CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER (OKLAHOMA CITY, OK)

Oklahoma Blood Institute • Oklahoma City, OK

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About The Position

Our Blood Institute (OBI) is seeking a Chief Operations Officer (COO) for its Oklahoma City headquarters location. The COO will provide leadership, guidance and oversight for core blood center operations to include: Donor Recruitment; Donor Services (whole blood and automated blood collections in mobile and fixed site locations); Technical Operations (donor testing laboratory, product manufacturing laboratory, Quality Control Laboratory, and inventory management/logistics/distribution); subcenter (8) /satellite (9) operations; and Client Relations/Contracting. This position will assure donor and product safety through maintenance of cGMP practices and compliance with FDA, AABB, and other regulatory standards. He/She will recruit and foster the talent required to staff a dependable, high performance, engaged, and innovative team now and for the future. They will develop annual budgets at the organizational level (demand planning) and for supervised departments, with an eye to maximizing efficiencies and expanding revenue streams. They will also recommend new technologies and capital expenditures that are necessary to keep the organizations operations at the leading edge of performance. They will maintain productive industry collaborations and relationships via group purchasing organizations and professional/industry associations while working with executive leadership to shape strategic plans to benefit the organization's principle functions of blood product acquisition, processing, and distribution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university (biologic sciences major preferred).
• Graduate degree (management, administrative, or quantitative field preferred).
• Ten years (min.) of progressive responsibility in healthcare, having attained a senior executive position.
• Five years (min.) blood center experience (accountability in multiple operational areas preferred).
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Ability to manage numerous tasks effectively in a fast-paced, episodically stressful, mission-critical role.
• Self-starting mindset yielding dependable delivery of accountabilities with minimum direction.
• Ability to function conversantly in a technology-dependent, complex systems environment.
• Aptitude in budgeting, financial reporting, and economic decision making.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent public speaking and presentation skills.
• Evident personal and professional values, including honesty, integrity, reliability, and compassion.
• Workplace traits to include: positive outlook, team orientation, and respectful sociability.
• Evident passion for our essential mission as the Donor to Patient Lifeline.
• Residence within daily commuting distance of downtown Oklahoma City.
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively across our service area, including occasional overnight stays.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, guidance, and oversight for core blood center operations.
• Ensure donor and product safety through maintenance of cGMP practices and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Recruit and foster talent for a high-performance team.
• Develop annual budgets at the organizational level and for supervised departments.
• Maximize efficiencies and expand revenue streams.
• Recommend new technologies and capital expenditures.
• Maintain productive industry collaborations and relationships.
• Work with executive leadership to shape strategic plans.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Long term disability
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Annual tuition reimbursement
• Holiday pay

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Industry: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees