Embedded Operations Director

Director-level operating control without a permanent executive appointment.

A three-month intervention for owner-led businesses where delivery pressure, reporting gaps and unresolved accountability are obstructing growth.

Engagement boundary

Reserved capacity against an agreed 90-day operating plan.

The role is embedded enough to execute, but bounded enough to avoid becoming an undefined employee substitute.

Leadership

Five reserved days per month.

Up to two onsite days, weekly leadership operating review and direct accountability for the agreed priorities.

Control

One management operating picture.

KPIs, project status, commercial exposure, action ownership, suppliers, blockers and decisions.

Output

Monthly director operating report.

A concise owner-level record of progress, exposure, unresolved decisions and next-stage recommendations.

Included

Practical operating intervention.

The emphasis is execution, not generic management advice.

Operating cadence

  • Weekly leadership review
  • Responsibility and action register
  • Operating scorecard
  • Supplier and subcontractor escalation
  • Commercial delivery review

Implementation

  • Process design and implementation
  • Project or contract recovery plan
  • Management reporting structure
  • SiteWorks deployment where appropriate
  • 90-day transfer or continuation decision
Explicit exclusions

Professional boundaries remain intact.

LSSCO does not absorb statutory or specialist appointments merely because it coordinates the operating system.

Not an employee

No unlimited access, routine administration or assumption of the client’s employment structure.

Not statutory design advice

No architectural, engineering, legal, quantity-surveying, Principal Designer or Principal Contractor appointment unless separately and competently contracted.

Not indefinite dependency

The intended result is an operating system the client’s management can own, not permanent reliance on external intervention.

Commercial position

£4,750 per month

Three-month minimum. Additional reserved days are separately scoped and charged. Monthly fees are payable in advance.