COO & Strategic Operations Executive
December 2025
This distinguished operations leader brings deep experience across enterprise risk, business continuity, technology oversight, organizational strategy, and multi-department operations. Known for establishing clarity in complex environments, this professional has spent 20+ years shaping operational direction, building high-performing teams, and driving process transformation within global, highly regulated organizations.
With a track record of modernizing operational frameworks, reducing defects and inefficiencies, negotiating major vendor contracts, and presenting data-backed recommendations to senior executives, this leader excels at turning complexity into structure — and structure into measurable results.
Viewed as a calm, steady presence with strong executive influence, this candidate is ready to bring disciplined leadership, operational maturity, and strategic vision to a larger organization or a growing company in need of a transformational COO.
Highlights of Experience
Strategic Operations Leadership: Oversaw enterprise-wide risk, IT security, crisis management, and business continuity operations across globally distributed teams in the U.S. and India.
Process Transformation & Efficiency: Designed and implemented workflows, governance models, and operational metrics that decreased defects by 40–45% and reduced help-desk dependency across core applications.
Data Storytelling & Executive Reporting: Built KRIs, KPIs, racing diagrams, dashboards, and board-level reporting packages used by C-suite and global heads to guide strategic decisions.
Cross-Functional Oversight: Directed technology, project management, operations, risk mitigation, and regulatory control functions with a strong focus on scalability, accountability, and system design.
Contract Negotiation & Vendor Management: Negotiated high-value contracts, operational budgets, and vendor terms across multiple technical and service categories.
Organizational Restructuring: Served as interim head of a global department; evaluated team design, optimized workloads, and restructured roles to improve efficiency and accountability.
Policy & Procedure Leadership: Developed operating policies, business continuity plans, cyber testing protocols, compliance frameworks, and procedural documentation supporting enterprise-wide alignment.
Executive Influence: Regularly presented operational findings, risk assessments, and strategic recommendations to senior-level stakeholders across corporate, finance, technology, and global business units.
Full Operational Ownership: Led multi-million-dollar departmental budgets, drove application efficiency initiatives, and supported business units with workforce planning and operational controls.
Ideal Opportunity
Organizations seeking an influential, decisive operations executive who brings structure, clarity, and transformation to complex or rapidly growing environments.
Mid-sized to large companies ready for a strategic COO who can unify people, process, and technology.
Organizations needing to mature their operational infrastructure, risk posture, or governance systems.
Companies experiencing growth, transition, restructuring, or leadership succession.
Environments where direction, goals, and hierarchy need to be defined or strengthened.
Businesses that value data-backed decision-making, accountability, and factual clarity.
Companies that benefit from a leader who enjoys travel (up to 25%), networking, and representing the organization externally.
Hybrid or in-person workplaces with flexibility.
This professional is open to confidential conversations with organizations seeking to strengthen their operational leadership, scale intelligently, and bring clarity and discipline to their next phase of growth.
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