COMPANY INFORMATION
Our client is a global market leader in the delivery of complex technical engineering solutions operating across 65 countries and working on the most prestigious projects. We are working with UK business which is around £100m t/o to help them recruit a new Operations Director to drive performance and positive transformation.
The UK business is entering an important period of growth and operational evolution. As part of this journey, the leadership team is strengthening its operational capability to improve visibility of performance, enhance decision-making and ensure the organisation is equipped to scale effectively.
THE ROLE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, UK
The incoming Operations Director will be accountable for the operational performance, scalability, and financial effectiveness of the UK business.
Operating from a single UK site today, the role carries a clear mandate to design, plan, and deliver future expansion, including the identification and establishment of additional sites as the business grows. Decision-making is data-led, commercially grounded, and execution-focused, with a strong bias toward enabling growth through managed risk.
This role is a core member of the UK Senior Leadership Team and plays a critical part in linking strategy, commercial ambition, and operational execution.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
You will need to demonstrate experience of the following:
* Degree educated or qualified by experience
* 10+ years’ senior operational leadership experience within complex and delivery-led environments.
* Hands-on ownership of PMO or equivalent programme control functions.
* Successful track record of delivering operational transformation within a comparably sized and complex business delivering site establishment, infrastructure, or large-scale operational projects.
* Proven ownership of operational KPI frameworks and performance reporting.
* Proven experience driving data capture, operational insight and data-led decision making.
* Ownership of a material operational cost base within a P&L.
* Experience supporting high-growth phases and significant commercial change.
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