Head Of Operations, South Asia

As Regional Head of Operations (South Asia), you’ll ensure our bureaux across the region are safe, resilient, and strategically aligned to support our world class journalism.

Job Requisition ID: 30649

Job Closing Date: 4 May 2026

Delhi, IND, ND 110001

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: F
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC News; Business and Operations
LOCATION: Delhi

Any offer of employment with the BBC will be conditional upon you having the legal right to work in india.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

As Regional Head of Operations (South Asia), you’ll ensure our bureaux across the region are safe, resilient, and strategically aligned to support our world class journalism. You’ll be responsible for leading functional operations across a diverse and often complex region, including areas affected by conflict. You will ensure our teams, infrastructure, and systems are robust, agile, and fit for purpose. Your work will directly support the BBC’s editorial ambitions, helping us reach audiences with trusted and impartial news wherever they are. Travel, potentially to high risk areas, will be a requirement of the role.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

The BBC reaches a global weekly audience of 450m and is ranked first by those audiences for trust, reliability, and independence amongst international news providers. Our global journalism includes the BBC World Service, which operates across 42 language services and is one of the main drivers of our success. Its journalists deliver vitally important impartial news and current affairs across video, audio, and online output. We constantly battle against a growing wave of disinformation in an increasingly polarised international media landscape. This is a rare and exciting opportunity to take on a new senior leadership role at the heart of the BBC’s renowned international news operations.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

Strategic Leadership – partnering the International Director and the regional director you will provide strategic leadership across the region to ensure delivery and performance of core business services.
Finance and operations – implement a new operating model which will ensure we have the required approval, reporting and transactional frameworks.
Governance and Risk – working with Subject Matter Experts to strengthen governance, risk management, and compliance across all bureaux.
Drive the regional property and location strategy – ensuring our global offices footprint is effective, efficient and supports editorial goals and future needs priorities.
Efficiency and Value – Drive operational efficiency and value for money, ensuring resources are focused where they matter most.
Digital Transformation – Implement robust and efficient technology solutions which underpin digital transformation and innovation in how we work.
Team and Property Management – Support teams in high-risk environments, manage regional property portfolio, and oversee vendor contracts.
Collaboration and Sustainability – Build strong relationships with stakeholders, champion sustainability, and lead diverse, geographically dispersed teams.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

A strategic, resilient leader who can bring clarity and direction in complex environments. Confident working across cultures and geographies, and comfortable navigating ambiguity and change. Understands in detail the BBC’s international footprint, technology and editorial priorities.
Significant experience in business operations, ideally in a global or media setting. Experience managing property, infrastructure, and supplier relationships
Experience of leading international teams including in difficult and challenging situations, with strong leadership, people and risk management experience, particularly across dispersed teams.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to lead through crisis and support teams in high-pressure situations
A sound understanding of financial planning and budget management with deep expertise in governance, compliance, and risk management
A commitment to inclusion, sustainability, and wellbeing in the workplace. Cultural awareness and sensitivity to regional contexts

If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

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