Operational Readiness Lead

Computacenter North America • nationwide call

nationwide

218784-en_US

About the role

We are seeking an experienced operational manager to lead and coordinate a critical cross-functional workstream within the Rapid Data Center Deployment organization. This role acts as the operational quarterback across multiple business functions, managing post-sales readiness through predeployment operational activities while driving alignment, accountability, and execution across finance, supply chain, vendor and partner management, sales operations, deployment readiness, and back-office order-to-invoice teams

The ideal candidate is highly organized, analytical, and execution-focused, with the ability to consolidate complex information from multiple workstreams into clear, actionable reporting for executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams. This individual must excel in communications, driving operational coordination, identifying and escalating risks, and maintaining visibility into delivery readiness across a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Annual compensation: $65,000 - $110,000 USD

What you'll be doing

  • Embrace and support Computacenter’s mission and core values.
  • Own visibility and coordination across the end-to-end material and operational lifecycle, from procurement and tracking through release, handoff, invoicing, and deployment readiness. 
  • Standardize and consolidate operational inputs, reporting, and tracking across multiple teams and systems into a unified operational framework and source of visibility. 
  • Manage and coordinate post-sales to pre-deployment operational activities for rapid data center deployment programs.
  • Serve as the primary liaison between sales, finance, supply chain, back-office support, project management teams, and external vendors and partners.
  • Consolidate updates and dependencies across multiple functional workstreams into centralized program tracking and executive reporting.
  • Develop and maintain reliable, repeatable reporting mechanisms, dashboards, status summaries, and operational trackers.
  • Ensure executive stakeholders and project teams have clear visibility into activity status (e.g. informing the correct teams of any issues with shipments, invoices to the customer, issues or risks within vendors/ supply chain workstreams, etc.)
  • Drive operational readiness by tracking procurement, financial approvals, supply chain timelines, partner deliverables, and deployment milestones.
  • Identify risks, delays, and process gaps early, escalating issues with clarity and actionable recommendations.
  • Support budgeting, forecasting, and financial tracking activities related to deployment readiness and operational execution.
  • Coordinate cross-functional meetings, action-item tracking, and follow-up activities to ensure accountability and execution.
  • Partner closely with sales teams to align operational readiness with customer commitments and deployment schedules.
  • Act as a strategic operational partner to sales teams, influencing alignment, prioritization, reporting structure, and execution readiness across cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Maintain organized program documentation, status artifacts, process workflows, and executive communications.
  • Continuously improve reporting structures, operational processes, and cross-functional coordination methods.
  • Coordinate operational alignment between Professional Services and Tech Sourcing workflows, including invoicing dependencies, material readiness, cost recovery coordination, and deployment execution. 
  • Serve as the centralized operational point of visibility for leadership, ensuring stakeholders have accurate, real-time insight into readiness, blockers, financial impacts, material movement, and deployment status. 

What you have

  • Legally eligible to work in the United States
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • PMP or related program/project management certification preferred.
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in sales operations, business operations, supply chain program management, or related operational leadership roles.
  • Experience building operational dashboards, KPI reporting, and executive-level business reviews.
  • Working knowledge or previous experience using dashboarding and reporting tools such as Qlik, PowerBI, Salesforce, or similar platforms.
  • Proven experience managing external vendors, partners, and customers and driving orders, shipments, invoicing, etc. to completion.
  • Strong experience coordinating across finance, supply chain, vendor management, sales operations, and back-office operational teams in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
  • Demonstrated success leading cross-functional operational initiatives and driving accountability across teams, even without direct management authority.  
  • Demonstrated ability to compile, organize, and communicate complex information in a clear, concise, and actionable format. Experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial tracking, and operational reporting.
  • Strong risk management and escalation skills with the ability to communicate delays and impacts effectively to stakeholders and leadership.
  • Exceptional organizational, analytical, and project coordination capabilities.
  • Working knowledge of order-to-invoice/ quote-to-cash cycles, procurement, supply chain, and operational readiness workflows.
  • Advanced proficiency with reporting and collaboration tools, including Microsoft Excel, Smartsheet, and Microsoft Teams.
  • Ability to create scalable operational processes, reporting structures, and governance models rather than simply operate within existing frameworks. 
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with experience presenting to executive stakeholders.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously while maintaining the highest level of attention to detail and execution quality.

Why you should choose us

Freedom & trust

At Computacenter, you can really thrive by having the autonomy to do the right thing, for the long-term benefit of your customers in our unique can-do culture. Our Sales professionals are trusted with high- profile customers and manage large-scale, complex projects.

Your work. Your time

Our culture means that you’re free to decide how best to manage your time and workload. All that matters is that you’re delivering your best for our customers and that you pursue a healthy work/life balance.

Celebrating success

Our two-day annual Group Kick-off event is an international sales conference like no other! It’s a great opportunity to network with your peers from Europe, Asia, and beyond. Learn, be inspired, and help celebrate the success of your team and your colleagues.

Open communication

Despite our size, we’re an open organization that doesn’t hide behind hierarchy. We communicate regularly, openly, and directly. For us, it’s about being straightforward, delivering, and doing the right thing. Essentially, we’re people dealing with people!

Inclusive workplace

People work best when they bring their whole selves to work; that’s why we see and value you as the individual you are. We take a genuine interest in you that extends beyond skills, knowledge, and experience. Our Employee Impact Groups champion best practice, celebrate diversity, and promote inclusion within our industry.

Personal development

We offer unlimited opportunities for your personal growth and development with a structure that offers clear paths for progression. Our people have advanced to become some of the most successful leaders across the global industry – and we’re proud of this.

Health & wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset, and we’re passionate about supporting you in feeling good and staying healthy. We offer a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program, a ‘Be well’ app (powered by Humanoo), Mental Health First Aiders, wellbeing webinars, wellness fairs, and much more.

Tuition reimbursement

Interested in continuing your formal education or pursuing various certifications? Computacenter provides up to $5,250 in tuition reimbursement for full time employees. We value continuing education, and this assistance includes tuition, books, registration fees, and more.

Parental leave

If you’re expanding your family, you can utilize our parental leave program that provides twelve weeks of 100% paid leave for birthing parents, and two weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents. Grow your family with peace of mind as you grow professionally with us.

We’re a place where you can belong

We’re a place where you can belong

At Computacenter, people matter. We value what makes you, you, and believe everyone should feel comfortable being themselves at work. Here, you’ll be recognised for your contribution, supported to grow, and welcomed into a vibrant, collaborative culture where you can experience a genuine sense of belonging - because when you thrive, we thrive.

You’ll see this reflected in our recruitment process too. We aim to provide fair access to opportunities and an inclusive, barrier‑free experience. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values and bring the skills and experience we need.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme. If you opt in and meet the minimum criteria for the role, you’ll be guaranteed an interview, and we’re happy to support any reasonable adjustments. Please let us know when you apply.

Winning Together

At Computacenter, we have been writing success stories for more than 40 years. Today, we’re driving digital transformation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. We develop IT strategies, implement new technologies and manage complex infrastructures.

As a proud, independent partner to some of the world’s leading technology providers, our portfolio covers workplace, applications & data, cloud & data center, security, and networking. What’s the secret of our success? Quite simply, it’s our people.

The people who bring their unique skills and perspectives to a diverse and inclusive environment that enables them to reach their full potential.

Winning Together

We are an award-winning employer!