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Jorge Sousa
Jorge Sousa

Senior Strategy & Operations and Commercial Operations Professional

Actively looking · Member since 1 Sep 2026
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Location
Lisbon, Portugal
Desired salary
Confidential
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time
Experience level
Senior

About

Professional summary

I am a senior Strategy & Operations and Commercial Operations professional with more than 12 years of experience in employee wellbeing, EAP services, service delivery, commercial strategy, and international expansion across EMEA and North America.

I combine operational leadership with commercial analysis to turn market opportunities into scalable, commercially viable operating models. My work connects sales, operations, service delivery, market entry, and growth strategy.

As a former Service Centre Manager and Legal Representative in Portugal, I led 24/7 operational delivery, SLA and KPI governance, quality management, regulatory compliance, and cross-functional performance initiatives.

I have supported international market expansion through feasibility studies, localization planning, infrastructure requirements, pricing analysis, partner-channel assessment, and service-model development, including the Germany Service Centre launch.

I bring strong analytical capability in cost modelling, forecasting, market projections, consumer behaviour analysis, Power BI, Power Query, and advanced Excel. I am particularly interested in strategy and operations, commercial operations, go-to-market operations, international expansion, market development, and employee wellbeing operations.

Notice period: 2 weeks

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Experience

Career history

Service Centre Manager & Commercial Strategy Consultant Workplace Options

Led the Lisbon service operation for a global employee assistance and wellbeing provider while supporting commercial-operational strategy and international growth across EMEA. Enabled full 24/7 service capability through infrastructure and operating-model transformation, and maintained multilingual EMEA and North American service performance through SLA/KPI governance, quality management, compliance oversight, and cross-functional leadership.

Served as Legal Representative and Power of Attorney for the Portuguese entity, overseeing employment, insurance, tax, and DGERT accreditation obligations. Evaluated EMEA expansion opportunities, supported the 2022 Germany Service Centre launch, developed a seven-phase localization audit framework, assessed B2B partner channels, and produced cost, market, pricing, and commercialization analyses for growth decisions.

Provider Relations & Global Billing Specialist Workplace Options

Managed global billing governance and financial close activities for an international American enterprise-client portfolio. Oversaw weekly financial batching, reporting, account reconciliation, adjustments, and multi-country financial and legal account-processing requirements.

Improved consistency across international billing operations by training teams, including NAS operations in India, on billing processes and governance standards.

Revenue & Operations Management Hospitality

Held progressive revenue and operations management roles in four-star and five-star hotel environments in Portugal. Developed expertise in revenue optimisation, pricing, forecasting, financial reporting, reservations governance, and distribution partnerships.

Applied customer lifecycle analysis and operational management practices to support commercial performance and service delivery across hospitality operations.

Education

Learning history

IPAM — Instituto Português de Administração de Marketing

Postgraduate Diploma, Marketing Management

Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Management.

ISLA — Instituto Superior de Línguas e Administração

Licentiate Degree, Management of Tour Operators

Licentiate Degree in Management of Tour Operators.

ONLC Training

Professional Development Course, Power BI for Excel Users

Training in Power BI for Excel users.

British Council

Certificate of Proficiency in English, English

Certificate of Proficiency in English.

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