Senior Director, Business Management & Execution Lead

Required

• You are a seasoned operator who builds the structure, operating rhythms, and clarity a business unit needs to perform at a high level. As the Business Management & Execution Lead, you serve as a strategic and operational partner to senior leaders, translating enterprise priorities into practical execution across planning, governance, performance management, and cross-functional delivery. You work within a specific business unit while also advancing the standards of Inovalon’s central Business Management function. Your impact is measured by both the performance of the business unit you support and the consistency and scalability you help drive across the broader organization.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in business operations, strategy and operations, management consulting in a strategy or operations practice, or equivalent senior operational leadership roles.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or equivalent advanced degree strongly preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Demonstrated experience operating at or supporting SVP, EVP, or C-suite leaders and influencing senior executives on strategy and execution.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise performance management, including OKR design and cascade, KPI architecture, balanced scorecard frameworks, and operating cadence design.
• Strong financial acumen, including experience supporting or co-owning a business unit operating plan, headcount model, and investment prioritization process.
• Proven ability to lead complex, ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives without direct authority over key stakeholders.
• Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to create board-quality materials and present clear recommendations grounded in data.
• Experience in private equity-backed or high-growth transformation environments that require speed, rigor, and resource discipline.
• Proficiency with enterprise planning tools, OKR platforms, BI and reporting tools such as Tableau or Power BI, and project or portfolio management systems.
• PgMP, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, or equivalent operational excellence certification preferred.
• Demonstrate growth potential and learning agility by quickly learning new business contexts, applying lessons across functions, and improving how the business unit operates over time.