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Head of Operations(m/w/x)
Description
In this role, you will oversee operations across multiple sites, ensuring efficient management and strategic planning. Your focus will be on maintaining workplace standards, managing budgets, and driving sustainability initiatives while collaborating with various teams.
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Requirements
- •5+ years experience in leading operations, facilities, or workplace functions in industrial, aerospace, or comparable high-tech environments
- •Proven track record in setting up and scaling site operations across multiple locations
- •Strong experience designing and rolling out cross-site processes and standards within an ISO 9001/EN9100 or similar management system
- •Familiarity with digital tools for operations (CMMS, ticketing/helpdesk, space/asset management, BI dashboards)
- •Experience working in an international environment and coordinating stakeholders across sites and countries
- •Professional working proficiency in English; French or German is a strong plus
- •Leadership: structured, service-oriented, and transparent
Work Experience
5 years
Tasks
- •Act as the central counterpart for Operations topics with Engineering, MAIT, HR, Digital, and Finance
- •Own the long-term site and building strategy, including capacity planning and lease vs. buy/build decisions
- •Define and maintain workplace standards for offices, labs, integration halls, and test areas
- •Evaluate new locations and expansion options with Finance, Legal, and business teams
- •Support negotiations with landlords and partners
- •Set the operating model for site management across all locations
- •Ensure local site leads can execute effectively
- •Define and implement standard ways of working for facility operations
- •Own the OPEX/CAPEX budgets for facilities and site operations
- •Forecast, track, and challenge spend across locations
- •Lead major cross-site projects from business case to handover
- •Co-lead the definition and rollout of operations-related processes within the company’s management system
- •Drive the EN9100 implementation for all operations-relevant processes
- •Work with the Digital team to select and improve tools supporting operations
- •Ensure processes are simple, documented, trained, and followed
- •Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions when gaps appear
- •Own the cross-site data collection for ESG/B-Corp-related reporting
- •Develop and maintain the sustainability roadmap for buildings and site operations
- •Work with Finance and Strategy to integrate sustainability into investment decisions
- •Coordinate with HR and Communications to make sustainability actions visible across the company
Tools & Technologies
Languages
English – Business Fluent
French – Basic
German – Basic
Benefits
Other Benefits
- •Relocation assistance
- •Visa sponsorship
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Head of Operations(m/w/x)
The AI Job Search Engine
Description
In this role, you will oversee operations across multiple sites, ensuring efficient management and strategic planning. Your focus will be on maintaining workplace standards, managing budgets, and driving sustainability initiatives while collaborating with various teams.
Let AI find the perfect jobs for you!
Upload your CV and Nejo AI will find matching job offers for you.
Requirements
- •5+ years experience in leading operations, facilities, or workplace functions in industrial, aerospace, or comparable high-tech environments
- •Proven track record in setting up and scaling site operations across multiple locations
- •Strong experience designing and rolling out cross-site processes and standards within an ISO 9001/EN9100 or similar management system
- •Familiarity with digital tools for operations (CMMS, ticketing/helpdesk, space/asset management, BI dashboards)
- •Experience working in an international environment and coordinating stakeholders across sites and countries
- •Professional working proficiency in English; French or German is a strong plus
- •Leadership: structured, service-oriented, and transparent
Work Experience
5 years
Tasks
- •Act as the central counterpart for Operations topics with Engineering, MAIT, HR, Digital, and Finance
- •Own the long-term site and building strategy, including capacity planning and lease vs. buy/build decisions
- •Define and maintain workplace standards for offices, labs, integration halls, and test areas
- •Evaluate new locations and expansion options with Finance, Legal, and business teams
- •Support negotiations with landlords and partners
- •Set the operating model for site management across all locations
- •Ensure local site leads can execute effectively
- •Define and implement standard ways of working for facility operations
- •Own the OPEX/CAPEX budgets for facilities and site operations
- •Forecast, track, and challenge spend across locations
- •Lead major cross-site projects from business case to handover
- •Co-lead the definition and rollout of operations-related processes within the company’s management system
- •Drive the EN9100 implementation for all operations-relevant processes
- •Work with the Digital team to select and improve tools supporting operations
- •Ensure processes are simple, documented, trained, and followed
- •Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions when gaps appear
- •Own the cross-site data collection for ESG/B-Corp-related reporting
- •Develop and maintain the sustainability roadmap for buildings and site operations
- •Work with Finance and Strategy to integrate sustainability into investment decisions
- •Coordinate with HR and Communications to make sustainability actions visible across the company
Tools & Technologies
Languages
English – Business Fluent
French – Basic
German – Basic
Benefits
Other Benefits
- •Relocation assistance
- •Visa sponsorship
About the Company
The Exploration Company
Industry
Aerospace
Description
The company is developing, producing, and operating Nyx, a modular and reusable space orbital vehicle.
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