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The Director, Operational Excellence, is a hands-on practitioner who supports ESCO sites in deploying the ESCO Operating System (EOS). The person in this role travels to sites to facilitate Kaizen events, take part in key EOS activities, and coach site leaders and teams to strengthen EOS adoption, practice, and results.
Site Presidents and site EOS Managers own and lead EOS deployment at their sites. This role supports them as an experienced practitioner and member of a small central EOS team. The EOS Program Lead owns program strategy and the development of EOS elements, and a peer role owns data, tools, KPIs, and monthly business reviews. This role helps sites put EOS standards into practice on the floor and brings field learning back to improve those standards.
This is a director-level individual contributor role with no direct reports. It works through influence with site leaders and teams. The initial focus is the Aerospace & Defense group, with expansion to other ESCO divisions as EOS deployment grows.
Key Responsibilities
Site Deployment Support
- Support site Presidents and EOS Managers in executing their annual EOS deployment plans toward EOS maturity certifications.
- Participate in key EOS activities during site visits, such as MDI, Kaizen events, and Gemba Walks, and provide sites with direct feedback to enhance adoption and practice.
- Help sites put EOS elements into practice, including MDI, Gemba Walks, KPI management, action management, P&R, structured problem solving, and leader standard work.
- Provide sites with continued support to improve EOS adoption, sustainment, and results.
Kaizen and Improvement Events
- Plan and facilitate Kaizen events with site teams: scoping and chartering with site leadership, pre-event data collection, team training, current state analysis, implementation on the floor, report-out, and 30/60/90-day follow-up.
- Help sites build and manage their CI pipeline so events are selected based on business priorities, KPI gaps, and financial impact.
- Develop site Kaizen leaders and facilitators so sites can run events on their own and meet their annual Kaizen plan.
- Document event results and savings, and partner with site finance to validate benefits.
Coaching and Capability Building
- Deliver EOS training on site, from leadership sessions to hands-on floor training for supervisors and team members.
- Coach site leaders, supervisors, and EOS Managers on daily management, visual management, standard work, and problem solving.
- Support site EOS Managers in developing EOS champions and practitioners at their sites.
Assessment, Tracking, and Feedback
- Support EOS maturity assessments and certification readiness reviews, including site tours, interviews, and evidence review.
- Monitor deployment progress, action closure, and sustainment at supported sites, and report status to the EOS Program Lead.
- Help site leaders remove barriers, and raise issues to the EOS Program Lead when deployment is at risk.
- Bring field feedback into the EOS program: what works, what does not, and where process guides, tools, and training need to change.
- Share good practices across sites and connect site teams with each other.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, Supply Chain, or related field required.
- 8+ years of experience in operational excellence, continuous improvement, Lean, or manufacturing operations, including at least 5 years in a hands-on deployment or practitioner role.
- Has personally facilitated 10 - 20 or more Kaizen events with documented results.
- Hands-on experience practicing and coaching tiered daily management (MDI or similar), Gemba Walks, visual management, standard work, and structured problem solving (A3, PDCA, root cause analysis).
- Experience in a company with a structured operating or business system strongly preferred. Must be a U.S. Person and able to provide appropriate documentation
- Experience supporting deployment across multiple sites preferred.
- Plant or operations leadership experience preferred. Credibility with site leaders and on the floor is essential.
- Aerospace, defense, industrial, or complex high-mix manufacturing experience preferred.
- Lean, Kaizen, or Six Sigma certification preferred.
- Must be a U.S. Person with a valid US passport with the ability to travel internationally.
Required Capabilities
- Practitioner first: comfortable on the shop floor and leading teams through hands-on change.
- Strong event facilitation, with the ability to lead mixed teams from operators to executives.
- Direct, constructive coaching of leaders at all levels, including senior leaders.
- Business acumen: connects improvement work to KPIs, EBIT, and customer commitments.
- Ability to adapt to sites at different maturity levels without lowering the standard.
- Ability to influence without direct authority.
- Self-directed and organized; manages a multi-site schedule with limited supervision.
- High accountability for follow-through and sustainment.
Travel
Expected travel of approximately 60% to 80%, primarily domestic, with some international travel to sites in Mexico and the UK. A typical site visit runs 3 to 5 days, such as a Kaizen event week or a site support visit covering MDI, Gemba Walks, and other EOS activities. Candidates should be based near a major airport.
Compensation Information
Base Salary Range: $190,000 - $220,000 USD (Annually)
Actual base salary offered to the hired applicant will be determined based on their work location, level, qualifications, job related skills, as well as relevant education or training experience.
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
The Director, Operational Excellence, is a hands-on practitioner who supports ESCO sites in deploying the ESCO Operating System (EOS). The person in this role travels to sites to facilitate Kaizen events, take part in key EOS activities, and coach site leaders and teams to strengthen EOS adoption, practice, and results.
Site Presidents and site EOS Managers own and lead EOS deployment at their sites. This role supports them as an experienced practitioner and member of a small central EOS team. The EOS Program Lead owns program strategy and the development of EOS elements, and a peer role owns data, tools, KPIs, and monthly business reviews. This role helps sites put EOS standards into practice on the floor and brings field learning back to improve those standards.
This is a director-level individual contributor role with no direct reports. It works through influence with site leaders and teams. The initial focus is the Aerospace & Defense group, with expansion to other ESCO divisions as EOS deployment grows.
Key Responsibilities
Site Deployment Support
- Support site Presidents and EOS Managers in executing their annual EOS deployment plans toward EOS maturity certifications.
- Participate in key EOS activities during site visits, such as MDI, Kaizen events, and Gemba Walks, and provide sites with direct feedback to enhance adoption and practice.
- Help sites put EOS elements into practice, including MDI, Gemba Walks, KPI management, action management, P&R, structured problem solving, and leader standard work.
- Provide sites with continued support to improve EOS adoption, sustainment, and results.
Kaizen and Improvement Events
- Plan and facilitate Kaizen events with site teams: scoping and chartering with site leadership, pre-event data collection, team training, current state analysis, implementation on the floor, report-out, and 30/60/90-day follow-up.
- Help sites build and manage their CI pipeline so events are selected based on business priorities, KPI gaps, and financial impact.
- Develop site Kaizen leaders and facilitators so sites can run events on their own and meet their annual Kaizen plan.
- Document event results and savings, and partner with site finance to validate benefits.
Coaching and Capability Building
- Deliver EOS training on site, from leadership sessions to hands-on floor training for supervisors and team members.
- Coach site leaders, supervisors, and EOS Managers on daily management, visual management, standard work, and problem solving.
- Support site EOS Managers in developing EOS champions and practitioners at their sites.
Assessment, Tracking, and Feedback
- Support EOS maturity assessments and certification readiness reviews, including site tours, interviews, and evidence review.
- Monitor deployment progress, action closure, and sustainment at supported sites, and report status to the EOS Program Lead.
- Help site leaders remove barriers, and raise issues to the EOS Program Lead when deployment is at risk.
- Bring field feedback into the EOS program: what works, what does not, and where process guides, tools, and training need to change.
- Share good practices across sites and connect site teams with each other.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, Supply Chain, or related field required.
- 8+ years of experience in operational excellence, continuous improvement, Lean, or manufacturing operations, including at least 5 years in a hands-on deployment or practitioner role.
- Has personally facilitated 10 - 20 or more Kaizen events with documented results.
- Hands-on experience practicing and coaching tiered daily management (MDI or similar), Gemba Walks, visual management, standard work, and structured problem solving (A3, PDCA, root cause analysis).
- Experience in a company with a structured operating or business system strongly preferred. Must be a U.S. Person and able to provide appropriate documentation
- Experience supporting deployment across multiple sites preferred.
- Plant or operations leadership experience preferred. Credibility with site leaders and on the floor is essential.
- Aerospace, defense, industrial, or complex high-mix manufacturing experience preferred.
- Lean, Kaizen, or Six Sigma certification preferred.
- Must be a U.S. Person with a valid US passport with the ability to travel internationally.
Required Capabilities
- Practitioner first: comfortable on the shop floor and leading teams through hands-on change.
- Strong event facilitation, with the ability to lead mixed teams from operators to executives.
- Direct, constructive coaching of leaders at all levels, including senior leaders.
- Business acumen: connects improvement work to KPIs, EBIT, and customer commitments.
- Ability to adapt to sites at different maturity levels without lowering the standard.
- Ability to influence without direct authority.
- Self-directed and organized; manages a multi-site schedule with limited supervision.
- High accountability for follow-through and sustainment.
Travel
Expected travel of approximately 60% to 80%, primarily domestic, with some international travel to sites in Mexico and the UK. A typical site visit runs 3 to 5 days, such as a Kaizen event week or a site support visit covering MDI, Gemba Walks, and other EOS activities. Candidates should be based near a major airport.
Compensation Information
Base Salary Range: $190,000 - $220,000 USD (Annually)
Actual base salary offered to the hired applicant will be determined based on their work location, level, qualifications, job related skills, as well as relevant education or training experience.
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
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Who's Hiring
- Augmentis28A
- SPARTECH1
- DLL1
- ISS World1
- Intellivo1
Top Industries Hiring
- Retail
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote operational excellence manager jobs.
- Lean or Six Sigma Black Belt certification with demonstrated project leadership experience
- Proven experience leading cross-functional process improvement initiatives in a complex organization
- Proficiency with data analysis tools such as Minitab, Power BI, or Excel for root-cause analysis
- Strong stakeholder management and change management skills across multiple business units
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, operations management, or a related field
- Experience with value-stream mapping, Kaizen events, and continuous improvement frameworks
Tips for Your Remote Operational Excellence Manager Job Search
Prove your async process improvement skills
Remote employers want to see that you can lead Kaizen events, root-cause analyses, and process documentation without in-person facilitation. Include specific examples in your resume or portfolio of improvements you drove through written communication, virtual workshops, or async collaboration tools.
Find remote openings in one place
Migrate Mate lists remote operational excellence manager openings from companies across the U.S. in one place. Search current listings by role to find positions that match your experience and apply directly to the ones that fit.
Target distributed operations companies specifically
Companies with multi-site or fully remote operations have the clearest need for an off-site operational excellence manager. Look for employers in healthcare networks, SaaS, and logistics that explicitly mention distributed teams or multi-location operations in their postings.
Prepare for remote-specific interview questions
Remote hiring panels for operational excellence roles consistently ask how you manage stakeholder buy-in without being on-site and how you track improvement metrics across teams in different time zones. Prepare concrete examples that show measurable results achieved entirely through virtual collaboration.
Remote Operational Excellence Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote operational excellence manager job?
Target companies that run distributed operations or remote-first teams, since those employers are most likely to trust an operational excellence manager working off-site. Remote hiring managers screen for self-direction, precise written communication, and experience documenting and scaling processes without in-person oversight. Candidates who can show they've led continuous improvement initiatives asynchronously, using tools like process mapping software or collaboration platforms, stand out from applicants with only on-site experience.
Which companies hire remote operational excellence managers?
Companies hiring remote operational excellence managers right now include Augmentis, SPARTECH, and DLL, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote openings for this role tend to concentrate at remote-first technology firms, large healthcare organizations, and financial services companies that manage distributed teams and need operational rigor applied across multiple locations without a centralized office.
Can you get a remote operational excellence manager job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level roles in this field are harder to land because employers expect you to drive process improvements independently from day one. Companies in SaaS, logistics, and business process outsourcing occasionally hire junior operational excellence roles remotely. Without direct experience, candidates can show process improvement projects, Lean or Six Sigma coursework, or demonstrated results from volunteer or academic work to open the door.
Do you need a degree for remote operational excellence manager jobs?
Not always. Remote employers weigh certifications like Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt, PMP, or demonstrated results from past continuous improvement work heavily alongside or instead of a degree. Candidates who can show measurable outcomes, such as reduced cycle times or streamlined workflows, often compete successfully with degreed applicants, especially at remote-first companies that evaluate candidates on deliverables rather than credentials alone.
Which industries hire the most remote operational excellence managers?
The sectors hiring the most remote operational excellence managers are Retail, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These industries tend to run large distributed teams where standardizing processes across sites and time zones requires a dedicated operational excellence manager who can work and communicate effectively without being physically present.
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