Top Director of Operations Jobs

Oversees operations, facilities maintenance, capital planning, construction, contracted services, budgets, safety programs, emergency response, and property improvements at a shopping center. Leads maintenance and custodial teams, manages vendors and operating expenses, ensures regulatory compliance, conducts inspections, supports customer service and special events, and partners with management, security, contractors, and local officials to maintain a safe, attractive, and reliable environment.

Leads regulatory risk operations across Enterprise Services, managing regulatory engagements, reporting, readiness assessments, evidence reviews, responses, remediation tracking, and corrective actions. Partners with senior leaders, regulators, and risk teams to synthesize regulatory intelligence, identify control gaps, prepare executives, improve processes, and ensure timely, consistent responses. The role also oversees methodology, documentation, automation, quality assurance, and people management.

Leads logistics, warehouse operations, inventory, procurement, international sourcing, fulfillment, wholesale distribution, and Matcha Bar deployments. The role involves implementing and optimizing Katana ERP, improving forecasting and inventory accuracy, developing operating procedures and dashboards, optimizing routing and labor, eliminating bottlenecks, and building a high-performing operations team to support rapid company growth.

Leads enterprise IT operations, infrastructure, cloud services, cybersecurity, business applications, end-user support, governance, and technology strategy. Oversees Microsoft 365 and Azure environments, CMMC compliance, data and network security, audits, budgets, policies, and IT personnel. Partners with executives to align technology investments with business objectives, improve operational efficiency, reduce risk, and support secure growth across domestic and overseas environments.

Supervise housekeeping and front desk operations while ensuring guest satisfaction, service quality, and smooth hotel performance. Responsibilities include scheduling staff, enforcing financial controls, supporting guest check-in and hotel services, managing hiring and employee development, coordinating departments, and addressing oversold room situations. The role requires flexible scheduling, strong problem-solving, multitasking, and proficiency with hotel POS and PMS systems.

Lead strategic operations for an Australian Research Council Centre spanning five universities and multiple partners. Establish governance, reporting, financial, workforce, and resource frameworks; oversee ARC accounts and compliance; prepare for mid-term review; secure long-term funding; align distributed teams; and provide senior organisational leadership, planning, and stakeholder management.

Directs operations across quality, manufacturing engineering, production, and materials management for a medical device manufacturing facility. Leads strategic planning, continuous improvement, performance measurement, quality objectives, staffing, budgets, forecasts, and revenue growth initiatives. Ensures compliance with ISO and FDA quality systems while coordinating with finance, safety, HR, and senior leadership. Requires technical manufacturing leadership, medical device and cleanroom experience, and Lean/Six Sigma expertise.

The Director of Finance and Operations leads month-end close, internal controls, budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis for a regional business unit. The role partners with senior leadership on financial decisions, prepares business plans and investment cases, analyzes performance, improves processes, and develops financial reporting. Responsibilities also include recruiting, coaching, and managing the finance team while driving initiatives that support measurable financial results and organic growth.

Lead and manage oncology clinical trials across phases, overseeing CROs/vendors, budgets, timelines, and compliance (ICH/GCP). Develop operational strategies, provide sponsor oversight, support inspection readiness, mentor clinical staff, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure successful study execution and program deliverables.

Partner with the CIO to define and execute the CIO department strategy, drive IT governance and budgets, lead cross-functional strategic IT programs, set OKRs and KPIs, and establish pragmatic AI and security policies to align technology investments with business goals.

Leads all operations for a high-volume Puttshack venue spanning food and beverage, events, technology-enabled mini golf, and guest services. Manages venue performance, budgets, forecasts, P&L, purchasing, compliance, safety, staffing, recruiting, training, and associate engagement. Drives profitability, operational excellence, guest satisfaction, brand standards, and community relationships while overseeing large salaried and hourly teams.

Leads alumni engagement and postsecondary persistence programs for more than 3,000 graduates. Manages microgrants, peer outreach, alumni events, partnerships, and organization-wide event operations. Uses alumni data to identify at-risk students, track postsecondary outcomes, produce stakeholder reports, and refine interventions. Coordinates vendors, communications, volunteers, timelines, databases, and operational priorities across central office and school teams.

Leads operational performance across a multi-unit Pilates studio portfolio in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Oversees Studio Managers and front desk teams, drives revenue, client acquisition, retention, class utilization, profitability, and consistent customer experience. Develops managers, improves operating processes, coordinates marketing and training initiatives, optimizes schedules and instructor coverage, and ensures facility, equipment, and service standards. Requires regular travel among studios and flexible availability, including weekends and holidays.

Leads the design and implementation of Immatics’ Authorized Treatment Center authorization program for an autologous cell therapy. Responsibilities include defining qualification standards, SOPs, training, chain-of-identity and chain-of-custody controls, audits, quality processes, center activation, launch readiness, and field team development. The role partners across regulatory, quality, patient supply, manufacturing, medical affairs, commercial, and IT functions while overseeing treatment-center qualification and operational readiness across the US network.

Leads the global Financing and Portfolio Solutions operations organization of approximately 250 professionals. Oversees post-trade support, operational governance, risk controls, vendor relationships, regulatory programs, data governance, model risk, and transformation initiatives. Partners with technology, business, risk, finance, legal, compliance, and corporate teams to modernize platforms, improve resiliency, optimize costs, and deliver scalable financing and portfolio solutions operations. Builds global leadership talent and represents Markets on enterprise steering committees.

Leads global financial reporting, internal controls, planning, forecasting, pricing, procure-to-pay, sales and operations planning, finance transformation, and investor relations for AbbVie’s Allergan Aesthetics business. Oversees finance operations, audit coordination, governance reviews, systems improvements, and executive-level financial deliverables. Manages approximately 30 professionals, including eight direct reports, while partnering with corporate finance, commercial, manufacturing, supply chain, and business leadership.

Provides strategic and operational leadership for a neuroscience institute, overseeing clinical and business operations, budgets, staffing, performance improvement, regulatory compliance, physician partnerships, and service-line growth. Leads multidisciplinary teams, develops operational policies and workflows, monitors quality and financial metrics, and supports patient care, education, research, and organizational initiatives.

Leads and scales a clinical operations team delivering asynchronous video-based medication adherence, pharmacy, nursing, and health coaching services. Owns video engagement standards, coaching, staffing, performance frameworks, QA, compliance, documentation, patient retention, and operational KPIs. Partners cross-functionally on digital care program design and growth while building a high-performing clinical culture.

Leads IT infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, and end-user support operations. Oversees Microsoft 365 and Azure reliability, security monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, compliance, risk mitigation, help desk escalations, technology projects, vendors, budgets, and team development.

Leads ESPN Global Sports business operations and audience expansion initiatives. Responsibilities include evaluating revenue and content distribution opportunities, modeling sports rights deals, managing budgets and vendors, coordinating global teams, analyzing audience and financial performance, and presenting growth strategies to leadership. The role also manages special projects for the VP and partners with programming, business development, corporate strategy, advertising sales, and platform distribution teams to drive commercial growth across linear, digital, and streaming platforms.

Leads a TS/SCI-cleared SOF enterprise task order in Tampa, overseeing strategy, execution, budgeting, risk management, quality assurance, personnel alignment, clearances, and stakeholder engagement. Manages a $100M+ contract and workforce of 300+ personnel across CONUS and OCONUS locations while coordinating with USSOCOM and multiple SOF organizations. Requires extensive enterprise program leadership, military AI and digital transformation experience, and deep SOF knowledge.

Lead and manage enterprise security operations, incident response, SIEM/MDR monitoring, endpoint protection, patch and vulnerability management, threat intelligence, staff supervision, and security controls across the university health system.

Lead all on-site plant operations for a stainless steel fabrication facility, owning production, safety, quality, maintenance, P&L, and people leadership. Drive turnaround initiatives, ensure regulatory and quality compliance, manage outsourced HR/accounting partners, and report operational and financial performance to the CEO. Maintain on-site presence and foster a safety-first, high-performance culture.

Lead Global Trade Support Operations across Equity, Fixed Income, and Options. Manage daily options expiration processing, operational exceptions, client relationships, KPIs, staffing and resource allocation. Drive operational risk controls, regulatory compliance, WSPs, continuity planning, process improvements and technology-enabled automation across a global team.

Leads a nationwide portfolio of educational programs, overseeing strategy, operations, safety, quality, staffing, logistics, customer experience, and financial performance. Builds and develops the Program Operations organization, manages a $30 million cost-of-sales budget, drives process optimization and technology-enabled transformation, and partners cross-functionally to improve scalability and delivery. Provides executive leadership during crises and requires extensive travel and full availability during the peak summer season.