Sr Dir, Operational Excellence

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. 
 

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

Position Summary
The Senior Director, Operational Excellence will be a key leader within F5’s Corporate Strategy team, responsible for driving enterprise-wide operational transformation and embedding a culture of continuous improvement. This leader will design and deliver frameworks that streamline processes, increase efficiency, and strengthen alignment across global functions. By partnering with senior executives and business unit leaders, this role ensures that F5’s strategic priorities translate into measurable operational impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and execution of enterprise operational excellence initiatives that improve efficiency, scalability, and customer outcomes.
• Partner with senior leaders across business functions (Engineering, Product, Sales, Marketing, Finance, People & Culture) to align operations with F5’s corporate strategy.
• Establish and manage performance frameworks, KPIs, and metrics to monitor execution and measure impact.
• Drive process optimization, automation, and standardization efforts to eliminate inefficiencies and improve speed to execution.
• Lead cross-functional transformation programs that accelerate growth and profitability.
• Build and develop a high-performing team that brings operational rigor, analytical insight, and change management expertise.
• Act as a trusted advisor to executives, providing data-driven insights and recommendations that influence decision-making.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational discipline across the organization.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in corporate strategy, operational excellence, or management consulting.
• Proven track record of leading enterprise-wide transformation and operational improvement initiatives in a complex, global technology company.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect strategy to execution and measurable outcomes.
• Expertise in performance management frameworks (e.g., OKRs, Balanced Scorecard, Lean Six Sigma, Agile).
• Exceptional leadership, influencing, and communication skills with the ability to partner effectively with C-level executives.
• Demonstrated ability to lead change, drive alignment across functions, and deliver results under tight deadlines.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The annual base pay for this position is: $239,200.00 - $358,800.00

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice. 

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.  F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.