Sr. Director of Operations

Sr Director Operations

The Sr Director Operations is responsible for leading and scaling nVenia’s operations to support profitable growth. This role owns end-to-end operational performance across manufacturing, supply chain, and facilities, ensuring strong execution across delivery, cost, quality, and safety. This role serves as a key member of the leadership team, partnering directly with the President to strengthen operational discipline, improve performance, and build a scalable operating model capable of supporting a complex, engineered product portfolio.

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead and own end-to-end operations across Supply Chain, Fabrication/Machining, Production, and Facilities, ensuring alignment with company objectives and growth priorities
• Drive operational performance across delivery, productivity, cost, and quality through clear accountability, data-driven management, and disciplined execution
• Oversee manufacturing and fabrication operations, including throughput, capacity planning, scheduling, equipment utilization, and make/buy decisions
• Own supply chain, planning, and inventory management, ensuring material availability while optimizing inventory levels, turns, and overall working capital
• Develop and run an operating system with KPIs, reporting cadence, and continuous improvement to improve efficiency, create capacity, and reduce waste
• Develop and lead a high-performing operations team, including talent development, succession planning, and performance management
• Ensure safe, reliable operations, including facilities, maintenance, capital execution, and compliance with safety standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain, or a related field required; master’s degree preferred
• 10–15+ years of progressive operations leadership experience with full accountability for manufacturing performance
• Demonstrated success in high-mix, low-volume and/or engineer-to-order environments with demand and product variability
• Proven experience leading multi-functional operations, including production, supply chain, and fabrication/machining
• Deep understanding of fabrication/machine shop operations, including capacity planning, scheduling, and make/buy decision-making
• Strong financial and operational acumen, with the ability to manage trade-offs across cost, delivery, and working capital
• Strong knowledge of safety regulations (OSHA) and compliance standards within a manufacturing environment
• Proven ability to build accountability and elevate performance across teams
• Track record of driving measurable improvements in delivery, productivity, cost, and quality

Physical Requirements

• Frequently required to sit, stand, walk, talk, or hear
• Uses hands to finger, handle, or touch objects or controls
• On occasion, may be required to climb and work in high places, stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders
• The incumbent must occasionally lift, push, or pull up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The position is an office-based position with frequent visits to the manufacturing area. In the manufacturing area, employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts and may occasionally be exposed to fumes and/or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but at times loud.