Director, Site Operations

The role

The Director, Site Operations will lead the day-to-day operational performance of regional facilities and build systems to support growth. This person will manage the headquarters and R&D campus while leading Site Operations Managers at other locations.

What you will do

• Lead Site Operations across regional facilities and the corporate campus
• Hire, develop, and manage a Site Operations team
• Establish consistent operating standards and service levels across sites
• Serve as the escalation point for significant site issues and service gaps
• Build scalable systems, processes, and operating standards
• Serve as a senior operational partner to Engineering, Manufacturing, R&D, and other functions
• Own the strategy for vendors and services supporting site operations
• Develop and own the regional Site Operations budget
• Build business cases for staffing, vendors, and operational investments

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in site operations, facilities operations, industrial operations, workplace operations, or a related field, including experience leading teams
• Experience supporting industrial, engineering, manufacturing, laboratory, R&D, or similarly complex environments
• Demonstrated ability to build and scale operational systems, teams, processes, and service models
• Experience managing operations across multiple facilities, sites, or complex operating environments
• Strong systems thinking
• Experience managing significant operating budgets, vendors, procurement, and operational services
• Strong people leadership with experience developing managers and building effective teams
• Excellent cross-functional communication
• Strong judgment
• Comfortable operating at both strategic and tactical levels
• Ability to move regularly throughout office, lab, shop, and industrial environments
• Travel to vendors and test sites as needed

Nice to have

• Experience in a fast-growing startup or scale-up environment
• Experience building a regional or multi-site operations function
• Experience supporting headquarters, R&D campuses, manufacturing facilities, or mixed office/industrial environments
• Familiarity with industrial safety and commercial building operations
• Experience developing operational KPIs, service standards, and vendor strategies across multiple sites
• Experience supporting significant facility growth, new site launches, or organizational scaling

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off
• 100% company-paid gold-level PPO health insurance for employees, partners, and dependents
• 100% company-paid dental insurance for employees, partners, and dependents
• 100% company-paid vision insurance for employees, partners, and dependents
• 100% company-paid disability insurance for employees, partners, and dependents
• Ability to contribute to 401(k), health FSA, and dependent care FSA
• Relocation assistance to Portland

About the company

Panthalassa is a renewable energy and ocean technology company focused on capturing ultra-low-cost renewable energy from oceans. The company is a public benefit corporation headquartered in Portland, Oregon.