Director, Innovation and Business Optimization (WMHS)
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Job overview
The Director, Innovation and Business Optimization accelerates enterprise change by leading cross-functional teams to improve economic and operational efficiency. The role develops and pilots new business ideas and processes, builds implementation plans, and reports on results. It also leads operations improvement initiatives, trains management teams, evaluates processes using financial analysis techniques, and monitors industry competition and trends.
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Full job description
I. Job Summary
Responsible for accelerating the rate of change across the enterprise by leading cross functional teams to drive economic and operational efficiency through innovation, agility, scalability and reliability to existing processes or new business ideas.
II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
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Manages complex projects over long periods of time and across multiple disciplines.
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Develops new ideas and processes and manages pilot implementation to drive improved business operation; reports against economic and process improvement
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Builds implementation plan for new business ideas; responsible for the pilot, reporting, and management training
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Develops and implements an effective operations improvement process, consistent with the accomplishment of long range objectives which will enhance effectiveness, while working closely with District Managers, Area Vice Presidents, and other management personnel.
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Leads, trains, monitors and motivates the operations management teams to implement new process.
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Utilizes financial analysis software/techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of current processes.
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Ensures process implementation and improvement through direct communication and solicitation of feedback.
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Maintains awareness of competition and trends affecting the industry.
III. Qualifications
Must live and work in the US.
A. Required Qualifications
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Bachelor's Degree (accredited) in Finance, Business Administration, Engineering or similar area of study, or in lieu of,
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High School Diploma (accredited) and 4 years relevant experience.
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10+ years previous experience with a proven track record of continual business process improvement and innovation simultaneously meeting financial, operations and customer demands (in addition to education requirement).
B. Preferred Qualifications
IV. Physical Requirements
Listed below are key points regarding physical demands, physical and occupational risks, and the work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
☒ Office: This job primarily operates in a professional office environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, etc.
Pay: The expected base pay range for this position across the U.S. is $152400-205800 $. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific salary offered to a successful candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s relevant experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location.
V. Benefits
At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short-term disability. In addition, we offer a stock purchase plan, company matching on a 401(k), and more. Employees also receive paid vacation, holidays, and personal days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.
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Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran
How this job compares
Set against the 271 open Innovation jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$152–206K/yr
- US median$142–214K/yr201 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $179K, is close to the US median midpoint ($182K) — in the middle half of Innovation salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 271 open Innovation jobs across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Innovation postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years at the median (233 postings).
- Education
- 126 of the 271 open Innovation jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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