Executive Leadership & Operational Excellence Coach

Job Description

Impel Consultants is conducting a confidential search for an established client seeking an experienced Executive Leadership & Operational Excellence Advisor.

This senior advisory role brings together Executive Coaching, Operational Excellence, Business Strategy, Strategic Planning, Change Management, Organisational Development, Process Improvement, Continuous Improvement, Stakeholder Management, and Leadership Development.

You will work with senior leaders to strengthen decision-making, leadership capability, strategic alignment, operational discipline, and business performance.

What You’ll Do

• Provide executive coaching and leadership-development support to senior leaders, helping improve communication, judgement, accountability, and team effectiveness.
• Advise on business strategy and strategic planning, translating priorities into practical operating plans, measures, and execution routines.
• Assess operating models, business processes, performance practices, and organisational challenges to identify process improvement and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Develop operational-excellence roadmaps, implementation plans, KPIs, and progress updates that support measurable performance improvement.
• Facilitate executive and cross-functional workshops that strengthen alignment, collaboration, accountability, and stakeholder decision-making.
• Support change management and organisational development initiatives, including leadership capability, talent planning, succession, employee engagement, and high-performing team practices.
• Build trusted relationships across executive leadership, operations, finance, people, compliance, and other relevant functions through effective stakeholder management.

Functional leaders retain responsibility for final decisions, budgets, and statutory obligations.

What We’re Looking For

• Significant experience in executive coaching, leadership development, management consulting, business transformation, operational excellence, organisational development, or performance improvement.
• Experience advising CEOs, executive teams, VPs, or senior operational leaders on business strategy, strategic planning, operational performance, or organisational effectiveness.
• Strong executive presence, facilitation, communication, stakeholder-management, and business-judgement skills.
• Demonstrated ability to assess complex operational or organisational challenges and develop practical, outcome-focused recommendations.
• Experience leading or supporting cross-functional change, process-improvement, continuous-improvement, or transformation initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline, or equivalent professional experience. Executive-coaching, Lean, Six Sigma, or change-management credentials are valued where relevant.
• Ability to work remotely in the United States and travel occasionally as required.

Why Join

This is an opportunity to create visible value for senior leaders by connecting business strategy with stronger leadership capability, practical operational improvements, and disciplined execution.

How to Apply

Apply through LinkedIn Easy Apply.

Candidates must be legally authorised to work in the United States by the anticipated start date. Impel Consultants and the hiring client consider applicants based on role-related skills, experience, and capability.