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This role emphasizes organizational leadership, workforce strategy, and operational excellence rather than day-to-day technical delivery. The OM ensures effective staffing, strong employee performance, and alignment with evolving technology and client needs. The position requires a strong technical foundation in modern development practices, DevOps, automation, and software delivery frameworks to support hiring, workforce planning, and operational oversight, while also maintaining close engagement with customer stakeholders and ensuring compliance with all required policies.\nResponsibilities\nOrganizational Leadership & Operations\nLead and supervise a large, distributed operational workforce to achieve performance targets and deliver high-quality services\nServe as the primary escalation point for personnel, operational issues, and customer concerns, ensuring timely and effective resolution\nParticipate in regular operational meetings with the Customer Representative to review progress, performance, and strategic initiatives\nAttend customer meetings to provide updates, insights, and recommendations on operations and workforce performance\nFoster a high-performance, accountable culture across embedded teams\nWorkforce Management & 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