VP Operational Excellence
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Define and lead the enterprise operational excellence strategy, multi-year roadmap, and financial goals while managing a team of LSS Belts and Process analysts. Own the improvement portfolio by prioritizing initiatives, tracking governance routines, and leveraging data analytics to identify opportunities and inform decision-making. Lead the design of the target operating model, optimize end-to-end business processes and KPIs, and execute change management efforts to ensure stakeholder alignment and successful adoption. Serve as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, facilitating strategy alignment and driving accountability for measurable outcomes. Fully remote position requiring up to 10% travel.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- Min 7 years direct experience
- 2 years in supervisory leadership role
- Certified Lean Six Sigma black belt
- Strong background in Operational Excellence, Lean Six Sigma or structured problems solving methodologies
- Experience with formal change management methodology (i.e. Prosci, Kotter, CAP, etc.)
- Proven track record driving improvement initiatives and influencing senior leadership to measurable outcomes
- Experience influencing and partnering with executive leadership to shape strategy, align priorities, and drive accountability
- Proven ability to design and scale operational excellence capabilities
- Ability to translate data into insights and portfolio development
- Travel up to 10% of the time
- Fully Remote
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Analytics, or related field
- 8 years of experience
- 3 years in supervisory leadership role
- Change Management certification
- Background in strategy and/or consulting
- Experience with Power BI and creating executive dashboards
- Experience with Clarity and JIRA for project and portfolio management
- Experience with AI and Machine Learning
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