Hiring: Director, Operational Excellence Company: KBI Biopharma Location: Boulder, CO Job Posted Time: 2026-09-13 12:46:13 Target Skills & Keywords : AI, Change Management, Kanban, Lean Manufacturing, Risk Management, Six Sigma, Stakeholder Management About the job Required Skills: •Lead the development and deployment of the Operational Excellence (OpEx) framework and strategy to support business objectives and foster a culture of continuous improvement. •Identify, prioritize, and drive global, site, and functional improvement opportunities that enhance customer value, improve performance, and eliminate waste through Lean methodologies, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, and Strategy Deployment (Hoshin Kanri). •Develop and manage a portfolio of transformational continuous improvement initiatives across the enterprise, ensuring alignment with global, site, and functional objectives. •Lead high-impact, cross-functional improvement projects from opportunity identification through implementation and sustainability, delivering measurable business results. •Build organizational capability through coaching, mentoring, training, and development of OpEx leaders, enabling teams to independently drive continuous improvement and operational excellence. •Lead and support a network of Operational Excellence practitioners, ensuring alignment in project execution, reporting, recognition, communication, and best practice sharing across the organization. •Partner with business and functional leaders to establish meaningful performance metrics, drive data-based decision-making, and improve operational effectiveness. •Design and deliver scalable OpEx tools, learning programs, and capability-building initiatives that accelerate adoption, competency development, and continuous improvement maturity. Qualifications: •Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide Operational Excellence, Lean, and Six Sigma transformations that deliver measurable and sustainable business results. •Deep expertise in designing, implementing, and sustaining Operational Excellence systems and tools, including Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work, Visual Management, Kanban, Mistake-Proofing, Business Process Management (BPM), Strategy Deployment (Hoshin Kanri), and Continuous Improvement methodologies. •Proven ability to develop and execute Operational Excellence strategies, governance models, roadmaps, and maturity plans that align improvement efforts with enterprise objectives. •Strong Business Process Management expertise, including process architecture, ownership models, process performance measurement, process standardization, and continuous optimization across end-to-end value streams. •Demonstrated capability to leverage digital technologies, advanced analytics, automation, artificial intelligence, and data-driven decision-making to accelerate operational performance and continuous improvement outcomes. •Proven ability to lead complex, multi-site, and global improvement initiatives within matrixed organizations, influencing stakeholders without direct authority. •Expert facilitation skills in Kaizen events, Rapid Problem Solving workshops, Value Stream Mapping sessions, leadership alignment activities, and strategic planning processes. •Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to identify opportunities, quantify benefits, build business cases, establish value realization plans, and deliver measurable operational and financial results. •Demonstrated capacity to analyze operational, statistical, and financial data to identify trends, solve complex problems, mitigate risk, and support fact-based decision-making. •Exceptional executive presence and stakeholder management skills, with demonstrated success influencing senior leaders, aligning competing priorities, and driving organizational commitment to change. Compensation: •$163,680 - $225,060 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!