Vice President of Center Operations - Fully Remote

Vice President of Center Operations - Fully Remote!

Futures start here. Where first steps, new friendships, and confident learners are born. At Kinder Care Learning Companies, the first and only early childhood education provider recognized with the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award
, we offer a variety of early education and child‑care options for families. Whether it’s Kinder Care Learning Centers, Champions, or Crème de la Crème, we build confidence for kids, families, and the future we share. And we want you to join us in shaping it—in neighborhoods, at work, and in schools nationwide.

At Kinder Care Learning Companies, you’ll use your skills and expertise to support the work (and fun) that happens in our sites and centers every day. From marketers and strategists to financial analysts and data engineers, and so much more, we’re all passionate about crafting a world where children, families, and organizations can thrive.

As Vice President, Center Operations you’ll lead the teams that are responsible for ensuring that Kinder Care’s centers operate with excellence every day. You’ll drive operational excellence, labor optimization, and organizational readiness by leading three critical functions:
Seasonality & Standards, Labor Operations, and Adoption. You’ll build the shared‑services infrastructure that allows the business to deliver against critical metrics and allows center teams to deliver consistently exceptional experiences for children, families, and staff for all of Kinder Care’s brands.

You will be the central connector between corporate strategy and field execution, owning the governance, prioritization, and execution systems that drive growth and mitigate risk to ensure centers receive the right guidance, at the right time, in the right way. You will partner cross‑functionally with high‑performing teams in Brand Operations, HR, Finance, and Quality to make every initiative and standard clear, coordinated, and measurable.

The ideal candidate is a strategic operator with deep experience in multi‑unit field organizations who excel in bringing order to complexity, making data‑driven decisions, and helping large organizations adopt change successfully.

• Build strong relationships to influence successful outcomes
• Shape the future of a growing, mission‑focused organization
• Apply curiosity and systems thinking to improve how work gets done
• Collaborate across functions to elevate operations and child experience
• Provide strategic guidance to senior leaders
• Thrive in a fast‑paced, high‑impact, and collaborative environment

• Champion a metrics‑driven approach to operational excellence, connecting daily practices to enterprise goals in quality, growth, and profitability.
• Use data and insight to identify trends, make timely operational adjustments, and ensure results stay on track.
• Collaborate with Finance, Quality, and Brand Operations to measure and demonstrate the return on investment of strong operational rigor.
• Ensure every function within Center Operations can clearly show how its work contributes to Kinder Care’s mission and long‑term success.

• Set the multi‑year vision and roadmap for Center Operations, encompassing Seasonality & Standards, Labor Operations, and Adoption.
• Design and lead the field governance model—how work is proposed, approved, sequenced, and measured.
• Partner across corporate teams to translate enterprise priorities into actionable field plans.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on operational readiness, trade‑offs, and field capacity.
• Align specific operational standards to company objectives, reporting on where the organization is on/off track and creating measures to mitigate risk.

• Drive the development, maintenance, and adoption of operational standards and SOPs.
• Lead a cross‑brand, year‑round seasonal planning process—ensuring teams plan 6–12 months ahead for seasonal work.
• Maintain a standards library and performance measurement system, ensuring adherence and continuous improvement.

• Oversee Kinder Care’s labor strategy, staffing models, scheduling processes,…