Movement Labs - Chief Operating Officer

Remote

Full Time

Experienced

POSITION: Chief Operating Officer

POSITION TYPE: Full-time

LOCATION: Remote

COMPENSATION: This position is a full-time salaried position with a salary range of $150,000-$180,000.

PRIORITY DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: November 18, 2024

PREFERRED START DATE: Early January, 2025

Movement Labs is dedicated to stopping the far right and saving democracy. We bring new thinking to the most challenging problems in the political ecosystem and rigorously test our ideas.

The Chief Operating Officer will reinforce an ambitious and accountable organizational culture, effective team management, and project planning. They will also lead on organizational finance and overall people operations.

The successful candidate has leadership experience in a growing tech or consulting firm in the political, civic or social sectors, including experience managing managers, and has strong experience with financial and HR management.

Steps in the candidate process:

Candidates apply
Info call with recruiter
Short analytics exercise
Candidates who advance will be connected directly to the outgoing COO

Responsibilities:

Leadership & Management (50%):

Acting as chief problem-solver to the CEO and VP team
Working with the CEO to vet possible growth areas, and drive some forward
Supporting team-wide & leadership meeting and strategic planning
Managing staff/consultants including a director of human resources, bookkeeper & accountant, a fellowship manager and potentially others
Reinforcing a coherent organizational culture, effective team management and project planning

Finance (25%):

With support staff be a strategic leader guiding bookkeeping, cost and revenue projections, department budgeting, and margin management of our core business
Supporting the fundraising team in increasing velocity and systematization of fundraising

People Operations (25%):

Oversee the recruitment, hiring and onboarding systems including a sizable fellowship of students or career-transitioners
Implement DEI, skills, and other culture trainings
Oversee staff conflict, mediation, performance improvement processes
Work to identify new roles and help facilitate horizontal movement
Oversee benefits, reimbursements, other staff policies, and answer questions from staff
CRM implementation and usage, in coordination with CTO
Support effective remote work and collaboration by guiding the organization's digital workplace

Requirements

Fast-paced, exceptional intelligence
Comfort with risk
Significant political experience
Leadership experience in a growing tech or consulting firm, ideally touching political, social or civic work
Experience managing managers
Experience with financial and HR management
Highly quantitative mindset

Nice to haves:

Experience working in strategy consulting, marketing or SMS
Experience with management training or coaching
Experience with political or 501(c)(4) fundraising
Bay area modestly preferred

Benefits

Annual salary of $150,000 - 180,000 (this is the top of Movement Labs' salary range).

Movement Labs employees receive excellent health, dental, and vision benefits, 401k, work-from-home stipends, and unlimited Paid Time Off. This position does not qualify as a bargaining unit position.

Applications submitted by November 18, 2024 will be given priority. This search is being supported by NRG Consulting Group. Contact [email protected] with any questions.

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Over the past 5 years, I’ve developed a company and a nationwide progressive talent network to meet the dynamic hiring needs of our clients, all of whom I’m happy to report are repeat customers with whom we have long-standing relationships.

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