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About Kinect Solar
The Opportunity
We are hiring a Chief Operating Officer to build the operating backbone of Kinect Solar, owning operations, the systems and processes that make the company run, and the operating cadence that holds everything together. This leader will quickly assess the business, team, and operating model while supporting continued growth and business performance. The successful candidate will be comfortable "flying and fueling the plane at the same time," balancing day-to-day execution with organizational and operational improvements. Partnering closely with the CFO and the Sales Leaders for our two business lines (KIS and KL), the COO provides the operational rigor, commercial discipline, and infrastructure that allow the business to grow faster and more profitably.
The COO will be responsible for developing and maintaining the enterprise operating framework, performance management processes, and systems required to support continued growth. The Sales Leaders drive revenue and customer relationships within their business lines; the COO owns the enterprise operating system within which both businesses run. The role is designed for a builder who leads through influence and structural authority and is energized by enabling the success of others.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the operations organization across warehouse, logistics, inventory, fulfillment, and special projects
- Manage and optimize the contracted warehouse and 3PL network — carrier and partner selection, performance management, and network design
- Direct freight strategy for specialized cargo (transformers, BESS, trackers, modules), including heavy/oversized freight, permitting, hazmat handling for lithium-ion, and insurance
- Establish and own operational KPIs across logistics, warehouse, inventory, and fulfillment: on-time delivery, cost per shipment, damage rates, dwell time, inventory accuracy, claims ratio, and carrier performance
- Assess organizational structure, talent, and operational ownership while integrating and scaling warehouse, transportation, logistics, inventory, and fulfillment operations
- Build the BD and sales infrastructure that supports both business lines — pipeline management, forecasting, CRM, deal desk, and the cadence that connects commercial activity to capacity and resource planning
- Partner with the Sales Leaders to translate their commercial strategies into repeatable, measurable processes — without owning the customer relationships
- Own pricing, margin management, and deal-desk discipline as enterprise functions
- Build the data and reporting infrastructure that gives the executive team real-time visibility into pipeline, backlog, and conversion
- Own the enterprise operating cadence — weekly, monthly, and quarterly business reviews, KPI dashboards, and the rhythms that hold the company accountable to its plan
- Partner with the CEO, CFO, and Board to translate strategic priorities into operating plans and quarterly objectives
- Build the operating framework, accountability structure, and decision-making processes required to scale the business. Serve as a thought partner to the Sales Leaders on operating efficiency, organizational design, and execution within their business lines
- Build and scale a project management function that supports increasingly complex customer projects.
- Establish project governance, operational handoffs, and cross-functional execution to ensure projects are delivered safely, compliantly, and on schedule.
- Own operational systems strategy — WMS/TMS evaluation and implementation, CRM, deal desk tooling, and operational integrations across the tech stack
- Partner closely with the CFO on NetSuite and the broader ERP environment; NetSuite functional support reports to the CFO with a dotted line to the COO for operational priorities
- Lead the IT Systems Product Manager and partner with corporate IT and shared services (under the CFO) on a unified, scalable technology environment
- Champion data and analytics initiatives that create enterprise-wide visibility and lead major IT and operational transformation projects
- Build and lead the Compliance function as the business scales, ensuring operational, transportation, warehouse, safety, and renewable energy compliance requirements are proactively managed
- Own federal and state regulatory compliance for battery storage and renewable energy products, including DOT hazmat (lithium-ion), state permitting for oversized loads, etc.
- Oversee in-house counsel for commercial agreements (supplier, customer, 3PL, carrier) and the deal desk legal review workflow
- Partner with the Sales Leaders on commercial contract strategy and own consistent legal and deal-desk discipline across the company's commercial activity
- Lead and develop the operations organization while evaluating talent, organizational effectiveness, and opportunities to improve performance. Manage the relationship with offshore contractor partners supporting administrative and operational functions
- Serve as a strategic partner to the Board, CEO, and executive team; contribute to enterprise strategy and growth planning
- Embody and reinforce Kinect Solar's culture and values
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in operations, supply chain, or general management, with at least 8 years in a senior executive role (COO, SVP Operations, GM, or comparable)
- Demonstrated experience building and installing operating systems in a growth-stage business — KPIs, operating cadence, deal desk, planning processes
- Experience leading operations in a logistics or distribution business handling heavy industrial or renewable energy products (transformers, BESS, trackers, modules, or comparable)
- Proven track record leading IT and systems projects — WMS, TMS, ERP (NetSuite a plus), CRM — from strategy through implementation
- Experience managing a multi-site or contracted-warehouse network at scale
- Track record of leading through influence and structural authority — has built BD/sales infrastructure that sales leaders rely on
- Experience building or leading a compliance function
- Strong executive presence and the ability to partner effectively with a CEO, Board, and senior executive peers
- Demonstrated success assessing, restructuring, and scaling organizations while balancing strategic leadership with hands-on operational execution.
- Experience building or leading formal project management functions, methodologies, or operational excellence initiatives
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with heavy/oversized freight, hazmat, and the regulatory frameworks that govern them
- Direct experience in renewable energy, transportation, logistics, warehousing, industrial distribution, infrastructure, or other operationally complex industries.
- Experience in a founder-led or PE-backed growth-stage business
- Previously served as COO or senior operations executive in a business with two or more commercial business lines
- Experience integrating multiple operational functions into a unified operating model during periods of growth or organizational change
What Success Looks Like in the First 12 Months
- Earned the trust of the Board, CEO, CFO, the Sales Leaders of both business lines, and the broader executive team
- Completed an organizational assessment and implemented improvements that strengthen accountability and scalability.
- Established a scalable project management framework and operating cadence. Strengthened compliance, technology, and reporting infrastructure. Delivered measurable operational improvements across logistics, warehouse, and fulfillment KPIs
- Built the operational platform to scale growth to double business in the next 3+ years
Salary & benefits:
- Competitive compensation
- PTO, sick, mental health days, and paid holidays
- Fully remote and flexible work environment and schedules
- Minimal travel
- Health, vision, dental, and life insurance
- 401(k) with employer match
- FSA/HSA options and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employee discounts and referral bonuses
- Professional development and volunteer time off
Kinect Solar is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Kinect Solar is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Kinect Solar are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, family, or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.
About Kinect Solar
The Opportunity
We are hiring a Chief Operating Officer to build the operating backbone of Kinect Solar, owning operations, the systems and processes that make the company run, and the operating cadence that holds everything together. This leader will quickly assess the business, team, and operating model while supporting continued growth and business performance. The successful candidate will be comfortable "flying and fueling the plane at the same time," balancing day-to-day execution with organizational and operational improvements. Partnering closely with the CFO and the Sales Leaders for our two business lines (KIS and KL), the COO provides the operational rigor, commercial discipline, and infrastructure that allow the business to grow faster and more profitably.
The COO will be responsible for developing and maintaining the enterprise operating framework, performance management processes, and systems required to support continued growth. The Sales Leaders drive revenue and customer relationships within their business lines; the COO owns the enterprise operating system within which both businesses run. The role is designed for a builder who leads through influence and structural authority and is energized by enabling the success of others.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the operations organization across warehouse, logistics, inventory, fulfillment, and special projects
- Manage and optimize the contracted warehouse and 3PL network — carrier and partner selection, performance management, and network design
- Direct freight strategy for specialized cargo (transformers, BESS, trackers, modules), including heavy/oversized freight, permitting, hazmat handling for lithium-ion, and insurance
- Establish and own operational KPIs across logistics, warehouse, inventory, and fulfillment: on-time delivery, cost per shipment, damage rates, dwell time, inventory accuracy, claims ratio, and carrier performance
- Assess organizational structure, talent, and operational ownership while integrating and scaling warehouse, transportation, logistics, inventory, and fulfillment operations
- Build the BD and sales infrastructure that supports both business lines — pipeline management, forecasting, CRM, deal desk, and the cadence that connects commercial activity to capacity and resource planning
- Partner with the Sales Leaders to translate their commercial strategies into repeatable, measurable processes — without owning the customer relationships
- Own pricing, margin management, and deal-desk discipline as enterprise functions
- Build the data and reporting infrastructure that gives the executive team real-time visibility into pipeline, backlog, and conversion
- Own the enterprise operating cadence — weekly, monthly, and quarterly business reviews, KPI dashboards, and the rhythms that hold the company accountable to its plan
- Partner with the CEO, CFO, and Board to translate strategic priorities into operating plans and quarterly objectives
- Build the operating framework, accountability structure, and decision-making processes required to scale the business. Serve as a thought partner to the Sales Leaders on operating efficiency, organizational design, and execution within their business lines
- Build and scale a project management function that supports increasingly complex customer projects.
- Establish project governance, operational handoffs, and cross-functional execution to ensure projects are delivered safely, compliantly, and on schedule.
- Own operational systems strategy — WMS/TMS evaluation and implementation, CRM, deal desk tooling, and operational integrations across the tech stack
- Partner closely with the CFO on NetSuite and the broader ERP environment; NetSuite functional support reports to the CFO with a dotted line to the COO for operational priorities
- Lead the IT Systems Product Manager and partner with corporate IT and shared services (under the CFO) on a unified, scalable technology environment
- Champion data and analytics initiatives that create enterprise-wide visibility and lead major IT and operational transformation projects
- Build and lead the Compliance function as the business scales, ensuring operational, transportation, warehouse, safety, and renewable energy compliance requirements are proactively managed
- Own federal and state regulatory compliance for battery storage and renewable energy products, including DOT hazmat (lithium-ion), state permitting for oversized loads, etc.
- Oversee in-house counsel for commercial agreements (supplier, customer, 3PL, carrier) and the deal desk legal review workflow
- Partner with the Sales Leaders on commercial contract strategy and own consistent legal and deal-desk discipline across the company's commercial activity
- Lead and develop the operations organization while evaluating talent, organizational effectiveness, and opportunities to improve performance. Manage the relationship with offshore contractor partners supporting administrative and operational functions
- Serve as a strategic partner to the Board, CEO, and executive team; contribute to enterprise strategy and growth planning
- Embody and reinforce Kinect Solar's culture and values
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in operations, supply chain, or general management, with at least 8 years in a senior executive role (COO, SVP Operations, GM, or comparable)
- Demonstrated experience building and installing operating systems in a growth-stage business — KPIs, operating cadence, deal desk, planning processes
- Experience leading operations in a logistics or distribution business handling heavy industrial or renewable energy products (transformers, BESS, trackers, modules, or comparable)
- Proven track record leading IT and systems projects — WMS, TMS, ERP (NetSuite a plus), CRM — from strategy through implementation
- Experience managing a multi-site or contracted-warehouse network at scale
- Track record of leading through influence and structural authority — has built BD/sales infrastructure that sales leaders rely on
- Experience building or leading a compliance function
- Strong executive presence and the ability to partner effectively with a CEO, Board, and senior executive peers
- Demonstrated success assessing, restructuring, and scaling organizations while balancing strategic leadership with hands-on operational execution.
- Experience building or leading formal project management functions, methodologies, or operational excellence initiatives
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with heavy/oversized freight, hazmat, and the regulatory frameworks that govern them
- Direct experience in renewable energy, transportation, logistics, warehousing, industrial distribution, infrastructure, or other operationally complex industries.
- Experience in a founder-led or PE-backed growth-stage business
- Previously served as COO or senior operations executive in a business with two or more commercial business lines
- Experience integrating multiple operational functions into a unified operating model during periods of growth or organizational change
What Success Looks Like in the First 12 Months
- Earned the trust of the Board, CEO, CFO, the Sales Leaders of both business lines, and the broader executive team
- Completed an organizational assessment and implemented improvements that strengthen accountability and scalability.
- Established a scalable project management framework and operating cadence. Strengthened compliance, technology, and reporting infrastructure. Delivered measurable operational improvements across logistics, warehouse, and fulfillment KPIs
- Built the operational platform to scale growth to double business in the next 3+ years
Salary & benefits:
- Competitive compensation
- PTO, sick, mental health days, and paid holidays
- Fully remote and flexible work environment and schedules
- Minimal travel
- Health, vision, dental, and life insurance
- 401(k) with employer match
- FSA/HSA options and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employee discounts and referral bonuses
- Professional development and volunteer time off
Kinect Solar is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Kinect Solar is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Kinect Solar are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, family, or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.
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- Cornerstone Caregiving58
- Thermo Fisher Scientific51
- IDEA Public Schools31
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- Education51
- Healthcare & Medical Services43
- Technology & Software23
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals16
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in operations director jobs.
- 7 or more years of progressive operations management experience
- Demonstrated experience owning a P&L or departmental budget
- Proficiency with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams of 20 or more people
- Bachelor's degree in business, operations management, engineering, or a related field
- Lean, Six Sigma, or equivalent process improvement certification preferred
Tips for Your Operations Director Job Search
Quantify scope on your resume
Operations director roles reward scale. List the number of direct reports you managed, the budget you owned, and the revenue or cost impact of your initiatives. Hiring managers scan for these figures before reading anything else.
Tailor for industry-specific language
A logistics operations director resume reads differently than one for a hospital system. Mirror the exact terminology in each job posting, whether that's throughput, patient flow, or fulfillment rate, so your application clears automated screening.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists operations director openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target companies mid-transformation
Operations directors are most often hired during rapid growth, post-merger integration, or operational overhauls. Look for companies that recently announced expansion, restructuring, or new leadership, because those needs drive the majority of open roles.
Prepare a process improvement case study
Interviewers at this level consistently ask for a before-and-after example of an operation you rebuilt. Have one story ready that names the inefficiency, the method you used to diagnose it, and the measurable outcome you delivered.
Negotiate beyond base salary
Operations director offers often include performance bonuses tied to cost savings or efficiency targets. Understand how those metrics are set and measured before accepting, because the structure of the bonus can matter as much as the base.
Operations Director Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most operations directors?
The companies hiring the most operations directors right now include Cornerstone Caregiving, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and IDEA Public Schools, with the largest share of openings in Texas, California, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Demand is particularly strong in healthcare systems, logistics networks, and multi-location retail and hospitality groups.
How many operations director jobs are remote?
About 53% of operations director openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, though the share varies significantly by industry. Roles focused on strategy, vendor management, and process design are most likely to allow remote work, while positions overseeing physical facilities, warehouses, or clinical sites almost always require on-site presence.
How do you become an operations director?
Most operations directors move up through frontline management, then mid-level roles like operations manager or senior manager, building cross-functional experience along the way. Developing a specialty in process improvement, supply chain, or a specific industry accelerates the path. Earning a Lean or Six Sigma certification and taking on P&L responsibility at an earlier level signals readiness for director-level work.
Can you get an operations director job without direct director experience?
Yes, especially if you can demonstrate scope equivalent to director-level work under a different title. Candidates who have led large teams, managed significant budgets, or driven measurable cost or efficiency outcomes as a senior manager often compete successfully. Emphasizing the scale and complexity of your work, rather than the title you held, is the most effective approach.
What does the operations director interview process look like?
Most operations director searches involve a recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on experience and leadership style, and then a panel or executive round where you present on a past operational challenge. Final-stage interviews often include a case study or operations audit exercise. The process typically takes several weeks and may require references from direct reports as well as supervisors.
Where can I find and apply to operations director jobs?
You can find and apply to operations director jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your experience and industry background, then apply directly to each listing. All openings are organized so you can move quickly when you find a strong fit.
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