Senior Director, Operational Excellence

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.**Overall Purpose**The Senior Director, Operational Excellence is responsible for driving operational excellence and organizational efficiency by leading the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of business processes across the enterprise. This role ensures that cross-functional processes are optimized for scalability, agility, and performance, aligning with strategic goals to deliver measurable business outcomes.**Essential Functions*** 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, and 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, informed decision making, and measurable business outcomes.* Establishes and tracks key performance indicators (KPI’s) 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, translating complex process insights into actionable decisions that support enterprise goals.* Acts as a change leader, driving engagement, alignment, and adoption of changes across all levels of EWS.* Ensures compliance, risk management, and scalability consideration are incorporated into all process redesigns.**Minimum Qualifications*** 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.**Preferred Qualifications*** Master’s degree or MBA.* Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification.* Experience in Financial Services* Strong data-driven decision-making skills, with proficiency in BI tools and advanced analytics.**Physical Requirements**Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.The base pay scale for this position in:

New York, NY in USD per year is: $$220,000 - $274,000.

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