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Director of AV Operations

Jobgether

US · remote · Full-time

Jobgether

Accountabilities: Own day-to-day field operations across the AV/EV segment, translating business strategy and customer requirements into effective operational execution. Lead, develop, and hold accountable Senior Managers, Regional Managers, Fleet Managers, technicians, and other field personnel across multiple geographic markets. Drive operational performance across safety, quality, customer satisfaction, fleet availability, technician productivity, staffing, service levels, and efficiency. Establish and manage operational KPIs, technician utilization, repair-order performance, staffing attainment, customer SLAs, and financial targets. Ensure markets are properly staffed, trained, equipped, and operationally prepared to meet customer demand, including 24/7 service requirements where applicable. Build a strong culture centered on safety, accountability, teamwork, professionalism, customer service, and continuous improvement. Partner with Recruiting and Training on workforce planning, hiring, onboarding, technical readiness, leadership development, and organizational growth. Serve as a senior escalation point for customers and field leadership, coordinating timely resolution of service, operational, and performance issues. Lead operational execution for new customer launches, market expansions, fleet ramps, transitions, and deployment of new vehicle platforms. Partner cross-functionally to identify and remove operational barriers while continuously improving processes, performance, and scalability. Maintain financial discipline across labor, overtime, travel, third-party spending, inventory, billing, and overall P&L performance. Monitor performance against safety, customer, workforce, operational, quality, retention, and financial objectives, taking corrective action when necessary. Requirements 10+ years of progressive operations leadership experience, preferably within fleet maintenance, automotive, transportation, EV, AV, or another complex multi-site operating environment. Demonstrated experience leading large, geographically dispersed organizations through multiple layers of management. Strong operational and financial acumen, including experience managing KPIs, budgets, productivity metrics, and P&L performance. Strong knowledge of fleet maintenance operations; experience with EV systems, high-voltage systems, diagnostics, ADAS, or autonomous vehicles is preferred. Proven ability to build high-performing teams, develop leaders, establish accountability, and foster a performance-oriented culture. Strong customer orientation with the ability to balance customer expectations, operational requirements, workforce considerations, and financial objectives. Excellent communication, leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with a proactive, data-driven, resilient, and resourceful approach. Ability to manage competing priorities effectively in a fast-paced, rapidly scaling, and continuously evolving environment. Experience leading operational change, new market launches, business expansions, fleet growth, or implementation of new technologies is highly valuable. Willingness and ability to travel extensively to support customers, field teams, launches, and operational priorities; the role anticipates approximately 50–75% travel. Benefits Remote-based leadership position with extensive field exposure and approximately 50–75% travel. Opportunity to lead operations within a rapidly expanding AV/EV segment. High-impact leadership scope spanning geographically distributed teams and multiple operational markets. Exposure to autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles, high-voltage systems, diagnostics, ADAS, and emerging mobility technologies. Significant responsibility for operational performance, customer outcomes, workforce development, and financial results. Opportunity to lead new customer launches, market expansions, fleet ramps, transitions, and new vehicle platform deployments. Cross-functional partnership with recruiting, training, HR, finance, safety, procurement, and IT teams. Leadership development and team-building opportunities within a growing operational organization. Compensation and benefits details are provided as part of the employer's hiring process. How Jobgether works: We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team. We appreciate your interest and wish you the best! Why Apply Through Jobgether? Data Privacy Notice: By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Jobgether will process your personal data to evaluate your candidacy and share relevant information with the hiring employer. This processing is based on legitimate interest and pre-contractual measures under applicable data protection laws (including GDPR). You may exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, objection) at any time. #LI-CL1

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