Senior Vice President - Global Operations
About The Position
Seven Seas Water Group (SSWG) is seeking a Senior Vice President (SVP), Operations to lead all desalination and brackish water operations across their Caribbean, Panama, and Peru sites. This senior leadership position, based in Tampa with regular travel, involves full ownership of the operating performance, culture, and P&L of a multinational platform of critical water infrastructure. The role requires setting and driving operations strategy, ensuring contractual compliance, and improving revenue, profitability, uptime, and water quality. The SVP will be the senior representative to major customers, lead the operations organization (people, budgets, CapEx, culture), and implement rigorous operational practices such as AI-enabled performance dashboards, Lean and Six Sigma methodologies, and EHS culture. This role also serves as the liaison between operations and other corporate functions like finance, legal, and engineering.
Requirements
- Senior operational leadership experience in the water industry, ideally with P&L accountability.
- Hands-on technical depth in seawater and brackish water desalination, plus wastewater treatment.
- Proven track record running operations across multiple countries within a multinational organization.
- Ability to command a room from the field crew to the boardroom.
- Clear communication skills across cultural and language differences.
- Professional English required.
- Strong executive communication skills, including building board- and customer-facing presentations.
- Willingness to travel frequently and internationally.
- Valid U.S. passport with no restrictions on obtaining travel visas.
- Based in or willing to relocate to Tampa, FL.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree or relevant experience.
Nice To Haves
- Spanish fluency strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Set and drive the operations strategy for all desalination and brackish water assets.
- Ensure contractual compliance while pushing revenue, profitability, uptime, and water quality.
- Serve as the senior face of Seven Seas Water Group to major customers.
- Lead the operations organization, including people, budgets, CapEx decisions, and culture.
- Implement AI-enabled performance dashboards and KPIs.
- Apply Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to improve asset reliability.
- Partner with engineering to ensure field-built solutions are effective.
- Oversee preventive maintenance, field services, and EHS culture across all sites.
- Act as the connective tissue between operations and finance, legal, and corporate functions for forecasting, permitting, and other matters.
Benefits
- A seat on our senior leadership team.
- Real authority over how we operate.
- Real visibility with the executives and shareholders who back us.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
Associate degree
