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• Overview

  Cisco is hiring a Operations Director in Louisville, KY.

• Role description

  As our newest Operations Director, you'll help set the standard for quality across everything we do. A freelance Operations Director role that values ownership over busywork, pays $116,000 - $184,000, and invests in your long-term growth.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Support daily operations at our Louisville site and keep workflows moving
  • Hold the line on quality when deadlines start whispering shortcuts
  • Juggle remote-native priorities without dropping the ones that matter
  • Translate fuzzy stakeholder asks into a crisp Facilitation plan
  • Keep Collaboration handoffs warm so Louisville partners never feel dropped
  • Keep the Cisco backlog ruthlessly honest about what's truly next

  What You'll Bring

  • 12 years that taught you which corners can be cut
  • Customer-focused outlook with strong interpersonal skills
  • A history of leaving general processes better than you found them
  • The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly
  • A growth mindset and openness to constructive feedback
  • Working understanding of both Growth Mindset and Active Listening in real-world settings
  • Fluency in Interpersonal Skills earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial

  Cisco is a warm-yet-rigorous team based in Louisville, KY, building products that customers rely on every day. We reward the teammate who unblocks three colleagues over the one who quietly hero-codes alone.

  The Operations Director role earns $116,000 - $184,000 and opens doors to cross-functional projects that accelerate your Active Listening and Cross-Functional Collaboration growth.

  The freshness epoch just refreshed, marking this Operations Director role live again.

  A few minutes now could reshape your next 10, so start your Cisco application.

• Required skills

  • Collaboration
  • Continuous Learning
  • Adaptability
  • Project Management
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Active Listening
  • Written Communication
  • Empathy
  • Facilitation
  • Self-Motivation
  • Growth Mindset
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Persuasion

• Benefits & perks

  • International assignment opportunities
  • Accessible workplace design
  • Annual salary reviews
  • Comprehensive health insurance
  • Company Outings
  • Employee resource groups (ERGs)
  • Career transition support
  • Happy hours and social events
  • Four-day work week
  • Matching gift program

• Apply before 2026-08-10

  Submit your application for this Freelance general position.