Senior Operations Manager

As Operations Manager for AV Test Engineering, you will lead in-vehicle testing operations at two geographic locations. You are accountable for the supervisors and 50+ specialists who run the tests, and for the vehicles and equipment those tests require. You set staffing and readiness plans, keep both sites executing to the same standard, and give leadership a clear view of what can be run and what is t Engineering defines the test content.

You make sure the people, vehicles, and equipment are in place to execute it safely and on schedule, on a three-to-six-month horizon tied to company OKRs.

As Operations Manager for AV Test Engineering, you will lead in-vehicle testing operations at two geographic locations. You are accountable for the supervisors and 50+ specialists who run the tests, and for the vehicles and equipment those tests require. You set staffing and readiness plans, keep both sites executing to the same standard, and give leadership a clear view of what can be run and what is t Engineering defines the test content.

You make sure the people, vehicles, and equipment are in place to execute it safely and on schedule, on a three-to-six-month horizon tied to company OKRs.

• Lead the Supervisors at both locations, and through them a workforce of 50+ specialists. Set expectations, give timely feedback, and run performance reviews.
• Coach Supervisors so they can run their own crews, handle day-to-day issues, and develop their people. Support development goals and name stretch opportunities early.
• Address performance issues in partnership with HR, and handle difficult conversations directly.
• Own talent planning across both sites: hiring, onboarding, retention of critical operating knowledge, skill gaps, and backup coverage, with your manager and HR.
• Recommend compensation, merit, and promotions for Supervisors and specialists.
• Build one engaged workforce across two locations. Recognize results, and communicate a clear view of what the execution organization is here to do.

• Own readiness of the vehicles, onboard and support equipment, and specialist crews required to conduct in-vehicle testing at both sites.
• Build the execution plan for the next three to six months: which tests run, at which site, with which vehicles, equipment, and crews, aligned to department and company OKRs.
• Reset that plan when vehicles, equipment, staffing, or site conditions change, and make the tradeoffs visible to Test Engineering and to your Supervisors.
• Keep both sites covered. Balance workload, schedules, and specialist skills so testing continues when people are out or equipment is down.
• Run an operating rhythm that shows status, vehicle and equipment availability, crew coverage, risks, and roadblocks at both locations.
• Hold both sites to the same procedures for safe vehicle operations, test conduct, and equipment care.
• Use company policy to make decisions. Bring Legal, HR, Procurement, or Safety in when a question needs their guidance.
• Manage schedule, site, fleet, and equipment changes, and the stakeholders affected by them.

• Partner with Test Engineering leads on the execution schedule, site assignment, and what the fleet and crews can commit to.
• Run the two locations as one operation, with shared priorities and a shared standard of execution.
• Partner with Fleet, Procurement, Facilities, Safety, and HR on vehicles, equipment, site support, and staffing.
• Resolve cross-site and cross-functional issues that span scheduling, equipment, process, and working relationships.
• Represent test execution to senior and executive leadership: capacity, readiness, schedule, and risk. Communicate company, department, and crew context to both sites without waiting to be asked.

• Judge whether a test can be executed with the vehicles, equipment, crew skills, and site time available, and sequence the work accordingly.
• Review execution plans before the organization commits, and steer changes when vehicle, equipment, or staffing assumptions are thin.
• Improve how tests are scheduled, staffed, and supported, including when requirements are still moving.

• In-vehicle tests run because the right vehicles, equipment, and specialists are ready at the right site.
• Both locations follow one execution standard, and Supervisors run their crews with limited day-to-day direction.
• Leadership hears early when fleet, equipment, or…