Hybrid Senior Director, Operational Excellence

Posted 3 months ago

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About the role

  • Lead enterprise-wide process transformation and automation to improve scalability and performance at Early Warning, a U.S. payments and risk solutions company.

Responsibilities

  • Develops and leads the organization’s process efficiency strategy, aligning with overall business goals and growth priorities.
  • Oversees enterprise-wide process assessments, identifying systemic inefficiencies, redundancies, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Leads a team of process analysts to execute large scale transformation initiatives.
  • Partners with executive leadership to align process improvement initiatives with strategic objectives, driving cross-functional collaboration and informed decision making.
  • Establishes and tracks key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure process effectiveness and efficiency improvements.
  • Champions the adoption of automation, AI, and digital transformation solutions to streamline operations.
  • Delivers clear, data-driven reports and strategic recommendations to executive leadership.
  • Acts as a change leader, driving engagement, alignment, and adoption of changes across all levels of EWS.
  • Ensures compliance, risk management, and scalability are considered in all process redesigns.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in business administration, operations management, industrial engineering, or related field.
  • 15+ years of experience in business process improvement, operations excellence, or management consulting, with at least 5 years in a director-level role.
  • Demonstrated success in leading enterprise-wide transformation initiatives with measurable impact.
  • Deep knowledge of process improvement frameworks (Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, BPM).
  • Strong background in change management and executive stakeholder management.
  • Exceptional communication, influencing, and negotiation skills.
  • Background and drug screen.
  • Master's degree or MBA (preferred).
  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification (preferred).
  • Experience in Financial Services (preferred).
  • Strong data-driven decision-making skills, with proficiency in BI tools and advanced analytics (preferred).
  • Candidates must independently possess eligibility to work in the United States at date of hire; position is ineligible for visa sponsorship.

Benefits

  • Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
  • Paid Time Off – Unlimited Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
  • 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
  • Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.
  • Discretionary incentive plan
  • Additional benefits and programs described on company Benefits page ("And SO much more!")

Job title

Senior Director, Operational Excellence

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$220,000 - $274,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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