VP of Operations

LENS Inc. • Los Angeles, CA

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About The Position

LENS's mission is to end traffic accidents by detecting hazards to prevent accidents before they happen. LENS Detect scans CCTV feeds on highways to identify hazards in real-time. Public Safety agencies and Departments of Transportation receive alerts on the LENS Detect dashboard about Disabled Vehicles, Stalled Big Rigs, and Pedestrians on Freeway. A dispatcher reviews and validates the detection, and then dispatches an officer to the scene to assist the person in need. As the VP of Operations, you seek transformational change and believe that when the root cause of an accident can be known in advance, the accident can and should be prevented. You will work with fellow Preventers that share this core belief, using LENS to prevent accidents and save lives.

Requirements

• Demonstrated success helping companies scale from early stage into larger, more complex organizations, building the operating model, management systems, and leadership capabilities required at each stage of growth.
• A track record of building enduring organizations, not simply delivering operational results. You leave behind stronger leaders, stronger teams, and stronger systems than the ones you inherited.
• Strong strategic judgment balanced with operational rigor. You are comfortable moving between long-term company strategy and the practical realities of execution and can translate company vision into organizational execution and business results.
• Experience operating in highly dynamic environments where priorities evolve rapidly, ambiguity is constant, and leaders are expected to create clarity rather than wait for it.
• Experience building and leading multiple business functions, including developing senior leaders, creating organizational structure, and scaling teams through periods of rapid growth.
• Exceptional organizational leadership skills, with the ability to align diverse functions around shared priorities while maintaining speed, accountability, and execution.
• Outstanding executive communication and influence skills, with the ability to build trust across employees, customers, partners, investors, and public-sector stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in public safety, defense, logistics, or similarly high-stakes domains is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead our business organization. Develop the business functions that power LENS, including Marketing, Communications, Customer Impact, People, and other functions as the company grows and create an organization capable of compounding its impact over time.
• Translate company strategy into operational execution. Partner closely with the leadership team to turn long-term strategy into clear priorities, measurable objectives, and coordinated execution across the company.
• Design our systems for scale. Establish the planning processes, operating cadences, decision-making frameworks, and management systems that enable the company to move quickly while remaining aligned as it grows.
• Create organizational leverage. Continuously improve how teams collaborate, communicate, and make decisions. Remove organizational friction, clarify accountability, and ensure every function is positioned to do its highest-impact work.
• Partner with the CEO on company building. Serve as a trusted thought partner on organizational strategy, operational priorities, hiring, and business performance. Help ensure today's decisions strengthen the company's long-term ability to fulfill its mission.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed