Execution Infrastructure for Cross-Functional Programs
OpsCorp is a boutique consultancy that helps large organizations execute cross-functional strategic initiatives. We work in the space between the plan and the people running it, where most programs lose momentum: unclear decision rights, missing operating rhythms, unmanaged dependencies, and governance that exists on paper but not in practice.
We bring structure to that space so complex programs move at the pace leadership expects.
Tirrell Payton, Founder
Tirrell is an ex-McKinsey consultant who spent years embedded in the kind of cross-functional programs where execution breaks down at the seams between functions: M&A integrations and enterprise technology rollouts. The breakdown was always in the orchestration: who decides what and what happens when workstreams collide.
He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Before McKinsey, he built operational discipline across environments where coordination mattered more than individual heroics.
OpsCorp exists because Tirrell kept seeing the same pattern: organizations invest heavily in strategy and then underinvest in the operational infrastructure required to execute it. Programs succeed when someone builds the system that keeps cross-functional work moving, with decision rights and governance cadences that don’t depend on one person holding it all together.
That pattern is what OpsCorp was built to address, and every engagement we run is designed around it.
What We Believe
- Strategy without orchestration is a document. The gap between a good plan and a successful program is operational infrastructure: decision rights, cadence, governance, and dependency management.
- Programs fail at the seams, not at the center. When functions work well individually but the program stalls, the problem lives in the spaces between teams. That’s where we work.
- Build systems, not dependency. Every engagement is scoped toward a handoff. We install operating rhythms and governance structures your team can run after we leave.
- Co-create with operators. We work from the executive level down to the operational details, alongside your team rather than in isolation. The people who’ll run the program should help build the system that runs it.
Where We Work
We specialize in Retail and Life Sciences/Healthcare, two industries where cross-functional timelines are compressed and the cost of misalignment compounds quickly.
Our clients are typically VP-level leaders at Fortune 500 and mid-market companies ($1B to $10B) running high-visibility programs with board-level attention and real deadline pressure. They’ve been acting as the human orchestration layer, and they’re ready for a system that doesn’t require heroics.
Ready to Talk?
If you’re leading a cross-functional initiative and the execution side isn’t keeping pace with the strategy, we should have a conversation.