Operations Director

Energy Innovation Corp; Bend (OR); On-site; USD 170,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Four-day week

Coaching

Job summary

Toyota in Bend, OR is seeking an Operations Director who questions and improves delegation, owning processes from our Bend hub. The role rewards seasoned leaders with a $170,000–$238,000 salary, a four-day flex week, and ongoing coaching to deepen professionalism.

Reopened and refreshed, the search targets a director-level candidate ready to mentor teams, manage stakeholder expectations, and drive continuous process improvement within a collaborative, metrics-driven environment.

Qualifications

• OR work history or ability to thrive in Bend, OR
• Calm under scope changes from Bend, OR clients
• Experience mentoring or supporting director-level teammates
• Strong focus on stakeholder management depth and process improvement curiosity

Responsibilities

• Step in on additional duties that support the Toyota mission in Bend
• Navigate agile ambiguity and deliver results
• Maintain Bend momentum when the director pipeline is thin
• Question briefs when they don’t match reality
• Meet deadlines while upholding Toyota quality standards
• Absorb context quickly and start contributing sooner

Skills

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Mentoring/director support

Job description

The Operations Director we want doesn't just use Delegation; they question it, improve it, and teach it, all from our Bend, OR hub. The deal favors the seasoned — 10 years earns $170,000 - $238,000, an internship arrangement, and a general charter you'll actually own.

Key Responsibilities

• Step in on additional duties that support the wider Toyota mission
• Make peace with agile ambiguity and ship anyway
• Keep Bend, OR momentum when the director pipeline runs thin
• Question the brief when the brief doesn't match reality
• Meet established deadlines while upholding Toyota quality standards
• Absorb 10 of context fast and start contributing sooner

What You'll Bring

• An OR work history, or strong reasons you'll thrive here anyway
• Demonstrated calm when a Bend, OR client changes scope mid-stream
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support director teammates
• Equal parts Stakeholder Management depth and Process Improvement curiosity

What began as two engineers and a whiteboard in Bend is now Toyota, a metrics-driven team obsessed with getting Process Improvement right. Collaboration over heroics is our default, and we'd rather win as a group than burn anyone out.

At Toyota, you'll find $170,000 - $238,000, a four-day flex week option, and ongoing coaching to deepen your Professionalism skills.

Reopened and refreshed, the search for a director candidate runs hot today.