Operations Lead (9m FTC) - #2081193

**Operating Model & Organisational Design Specialist – 9-Month Contract | Sheffield (Hybrid)**

Are you an experienced operating model and organisational design specialist with a talent for strategic thinking and a genuine ability to roll your sleeves up and get things done? Elevation Recruitment Group are working with a fast-growing, investor-backed technology business to recruit an Operating Model & Organisational Design Specialist on an initial 9-month contract basis.

**The Opportunity**

This is a high-impact, strategic role working directly with the COO of a business in the midst of significant M&A activity. Having completed several acquisitions - with more directly in the pipeline - the business needs someone to make sense of what it has, design what good looks like, and build the roadmap to get there.

Each acquired business is different in size, shape, and maturity. Some have their own operational capabilities; others are small teams operating very differently to the parent. Your job is to cut through the complexity, facilitate the right conversations, and design a coherent Target Operating Model that sets the business up for its next phase of growth.

**What You'll Be Doing**

- Conducting a thorough current state assessment across all business entities — mapping capabilities, decision-making structures, governance, and process architecture
- Facilitating design workshops with senior stakeholders to develop future state options
- Designing 2-3 TOM structural options with clear trade-offs, recommendations, and an organisational sizing model
- Defining future governance frameworks, accountability structures, and RACI models
- Building a transition roadmap with clear owners, sequencing, and checkpoints
- Acting as a trusted strategic sounding board for the COO throughout

**What We're Looking For**

- Proven experience delivering Target Operating Model and organisational design work — whether from a consulting background or embedded within a transformation role
- A management consultancy mindset: able to go to 10,000 feet, synthesise complexity, and come back with clear, actionable recommendations
- Equally comfortable in a workshop room facilitating executive conversations and at a desk doing the analytical work yourself — this business needs a doer, not an orchestrator
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills at COO and board level
- Experience working in or with SME or mid-market businesses — you must be comfortable operating without large teams behind you
- M&A or post-acquisition integration exposure is a bonus but not essential
- Sector background is less important than functional expertise

**The Details**

- 9-month contract (potential to extend)
- Sheffield — hybrid working, with greater presence expected in the early stages
- Competitive day rate / salary depending on experience
- Immediate or near-term availability preferred

If you're a strategic thinker who knows how to design operating models that actually work - and you're not afraid to get stuck in — we'd love to hear from you.