
Operations Manager (Dayton)
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Job overview
The Operations Manager provides operations management support to Air Force Life Cycle Management Center acquisition program offices at Wright-Patterson AFB. The role supports aircraft organizations by coordinating operational activities, managing resources, and improving organizational efficiency and mission effectiveness. It also supports manpower planning, executive-level workflows, travel administration, training, and daily operations.
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In this role you will provide full-spectrum Operations Management Support to Acquisition Program Offices within the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. Responsibilities will include special programs and manpower functional skills and experience. In this role, you shall assist in managing and organizing resources and personnel needed to efficiently and effectively meet the objectives of each task, as well as exploring new approaches as applicable within the performance of these tasks. Essential Job Functions: As an Operations Management Specialist, you will support the U.S. Air Force's Fighters & Advanced Aircraft, Bombers, and F-35 organizations within AFLCMC. Working closely with government leadership and functional organizations, you will coordinate operational activities, manage resources, and execute initiatives that improve organizational efficiency and mission effectiveness. You will coordinate special projects, organizational initiatives, and employee recognition programs, establishing milestones, monitoring progress, and resolving challenges. You will manage quarterly and annual recognition activities, process award nominations, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure timely execution and continuous process improvement. You will manage operational workflows and executive-level administrative processes, including organizational suspenses, electronic staff summary sheets (eSSS), correspondence, and staff packages. Using SharePoint, SOCCER, and other government systems, you will maintain records, monitor deadlines, and train staff to ensure accurate, timely completion of organizational requirements. You will support manpower planning, workforce analysis, and resource optimization by evaluating staffing requirements, historical workload data, and organizational effectiveness. You will develop manpower requirement determinants, support process improvement studies, and recommend staffing and organizational solutions that align resources with mission requirements. You will coordinate manpower documentation and organizational reporting, including Requirements Approval Documents (RADs), Civilian Manpower Equivalent (CME) requirements, authorization changes, and organizational charts. You will maintain accurate manpower records and support AFLCMC workforce models and risk-based assessments to inform leadership decisions. You will administer and support the Defense Travel System (DTS), managing traveler profiles, permissions, authorizations, vouchers, and approval workflows. You will provide training and technical assistance, ensure compliance with travel regulations, coordinate issue resolution, and monitor travel card activity and required financial reports. You will support organizational training, resource management, and daily operations, coordinating training requirements, maintaining records, tracking budget information, and preparing reports and correspondence. You will proactively identify opportunities to improve processes, maintain accountability, and provide responsive support that enables effective mission execution. Required Skills: Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required. A bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline plus 8 years of experience is required. Active Secret security clearance. •DCS Corp is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Male/Female/Veterans/Pay Transparency Employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 8,293 open Operations Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Ohio median$75–101K/yr194 salary ranges
- Ohio median$20–28/hr21 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 454 open Operations Manager jobs in Ohio and 8,293 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Operations Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 6,249 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,745 of the 8,293 open Operations Manager jobs (21%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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