Director, Central Operations – Leadership Capability Coach
Circana
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $102,000 - $120,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Implement and mature Obeya across value streams
- Coach T2 leaders in exceptions‑based thinking, prioritization, and decision‑making
- Facilitate PDCA spotlights, experiment framing, and cross-functional resolution
- Train and coach T3 leaders in facilitation, problem-solving, and behavioral routines
- Improve leader competence in PDCA, pareto interpretation, and weekly prioritization
- Reinforce LSW behaviors through side-by-side coaching and gemba-style observation
- Ensure teams create weekly reason codes and pareto analyses
- Drive PDCA learning: weekly updates, next steps, closing aged PDCAs
- Help leaders move teams from DMS 2.3 prioritization → DMS 2.4 learning and elimination
- Support value stream alignment in Obeya by connecting upstream/downstream issues
Requirements
- 5+ years of progressive experience in coaching, leadership development, continuous improvement, or operational excellence roles
- Deep experience with PDCA, team coaching, and leadership routines
- Proven ability to influence senior leaders and drive behavior adoption
- Strong facilitation and interpersonal skills; ability to build trust quickly
- Experience with Lean, Shingo, Kata coaching, or systems thinking a strong plus
Benefits
- paid time off
- medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k) to eligible employees
- bonus pay
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
PDCApareto analysisfacilitationproblem-solvingcoachingbehavioral routinesLeanShingoKatasystems thinking
Soft Skills
leadership developmentinterpersonal skillsinfluencetrust buildingdecision-makingprioritizationcoachingcommunicationteam alignmentcross-functional collaboration