AI, operations, and customer experience. You will manage and mentor product managers, partner deeply with cross-functional teams across our global hubs, and build toward a future with expanding scope across service technology, operational systems, and potential engineering leadership.

What You’ll Do

•

Own the Service Ops Strategy

Drive the end-to-end product strategy for internal tools, agent workflows, AI copilots, crisis management systems, and service quality infrastructure. •

Evolve Internal AI Architecture

Lead the product evolution of

Ava

into an intelligent, AI-driven copilot for frontline travel consultants - enabling faster resolutions, automated policy enforcement, and personalized support across complex travel and expense scenarios. •

Partner Cross-Functionally & Globally

Collaborate deeply with engineering, frontline operations, design, data, and training teams across our global hubs (

London, Tel Aviv, Portugal, India, and the US

). •

Elevate the Frontline Experience

Build intuitive tools that reduce cognitive load for agents, accelerate onboarding ramp times, and guide decision-making during high-pressure moments. •

Define & Track Core Success Metrics

Own KPIs aligned with operational efficiency, customer satisfaction (CSAT), agent productivity, first-contact resolution (FCR), automation rates, and platform reliability. •

Build & Scale Product Ops

Consolidate and mentor existing PM talent while helping establish a world-class Product Operations function to bridge frontline insights with product development.

What We’re Looking For

•

Product Leadership & High Slope

8-10+ years of product management experience, with a track record of driving massive impact in complex operational environments, support platforms, internal tools, enterprise SaaS, or marketplace platforms. (Prior team management preferred, but high-impact ICs with strong leadership trajectory will be evaluated). •

AI Product Instincts

Hands-on experience or deep technical intuition for building AI-powered tools, copilots, workflow automation, knowledge platforms, or agentic intelligence. •

Operational Depth

A genuine love for untangling fragmented, complex operational problems and translating frontline pain points into elegant, scalable software. •

Technical Acumen

Ability to collaborate closely with engineering leaders on platform architecture, integrations, APIs, and workflow systems. •

Global Mobility & Collaboration

Willingness to travel periodically to key engineering and operational hubs (

Tel Aviv, Portugal, India, US

) and work collaboratively out of our

London office

. •

High Ownership & Growth Mindset

A builder who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments and is excited by ambiguity and expanding scope.

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Skills

artificial-intelligenceproduct-management

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