Director, Operations

Ascensus; Dresher (Montgomery County); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascensus is seeking a senior operations leader to guide daily management and strategic execution across the organization. The role focuses on driving performance, developing teams, and aligning operations with the company’s vision.

The position offers hybrid work to Needham, MA or Dresher, PA with the possibility of remote arrangements. Competitive base pay ranges and opportunity to influence large-scale operational outcomes are provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Operations-based leadership role.
• Ability to coach, motivate and lead by example.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provides day-to-day leadership and coaching to achieve business results.
• Leads regular meetings to review goals and development.
• Executes company strategy and manages operating plans.
• Evolves organizational infrastructure to support performance.
• Drives improvement of processes and programs.
• Supports change management and adaptability to market changes.

Skills

Team success

Customer focus

Personal credibility

Strategic partnerships

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Management

Job description

Ascensus is the leading independent technology and service platform powering savings plans across America, providing products and expertise that help nearly 16 million people save for a better today and tomorrow. NOTE: There is only one position. Preference is candidate to be located Hybrid to Needham, MA or Dresher, Pa office. Will consider remote candidates. The national average salary range for this role is $140-175k in base pay, exclusive of any bonuses and benefits. This base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salary offered will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, performance, and internal pay alignment. We do not anticipate that candidates hired will begin at the top of the range. Be aware of employment fraud. All email communications from Ascensus or its hiring managers originate from @ascensus.com or @futureplan.com email addresses. We will never ask you for payment or require you to purchase any equipment.

Job Summary

Provides strategic leadership and daily management of operational areas of the company to continuously evolve overall operational and organizational effectiveness.

Competencies:

• Team Success
• Customer/Client Focus
• Personal Credibility
• Strategic Partnerships & Leadership

Core Responsibilities:

• Provides day-to-day leadership, work direction, conducts performance appraisals and coaches accountable team members to achieve business results
• Holds regular one-on-one and team meetings to review strategic goals and initiatives, discuss individual development and performance, and promote team building
• Leads execution of company strategy in support of vision/direction; management of operating plan to meet PAi objectives
• Evolves the organization (operational infrastructure of people, processes, systems) as needed to support the company vision/desired performance
• Drives organizational effectiveness through understanding of current state and continuous improvement of organizational processes and programs
• Supports and enhances the development and implementation of change management, modeling adaptability to changes in the organization and market, necessary for the success of various corporate initiatives
• Analyzes and reports operational status/progress to COO and Leadership Team
• Establishes network within retirement services industry
• Maintains vicious accuracy in support of customer experience and other teams and drives results through various metrics
• Connect to front line; allow the front line to identify growth/market opportunities and implements improvements based upon review and analysis of internal feedback
• Support business development initiatives, helping connect Growth Team with Operations Team
• Active involvement in review of new business opportunities, including input to COO regarding capacity of human capital and profitability of endeavors (risk/reward posture)
• Support a values centric organization that hires and retains life-long learners
• Provide the capital and resources necessary to develop high performing teams
• Proactively adopt, protect and boldly embrace emerging technologies (AI, automation, etc.), platforms, and evolving practices that accelerate transformational growth and advance Ascensus’ mission and client commitments.

Job Requirements:

• Regular attendance and punctuality
• Ability to work autonomously or as part of a team
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, change driven environment
• Adherence to all company policies and procedures

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in Operations-based leadership position
• Ability to lead and develop team members including:
• Coach
• Motivate
• Lead by example
• Reward
• Counsel/Discipline
• Delegate and leverage
• Ability to plan, develop and effectively lead the execution of vision and strategy
• Customer focused – actions/decisions are balanced to address all stakeholders, but biased towards customers
• Understand interrelationships between key financial metrics (e.g. fixed costs, variable costs, capacity, pricing, profits)
• Demonstrates actions and behaviors consistent with leadership expectations
• Ability to identify and develop talent – positioning others based upon their strengths
• Ability to proactively resolve conflict
• Emotional intelligence (strong sense of self, social skills, empathy, etc.)
• Ability to balance speed over quality (know when one is more important than the other)
• Excellent ability to interface, resolve problems and negotiate at all levels internally and externally
• Experience with mergers and acquisition integration process
• Comfortable and familiar with financial markets
• Understands IT and how to use it offensively, as well as integrate business needs with IT function