Senior Director, Construction Operations

Kaiva Tech, LLC; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiva Tech, LLC is seeking a Senior Director - Construction in Oklahoma to provide executive oversight and strategic leadership across the construction portfolio. The role focuses on strengthening operations, driving sustainable growth, and ensuring profitability, safety, and customer satisfaction.

The Senior Director will develop standardized practices, manage risk, and collaborate with the executive team and project teams to expand existing accounts and pursue new opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in construction operations, project management, program management, or business unit leadership.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing multiple construction projects or a significant project portfolio.
• Strong knowledge of construction project controls, scheduling, estimating, procurement, subcontract management, change management, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Experience developing and implementing standardized construction processes, procedures, tools, and performance controls.

Responsibilities

• Partner with executive leadership to establish and execute the strategic direction of the Construction Business Unit.
• Develop an operating model that supports growth, consistent project delivery, profitability, and accountability.
• Translate organizational objectives into measurable business unit priorities, performance expectations, and execution plans.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and guidance to directors, project executives, program managers, project managers, superintendents, and support personnel.
• Promote collaboration and alignment across operations, contracts, finance, business development, human resources, and shared services.
• Develop, document, and implement construction best practices, standard operating procedures, tools, templates, and management controls.
• Establish consistent processes for project startup, planning, scheduling, budgeting, procurement, subcontract management, change management, quality control, safety, closeout, and lessons learned.
• Implement project governance practices that provide leadership with timely and accurate visibility into project status, financial performance, risks, and corrective actions.
• Strengthen forecasting, work-in-progress reporting, cost-to-complete analysis, cash-flow management, and project-level financial accountability.
• Evaluate existing systems and recommend tools or process improvements that increase efficiency, consistency, and scalability.
• Ensure project teams maintain complete, accurate, and timely documentation.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Construction operations

Project management

Executive communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Deltek

Costpoint

Unanet

Job description

Kaiva Tech, LLC is seeking a Senior Director - Construction in Oklahoma to provide executive oversight and strategic leadership across the construction portfolio. The role focuses on strengthening operations, driving sustainable growth, and ensuring profitability, safety, and customer satisfaction.

The Senior Director will develop standardized practices, manage risk, and collaborate with the executive team and project teams to expand existing accounts and pursue new opportunities.