Business Process Optimization Manager

This job posting will remain open until 11:59 p.m. on the date listed below.   October 30, 2026   We deliver affordable, reliable ELECTRICITY, with a focus on EFFICIENCY and a commitment to ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. We are dedicated to ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, providing resources and supporting economic growth. Our EMPLOYEES are our greatest asset in meeting our mission to be an Oklahoma Agency of Excellence.   The Business Process Optimization Manager is responsible for leading enterprise-wide initiatives that improve organizational effectiveness, operational efficiency, customer service, and workforce productivity. This role serves as an internal consultant, partnering with leaders across business functions to identify improvement opportunities, redesign processes, implement sustainable solutions, and drive measurable business results. This role combines process improvement, change management, data analysis, project leadership, and technology enablement to eliminate waste, simplify work, enhance decision-making, and support strategic objectives. The Business Process Optimization Manager operates with a high degree of independence and influences stakeholders across all levels of the organization. Essential job functions include, but are not limited to:   ·   Lead cross-functional process improvement initiatives from assessment through implementation and sustainment. ·   Evaluate current processes, identify gaps and improvement opportunities, and facilitate future-state process design. ·   Facilitate process discovery, value stream mapping, workflow analysis, and future-state design sessions. ·   Develop business cases, cost-benefit analyses, recommendations, performance measures, and implementation plans. ·   Advise leaders on operational challenges and improvement opportunities aligned with organizational priorities. ·   Partner with Information Technology and business teams to improve systems, automate workflows, and support process digitization and responsible use of artificial intelligence. ·   Analyze operational, financial, customer, and workforce data to identify trends, support decisions, and measure results. ·   Develop and execute stakeholder engagement, communication, training, and change management activities that support adoption. ·   Manage project scope, risks, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and expected benefits across multiple departments. ·   Develop and execute change management plans to support successful implementation of improvement initiatives. ·   Support enterprise process governance, documentation standards, and continuous improvement practices. ·   Coach employees and leaders on process improvement methods and tools. ·   Build organizational capability in continuous improvement methodologies and tools. ·   Perform other duties, as assigned.   Skills, Knowledge, Qualities:   ·   Knowledge of business process management, operational excellence, Lean methodologies, process mapping, workflow…