Operations Manager
Life Space Digital · Los Angeles, CA · 2 mo ago
On-siteManagementFull-time
Responsibilities
- Design and implement the operational infrastructure required to support nationwide screen rollout, maintenance, logistics, and inventory management.
- Oversee and scale core verticals: hardware logistics, installation and service operations, warehousing and 3PL relationships, field execution, and vendor performance.
- Build and lead a team capable of high-stakes negotiation and cost optimization, with the right structure and capabilities to drive down installation costs and enforce quality standards across all markets.
- Recruit, train, and manage a high-performing operations team, including in-house staff and external partners.
- Develop SOPs, workflows, and performance standards that promote accuracy, accountability, and consistent execution nationally.
- Own the operations budget — forecasting, cost control, and targeted reduction of cost-per-install and cost-per-service metrics.
- Collaborate with Business Development to align operational timelines, installation readiness, and service planning with signed property partnerships.
- Partner with Product and Content teams to ensure hardware, firmware, and system requirements are operationally deployable and meet creative and technical specifications.
- Identify, onboard, and manage installation, service, warehousing, and logistics vendors; establish and enforce SLAs that ensure quality, responsiveness, and accountability.
- Implement tracking systems for installation quality, cost-per-installation, screen uptime, service turnaround times, and vendor performance — ensuring transparency and continuous improvement across markets.
- Build executive dashboards and reporting structures that give leadership clear visibility into progress, risk, cost trends, installation velocity, and optimization opportunities.
- Drive continuous improvement across installation workflows, vendor management, logistics, and communication to support speed, quality, and cost efficiency.
- Stay current on industry trends, regulatory considerations, and emerging technologies that may affect operational scale, cost position, or performance.
Requirements
- 5–10 years of operations experience in high-growth, multi-market environments, with exposure to field execution, installation workflows, service operations, logistics, or vendor management.
- Proven experience in vendor negotiation, cost optimization, quality enforcement, and disciplined operational execution across multiple markets.
- Experience working with 3PLs, warehousing networks, installation partners, or service vendors, with a track record of holding external partners accountable to SLAs, pricing, and quality standards.
- Demonstrated ability to reduce operational unit costs, supported by reporting mechanisms that track trends and drive improvement.
- Strong financial acumen, including experience managing departmental budgets, modeling costs, navigating trade-offs, and enforcing commercial discipline.
- Strong leadership and people management skills, with experience coordinating, training, or managing distributed and cross-functional teams.
- Hands-on operator with a systems mindset — comfortable working at ground level when needed, and scaling to process-driven oversight as the organization grows.
- Clear, confident communicator who collaborates effectively with Business Development, Product, Content, and executive leadership.
- Familiarity with project management and logistics tools; experience implementing operational software or workflow systems is a plus.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation with a performance-based structure tied to operational quality, cost efficiency, and installation velocity.
- The opportunity to shape the operating model, vendor ecosystem, cost structure, and field execution standards for a national network of premium screens.
- A central operating role with direct influence over unit economics, vendor strategy, installation practices, and the systems that will define Life Space Digital's long-term margin profile.
- The mandate and resources to build an operations function from the ground up — including teams, workflows, processes, and performance frameworks across multiple U.S. markets.
- A mission-driven environment where speed, quality, and cost discipline are valued equally, and where operational excellence directly fuels company growth.
- A fast-paced, collaborative culture rooted in execution, accountability, and cross-functional alignment across Real Estate, Product, Content, and Field Operations.
- Full medical, dental, and vision insurance;
- 401(k) with company contribution;
- benefits designed to support sustainable, long-term performance.