Vice President, Operations

The Vice President, Operations is a senior, hands-on leadership role for someone who can bring structure to complex operational work, translate decisions into operational plans, and make sure important work gets finished. This person will lead major facilities initiatives, strengthen cross-functional execution, and provide experienced coaching and mentorship to emerging leaders.

What You Will Do

The role is not about personally doing every task. It is about making sure the right work is identified, assigned to the right people or vendors, properly planned and budgeted, and completed to an appropriate standard.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This position will provide experienced judgment and practical leadership to our operations: building stronger systems for project management, facilities and vendor oversight, records retention, measurement, accountability, and cross-functional execution.

Requirements

• Significant experience leading operations, facilities, logistics, project management, administration, engineering support, military operations, construction management, or another environment involving complex people, systems, vendors, assets, and deadlines.
• A record of leading complex projects involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Experience supervising, coaching, and developing people at different stages of their careers, including emerging managers and leaders.
• Ability to influence and improve execution across departments without assuming ownership of their substantive work.
• Strong project-management discipline and the ability to turn broad objectives into specific assignments, milestones, schedules, and decisions.
• Experience selecting, coordinating, and holding outside vendors and contractors accountable.
• Comfort managing budgets, reviewing proposals, evaluating tradeoffs, and approving work and invoices within established authority.
• The ability to establish order where processes are incomplete, responsibilities overlap, or institutional knowledge is poorly documented.
• Ability to help leaders define meaningful outcomes, measure progress, and strengthen accountability without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Strong judgment about when to act independently, involve subject-matter experts, or escalate an issue.
• Clear, direct written and verbal communication.
• High standards for reliability, discretion, accountability, documentation, and followthrough.
• The ability to earn trust across technical, creative, administrative, and executive teams.
• Willingness to spend significant time on-site and visit WQED facilities as operational needs require.

Benefits

• PPO health insurance plan
• Employer-paid dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• 5% employer contribution to a 403(b) retirement plan after 12 months