Senior Director II, Central Operations – Leadership Capability Coach

Circana

Capability builder leading leadership coaching and operational excellence for Circana's global operations. Focused on PDCA methodologies and enhancing leader competency in a complex environment.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $138,000 - $165,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

What you’ll need

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

Comp & perks

paid time off
medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k) to eligible employees
bonus pay

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Hard Skills & Tools

PDCApareto analysisfacilitationproblem-solvingbehavioral routinesDMS 2.3DMS 2.4LeanShingoKata coaching

Soft Skills

coachingleadership developmentinfluencinginterpersonal skillstrust buildingdecision-makingprioritizationcross-functional resolutionteam coachingcontinuous improvement