JA Jack Ambai
Open to opportunities ··:·· Nairobi
Portfolio MMXXVI

Jack Ambai.

Senior Customer Experience & Property Operations Executive

Based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Over five years building dependable customer journeys across student accommodation, logistics and insurance operations. I run the unglamorous machinery: billing, reconciliations, risk registers and escalation paths. The quiet work that turns service promises into outcomes residents and clients actually feel.

01 ⁄ About

Operations is the service.

Portrait of Jack Ambai
Jack Ambai Nairobi, 2026

I am a customer-experience and property-operations professional who treats the back office as part of the brand. The asset register, the incident log, the reconciliation sheet. These are not paperwork. They are the artefacts that decide whether a resident trusts the building they live in, or a client trusts the policy they bought.

My work has spanned three industries that share a single demand: do the boring things right, every day, in front of real people. Student housing under Acorn's Qwetu brand, last-mile dispatch at Jumia, and broker-side insurance operations at Nyadwe. Different floors of the same building.

02 ⁄ Experience

A decade of service, in three chapters.

  1. Sep 2022 Present 3+ years

    Current

    Senior Customer Experience Executive

    Qwetu Student Residences, Acorn Holdings Africa Nairobi

    Owning the customer-facing operating rhythm of a student residence: resident accounts, vendor coordination, asset integrity, incident response, and the weekly reporting cadence that informs leadership decisions.

    • Manage day-to-day resident accounts, billing inquiries and reconciliations within the financial-control framework.
    • Coordinate maintenance, housekeeping and security teams to keep service quality and issue resolution consistent.
    • Author the operational and customer-performance reports that shape monthly management and budget decisions.
    • Maintain the property asset registry for insurance, supporting risk management and regulatory compliance.
    • Run risk assessments and incident reports that drive claims processing, recovery and forward mitigation.
    • Brief staff and residents on insurance coverage, health policies and claims procedures to lift transparency.
    • Support staff onboarding, training and performance management against agreed service standards.
    • Handle resident escalations professionally, protecting satisfaction, retention and brand reputation.
    • Resident Operations
    • Asset Registry
    • Cross-functional Coordination
    • Reporting
    • Risk & Compliance
  2. Aug 2021 Aug 2022 1 year

    Dispatch Services Executive

    Jumia Nairobi

    Last-mile, on the clock. Coordinated daily dispatch and logistics so SLAs were the default outcome, not the exception, with a tight feedback loop into finance, vendors and customers.

    • Coordinated daily dispatch and logistics, ensuring accurate order processing and timely delivery against SLAs.
    • Monitored delivery KPIs, order cycle times and operational data to surface service gaps and cost-reduction opportunities.
    • Resolved delivery-related customer issues promptly, lifting customer experience and service reliability.
    • Liaised with finance and vendor teams to reconcile order discrepancies, refunds and service-level payments.
    • Built weekly operational and performance reports in Excel and internal dashboards for management decisions.
    • Last-Mile Logistics
    • SLA Management
    • KPI Reporting
    • Vendor Reconciliation
  3. Nov 2015 Nov 2020 5 years

    Insurance Operations Executive

    Nyadwe Insurance Brokers Ltd Nairobi

    The formative years. Five seasons inside a brokerage learning policy mechanics, claims, regulatory edges, and how to talk to clients about coverage in language that doesn't insult them.

    • Implemented and enforced a zero-credit policy: operational controls that minimised receivables, improved cash flow and reduced portfolio risk.
    • Reviewed policy documents, endorsements and transaction records to resolve client escalations within policy terms and regulation.
    • Ran comparative analysis of insurance products across multiple insurers, advising clients on coverage suited to risk profile.
    • Prepared and issued accurate insurance quotations with timely turnaround and full procedural compliance.
    • Received, reviewed and analysed claims documentation to support reimbursement and processing.
    • Supported customer onboarding and policy administration, ensuring complete documentation and standards adherence.
    • Resolved policy-related client issues professionally, driving retention and satisfaction.
    • Promoted risk awareness by clearly explaining policy terms, coverage limits, exclusions and claims procedures.
    • Trained and supervised interns to operational and service standards.
    • Insurance Operations
    • Claims
    • Policy Administration
    • Client Advisory
    • Team Supervision
03 ⁄ Capabilities

What I do, on a practical level.

i.

Customer Experience & Service Delivery

Designing and running the day-to-day customer rhythm, from first inquiry through escalation, resolution and the report that lands on the GM's desk on Monday morning.

ii.

Property & Facilities Operations

Coordinating maintenance, housekeeping, security and vendor partners so the building reads as one organised service to the people who live in it.

iii.

Portfolio & Resident Account Management

Owning resident ledgers end-to-end: billing inquiries, statement integrity, reconciliations, and the financial-control posture that holds it all together.

iv.

Onboarding & Documentation Control

Onboarding flows that capture the right paperwork the first time, with audit-ready file integrity for compliance, regulatory and internal review.

v.

Billing, Reconciliation & Cost Control

Tightening the seams between operations and finance. Reconciling discrepancies, controlling receivables, surfacing the cost lines that quietly bleed margin.

vi.

Risk, Insurance & Compliance

Asset registries, risk assessments, claims documentation, regulatory hygiene. The operational layer that lets the business take risk on purpose, not by accident.

vii.

Incident & Claims Support

Clean incident reports, traceable timelines and claims packages that stand up to the insurer's review. Turning a bad day into a recoverable one.

viii.

Conflict Resolution

Hearing the actual complaint underneath the loud one, separating the policy issue from the personal one, and closing it without leaving a residue.

04 ⁄ Education

Credentials & training.

05 ⁄ Contact

Let's talk about the next chapter.

I'm open to senior customer-experience, operations and portfolio-management roles in Nairobi or remote-friendly East Africa. Briefs from PropTech, logistics, insurance and the adjacent service-heavy spaces are especially welcome.

Currently accepting introductions for Q3 / Q4 conversations.

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