Director, Business Operations

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** Director of Business Operations at MIPS
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** Summary of Role:
** We are seeking a strategic and operationally excellent Director of Business Operations to lead the Business Operations pillar within MIPS Strategy & Operations. This role will drive operating rhythm, business insights, resource optimization, and organizational effectiveness across MIPS. The Director will own the frameworks, analytics, and operating infrastructure that enable data-driven decision-making, strategic planning execution, operational health monitoring, and organizational scale.

This leader will serve as a trusted partner to MIPS leadership, ensuring the organization operates with clarity, discipline, and execution excellence.
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* Essential Responsibilities:

**** Strategic Planning & Business Insights
*** Partner with MIPS leadership to develop annual strategic plans, translating business objectives into executable initiatives with clear milestones and accountabilities
* Drive the strategic planning cycle, including environmental analysis, goal setting, resource planning, and quarterly business reviews
* Deliver actionable business insights through integrated analysis of financial performance, operational metrics, market dynamics, and organizational health
* Build scenario models and business cases to support strategic investment decisions and growth initiatives
* Identify strategic opportunities and risks through continuous monitoring of internal performance and external market trends
* Enable leadership decision-making through synthesis of complex data and clear recommendations
** Operating Cadence & Governance
*** Design and own the MIPS operating rhythm, including leadership forums, business reviews, decision-making processes, and communication cadences
* Establish governance frameworks that ensure clarity of decision rights, accountability structures, and escalation paths
* Facilitate key operating forums including quarterly business reviews, monthly performance reviews, and strategic deep-dives
* Drive preparation of materials, agendas, and follow-up actions for leadership meetings
* Ensure consistent operating discipline across planning cycles, performance tracking, and execution monitoring
* Continuously refine operating processes to improve efficiency, transparency, and organizational alignment
** Financial Operations & Resource Optimization
*** Partner with Finance to manage MIPS budget planning, forecasting, and spend visibility
* Drive resource allocation decisions aligned to strategic priorities and investment return expectations
* Monitor financial performance against plan, identifying variances and driving corrective actions
* Optimize operating leverage through spend analytics, vendor management, and process efficiency initiatives
* Support business case development and investment justification for major initiatives
* Ensure financial discipline and accountability across the organization
** Organizational Effectiveness & Workforce Operations
*** Drive workforce planning and organizational design to support business growth and operational scale
* Manage contractor workforce operations, including vendor management, compliance, performance tracking, and conversion pipeline
* Partner with HR on talent strategy, succession planning, and organizational capability development
* Identify opportunities to improve organizational effectiveness through structure, process, and capability enhancements
* Drive change management initiatives to enable organizational transformation
* Build…