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Job Description
VP Business Operations – TSS
We’re seeking a VP Business Operations for a fast-growing, multi-state security operation supporting cruise, safeguarding, cargo, petrochem and 24/7 port facilities across the U.S.
Owning end-to-end performance of the Security business: operations, people, compliance, and startup execution across multiple ports and facilities.
Operational Scope
o Senior Operations Managers
o Operations Managers
o Eight hundred part-time and full-time hourly team members
Core Responsibilities
Skills And Requirements
Job Description
VP Business Operations – TSS
We’re seeking a VP Business Operations for a fast-growing, multi-state security operation supporting cruise, safeguarding, cargo, petrochem and 24/7 port facilities across the U.S.
Owning end-to-end performance of the Security business: operations, people, compliance, and startup execution across multiple ports and facilities.
Operational Scope
- Oversight of security operations across 8 ports / regions (including Florida, Texas, California, Washington State, and New Jersey)
- Leadership of a field organization consisting of:
o Senior Operations Managers
o Operations Managers
o Eight hundred part-time and full-time hourly team members
- Mixed labor environment: union and non-union
- Combination of seasonal and year-round cruise operations and year-round 24/7 security sites
- One million annual labor hours across all sites, with expansion underway
- Multiple active startups and expansion projects
Core Responsibilities
- Full ownership of operational performance across all locations
- Budget ownership, forecasting, monthly actuals-to-budget review, and margin management
- Workforce execution: recruiting, onboarding, training, staffing readiness
- Labor discipline, scheduling standards, overtime control
- HR consistency and manager accountability
- Compliance, safety, and operational readiness
- Lead new site launches and expansion initiatives
- Partner closely with Strategic Client leadership on service delivery and growth
Skills And Requirements
- Prior Senior Director level or VP Operations experience in labor-intensive services (security, logistics, facilities, transportation, field services, etc.)
- Proven leadership of multi-site operations with large hourly workforces
- Proven ability to design and implement operational processes, standards, and systems that scale across multiple locations
- Comfortable operating in union and non-union environments
- Strong people leadership and field presence
- Track record of scaling operations and launching new locations
- Decisive, practical, execution-oriented leadership style