Head Of Operations Jobs in Florida
Head Of Operations jobs in Florida are in strong demand, with active hiring concentrated in healthcare administration, logistics and distribution, hospitality management, and financial services, and openings available from operations manager through senior vice president of operations level. Miami, Tampa, and Orlando are the state's primary hiring hubs, where employers like Darden Restaurants, AdventHealth, and Carnival Corporation maintain large operational footprints and hire regularly at this level. Process improvement, supply chain oversight, and multi-site facility management are the specialties that appear most consistently in Florida postings. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Company Overview
Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.
Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.
At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Group Overview
Special Air Missions Group - US (SAM - US) is responsible for developing and delivering Metrea's ISR, Special Mobility, and Aerial Firefighting (AFF) capabilities. SAM oversees the integration of new mission systems, ensuring operational readiness across specialized aviation operations. It manages fleet maintenance, regulatory compliance, and strategic partnerships to enhance mission effectiveness. By consolidating expertise and infrastructure, SAM - US ensures Metrea's airborne capabilities remain adaptable and mission-ready across dynamic operational environments
Position Summary
Reporting to the Head of Special Air Missions (US), the Head of Aviation Operations (US) leads the Aviation Operations (US) Capability Area and serves as its accountable manager. This leader is accountable for integrating and assuring the compliant, safe, reliable, effective, efficient, and evolvable (CSRE³) conduct of aviation operations in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements and the Metrea's Management System. The role is also accountable for the Special Mission Aviation function, which currently operates as a Part 135 certificate holder. This role will be accountable for growing the Special Mission Aviation function into a global Special Mission Aviation capability fully aligned with Metrea's delivery of defense effects-as-a-service.
The Head of Aviation Operations (US) ensures the Capability Area has the management structure, competent personnel, resources, standards, manuals, systems, and independent safety oversight necessary to conduct worldwide deployed aviation operations compliantly and safely. The role promotes safety policy, develops a strong safety culture, and ensures continuous improvement across the operating system.
The Head of Aviation Operations (US) synchronizes Flight Operations, Crew Training, Safety, Security, and Compliance functions across the Capability Area; connects Aviation Operations (US) with the Maintenance (US) and Continuous Airworthiness Management Organization (US) Capability Areas; and serves as the primary Aviation Operations (US) interface with File Underwriters, File Sponsors, Support Groups, and Market Groups. The role translates Group direction into an integrated operating model, enables functional leaders to execute their responsibilities, and maintains clear accountability for operational performance, risk, readiness, and regulatory assurance.
What You'll Do
- Serve as accountable manager for the Aviation Operations (US) Capability Area, ensuring the safe conduct of operations in accordance with applicable FAA, U.S. Government, international, host-nation, and Metrea requirements
- Establish and maintain a suitable management structure with clear authorities, accountabilities, and interfaces across Flight Operations, Crew Training, Safety, Security, and Compliance
- Ensure the Capability Area has sufficient suitably experienced, qualified, and competent personnel, as well as the financial, technical, and operational resources required to meet current and planned commitments
- Set, maintain, and continuously improve standards for Flight Operations, Crew Training, Safety, Security, and Compliance across worldwide deployed activities
- Implement and oversee the Safety Management System, protect the Safety Manager's independence from undue influence, promote the safety policy, and ensure all personnel understand their safety responsibilities
- Establish and regularly review safety performance indicators and targets, operational risk, compliance findings, readiness measures, and corrective actions; intervene when performance falls below required standards
- Hold key functional leaders accountable for satisfactorily carrying out their responsibilities in accordance with approved manuals, the applicable regulatory framework, and Capability Area objectives
- Synchronize Aviation Operations (US) with Maintenance (US) and Continuous Airworthiness Management Organization (US) leadership to align operational priorities
- Serve as the primary Aviation Operations (US) interface with File Underwriters, File Sponsors, Support Groups, and Market Groups, integrating program requirements, operational commitments, enterprise support, and market priorities into executable operational plans
- Translate Group strategy into Capability Area priorities, operating plans, budgets, workforce plans, objectives, key results, and targets; provide decision support and transparent reporting to the Head of Special Air Missions (US)
- Support the development and integration of new aircraft, mission systems, contracts, and capabilities, ensuring changes are properly resourced, assessed, documented, and trained
- Lead the Special Mission Aviation function, assuring the performance of its current Part 135 operations while defining and executing the roadmap, operating model, partnerships, approvals, resources, and capabilities required to scale it into a global Special Mission Aviation function aligned with delivering defense effects-as-a-service
- Build and develop a high-performing leadership team and a culture rooted in humility and aligned with Metrea's Firmware attributes: Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver
What You Bring
- Senior leadership experience in complex commercial, government-contracted, special-mission, or defense operations, with demonstrated accountability for compliant and safe operational delivery
- Prior experience as an FAA accountable executive or equivalent accountable manager strongly preferred
- Deep working knowledge of applicable FAA regulations and operational approval frameworks, including hands-on experience with Part 135 operations; familiarity with ICAO standards, U.S. Government oversight, and international or host-nation operating requirements
- Demonstrated ability to lead and integrate Flight Operations, Crew Training, Safety, Security, and Compliance functions while preserving appropriate independence, authorities, and lines of assurance
- Experience establishing management systems, operational standards, safety performance measures, governance, and continuous-improvement practices for globally deployed aviation operations
- Proven success leading leaders, building capable teams, managing budgets and resources, and delivering measurable operational, safety, and readiness outcomes
- Extensive experience preferred, particularly in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, or Special Mission Aviation
- Experience leading charter or Special Mission Aviation operations and developing them into scalable, internationally deployable capabilities; demonstrated ability to translate defense customer needs into an executable aviation operating model strongly preferred
- Ability to influence senior internal and external stakeholders, including regulators, customers, partners, suppliers, Support Groups, and Market Groups, in a dynamically hierarchical environment
- Strong judgment, critical thinking, systems thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills; comfortable making risk-informed decisions amid complexity, ambiguity, and competing priorities
- Highly organized, reliable, emotionally intelligent, intellectually humble, and able to challenge assumptions constructively
- Bachelor's degree in Aviation, Aviation Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent senior operational aviation experience
- Current U.S. Passport, ability to obtain and maintain the required U.S. security clearance, and willingness to travel domestically and internationally, including on short notice and in support of deployed operations
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical plan options
- HSA/FSA accounts
- Dental and vision coverage
- 6% employer 401(k) match
- Fully paid parental leave for all new parents
- Generous PTO
- Life and disability insurance
- Long-term and Short-term disability coverage
- AD&D Coverage
- Pet Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub
Work Authorization / Security Clearance
- Applicant must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must be a U.S. citizen
- Active Top Secret/SCI clearance required at time of hire, and the ability to maintain it throughout employment
AAP/EEO Statement
This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available, as business needs require.
Work Environment
This job operates within a combination of office, hangar, and deployed settings.
Travel
20%
Our Firmware
At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.
Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.
Company Overview
Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.
Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.
At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Group Overview
Special Air Missions Group - US (SAM - US) is responsible for developing and delivering Metrea's ISR, Special Mobility, and Aerial Firefighting (AFF) capabilities. SAM oversees the integration of new mission systems, ensuring operational readiness across specialized aviation operations. It manages fleet maintenance, regulatory compliance, and strategic partnerships to enhance mission effectiveness. By consolidating expertise and infrastructure, SAM - US ensures Metrea's airborne capabilities remain adaptable and mission-ready across dynamic operational environments
Position Summary
Reporting to the Head of Special Air Missions (US), the Head of Aviation Operations (US) leads the Aviation Operations (US) Capability Area and serves as its accountable manager. This leader is accountable for integrating and assuring the compliant, safe, reliable, effective, efficient, and evolvable (CSRE³) conduct of aviation operations in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements and the Metrea's Management System. The role is also accountable for the Special Mission Aviation function, which currently operates as a Part 135 certificate holder. This role will be accountable for growing the Special Mission Aviation function into a global Special Mission Aviation capability fully aligned with Metrea's delivery of defense effects-as-a-service.
The Head of Aviation Operations (US) ensures the Capability Area has the management structure, competent personnel, resources, standards, manuals, systems, and independent safety oversight necessary to conduct worldwide deployed aviation operations compliantly and safely. The role promotes safety policy, develops a strong safety culture, and ensures continuous improvement across the operating system.
The Head of Aviation Operations (US) synchronizes Flight Operations, Crew Training, Safety, Security, and Compliance functions across the Capability Area; connects Aviation Operations (US) with the Maintenance (US) and Continuous Airworthiness Management Organization (US) Capability Areas; and serves as the primary Aviation Operations (US) interface with File Underwriters, File Sponsors, Support Groups, and Market Groups. The role translates Group direction into an integrated operating model, enables functional leaders to execute their responsibilities, and maintains clear accountability for operational performance, risk, readiness, and regulatory assurance.
What You'll Do
- Serve as accountable manager for the Aviation Operations (US) Capability Area, ensuring the safe conduct of operations in accordance with applicable FAA, U.S. Government, international, host-nation, and Metrea requirements
- Establish and maintain a suitable management structure with clear authorities, accountabilities, and interfaces across Flight Operations, Crew Training, Safety, Security, and Compliance
- Ensure the Capability Area has sufficient suitably experienced, qualified, and competent personnel, as well as the financial, technical, and operational resources required to meet current and planned commitments
- Set, maintain, and continuously improve standards for Flight Operations, Crew Training, Safety, Security, and Compliance across worldwide deployed activities
- Implement and oversee the Safety Management System, protect the Safety Manager's independence from undue influence, promote the safety policy, and ensure all personnel understand their safety responsibilities
- Establish and regularly review safety performance indicators and targets, operational risk, compliance findings, readiness measures, and corrective actions; intervene when performance falls below required standards
- Hold key functional leaders accountable for satisfactorily carrying out their responsibilities in accordance with approved manuals, the applicable regulatory framework, and Capability Area objectives
- Synchronize Aviation Operations (US) with Maintenance (US) and Continuous Airworthiness Management Organization (US) leadership to align operational priorities
- Serve as the primary Aviation Operations (US) interface with File Underwriters, File Sponsors, Support Groups, and Market Groups, integrating program requirements, operational commitments, enterprise support, and market priorities into executable operational plans
- Translate Group strategy into Capability Area priorities, operating plans, budgets, workforce plans, objectives, key results, and targets; provide decision support and transparent reporting to the Head of Special Air Missions (US)
- Support the development and integration of new aircraft, mission systems, contracts, and capabilities, ensuring changes are properly resourced, assessed, documented, and trained
- Lead the Special Mission Aviation function, assuring the performance of its current Part 135 operations while defining and executing the roadmap, operating model, partnerships, approvals, resources, and capabilities required to scale it into a global Special Mission Aviation function aligned with delivering defense effects-as-a-service
- Build and develop a high-performing leadership team and a culture rooted in humility and aligned with Metrea's Firmware attributes: Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver
What You Bring
- Senior leadership experience in complex commercial, government-contracted, special-mission, or defense operations, with demonstrated accountability for compliant and safe operational delivery
- Prior experience as an FAA accountable executive or equivalent accountable manager strongly preferred
- Deep working knowledge of applicable FAA regulations and operational approval frameworks, including hands-on experience with Part 135 operations; familiarity with ICAO standards, U.S. Government oversight, and international or host-nation operating requirements
- Demonstrated ability to lead and integrate Flight Operations, Crew Training, Safety, Security, and Compliance functions while preserving appropriate independence, authorities, and lines of assurance
- Experience establishing management systems, operational standards, safety performance measures, governance, and continuous-improvement practices for globally deployed aviation operations
- Proven success leading leaders, building capable teams, managing budgets and resources, and delivering measurable operational, safety, and readiness outcomes
- Extensive experience preferred, particularly in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, or Special Mission Aviation
- Experience leading charter or Special Mission Aviation operations and developing them into scalable, internationally deployable capabilities; demonstrated ability to translate defense customer needs into an executable aviation operating model strongly preferred
- Ability to influence senior internal and external stakeholders, including regulators, customers, partners, suppliers, Support Groups, and Market Groups, in a dynamically hierarchical environment
- Strong judgment, critical thinking, systems thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills; comfortable making risk-informed decisions amid complexity, ambiguity, and competing priorities
- Highly organized, reliable, emotionally intelligent, intellectually humble, and able to challenge assumptions constructively
- Bachelor's degree in Aviation, Aviation Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent senior operational aviation experience
- Current U.S. Passport, ability to obtain and maintain the required U.S. security clearance, and willingness to travel domestically and internationally, including on short notice and in support of deployed operations
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical plan options
- HSA/FSA accounts
- Dental and vision coverage
- 6% employer 401(k) match
- Fully paid parental leave for all new parents
- Generous PTO
- Life and disability insurance
- Long-term and Short-term disability coverage
- AD&D Coverage
- Pet Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub
Work Authorization / Security Clearance
- Applicant must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must be a U.S. citizen
- Active Top Secret/SCI clearance required at time of hire, and the ability to maintain it throughout employment
AAP/EEO Statement
This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available, as business needs require.
Work Environment
This job operates within a combination of office, hangar, and deployed settings.
Travel
20%
Our Firmware
At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.
Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.
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What Florida Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in head of operations jobs across Florida.
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, operations management, or a related field required
- Five or more years of progressive operations leadership experience in a Florida industry sector
- Demonstrated ability to manage P&L, budgets, and cross-functional teams of significant size
- Experience with process improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or Kaizen
- Proficiency with ERP systems and operations analytics platforms used in Florida industries
- Strong knowledge of Florida employment law, OSHA regulations, and industry compliance standards
Head Of Operations Jobs in Florida: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a head of operations in Florida?
Most heads of operations in Florida reach the role after earning a bachelor's degree in business administration, operations management, or a related field, followed by progressive leadership experience in a Florida industry such as healthcare, logistics, or hospitality. Florida does not require a state-issued license for this role, but candidates in regulated sectors like healthcare may need compliance familiarity with Florida Agency for Health Care Administration standards. An MBA or a Six Sigma certification strengthens competitiveness significantly.
How much do head of operationses make in Florida?
Head of operationses in Florida earn a median of about $101,580 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $48,670 for the lowest 10% to over $226,080 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire head of operationss in Florida?
Employers hiring head of operationss in Florida right now include Florida State University, Metrea, and OpenFX, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Florida's mix of large healthcare systems, national retail and hospitality headquarters, and major logistics operators means demand for operations leadership is spread across multiple high-volume industries throughout the state.
Which Florida cities have the most head of operations jobs?
Miami, Tampa, and Tallahassee have the most head of operations openings in Florida. Miami drives volume through its concentration of multinational headquarters, logistics corridors, and hospitality groups, while Tampa's growth in financial services and healthcare administration fuels steady demand, and Orlando's tourism, theme park, and convention industry keeps large operations teams staffed year-round.
Are there remote head of operations jobs in Florida?
Yes, but they are less common than in purely desk-based fields, since heads of operations often oversee facilities, staff, and physical workflows that require on-site presence. About 0% of head of operations openings tied to Florida are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with most remote arrangements concentrated in companies where the operational scope is distributed across multiple sites and the role is primarily strategic rather than facility-facing.
How can I get hired as a head of operations in Florida with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving into an operations coordinator or operations analyst role at a large Florida employer, then building toward director-level responsibility over several years. Companies like AdventHealth, Darden Restaurants, and Ryder System run structured management development programs in Florida that allow candidates from adjacent roles such as project coordinator, logistics supervisor, or office manager to transition into operations leadership. Earning a Six Sigma Green Belt or completing a Florida-based MBA program signals readiness and gives candidates a concrete edge in a competitive applicant pool.
Where can I find and apply to head of operations jobs in Florida?
You can find and apply to head of operations jobs in Florida on Migrate Mate, which lists current Florida openings from employers hiring now. Search the listings, find roles that match your experience and target industry, and apply directly to the ones that fit.
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