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Mystic Lake Casino Hotel · 3 days ago

Director of Operations - Little Six Casino

Prior Lake, MN

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

Mystic Lake Casino Hotel is a prominent gaming destination in Minnesota, seeking a Director of Operations for Little Six Casino. This strategic role involves overseeing all property operations, ensuring compliance, managing financial performance, and leading teams to create exceptional guest experiences.

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Responsibilities

Responsible for the overall leadership, management, direction, and performance of Little Six Casino, including all departments and operations of Little Six Casino and its team members

Responsible for leading, guiding, and developing the Little Six Team and its performance in alignment with the Enterprise purpose, vision, and values

Responsible for the preparation, development, and analysis of the budgetary and financial performance of Little Six Casino

Ensures regulatory compliance with all applicable provisions of the Gaming Ordinance, SMSC Gaming Regulations, Tribal-State Gaming Compact, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and the Internal Revenue Code including Title 31 and Anti Money Laundering regulations and any regulations duly adopted by the Board of Directors and the SMSC Gaming Commission

Ensures compliance of all departments of Little Six Casino with all procedures and policies duly adopted by the Board of Directors and the SMSC Gaming Commission

Responsible for assessing organizational performance to budget and business plan requirements and aligning solutions with the strategic and cultural initiatives of the enterprise

Responsible for leading all operating departments, and team members assigned to those departments

Responsible for managing key vendor relationships and strategic partnerships to support SMSC Gaming Enterprise’s initiatives and uphold compliance with internal policies and industry standards. This includes navigating vendor engagement with professionalism and transparency when vendors offer promotional opportunities or experiences

Responsible for the coordination and direction of operational and administrative support activities allocated from Mystic Lake Casino Hotel operating and administrative departments

Responsible for collaboration and partnership with all GE functional and operational areas and SMSC departments that support Little Six

Responsible for all short and long-term strategic planning for Little Six Casino

Responsible for the management and execution of all capital projects and capital planning for Little Six Casino

Responsible for providing input and defining the annual marketing plan for Little Six and the Gaming Enterprise

Qualification

Gaming experienceFinancial managementLeadership developmentStrategic planningProcess improvementRelationship managementCommunication skillsTeam buildingLearning agilityProblem-solvingCollaboration skillsPresentation skills

Required

At least ten (10) years of progressive operations, leadership, financial and management experience in the areas of gaming, marketing or financial operations with budget and planning responsibilities, with five (5) of these years at a senior management level

Gaming experience required

Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, marketing, gaming, hospitality or related field required

Strong communication (verbal, written, interpersonal), presentation and collaboration skills at the senior management level, with the ability to interpret complex data, documents, legal documents and reports and the ability to synthesize the data

Superior learning agility, problem analysis and problem-solving skills

Proven leader of change and fully understands the change management process and how that translates to leaders and team members

Strong process improvement orientation/methodology and understands the methodology and how to manage through small- or large-scale process changes

Intermediate to advanced computer skills to include word-processing, spreadsheets, database, presentations, electronic mail and messaging software with a strong knowledge of the functionality of gaming and marketing systems

A proven people leader with success building and leading high performing teams

Skilled in proactively assessing organizational performance and aligning solutions with strategic and cultural initiatives

Demonstrated success of strong relationship management and team building skills, with ability to influence leaders and team members at all levels within the greater organization

Outstanding written, verbal, interpersonal, coaching and presentation skills with the ability to tailor messaging to the audience

Strong collaborator who influences effectively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders at all levels