Chief Operating Officer Jobs

Hey, Chief Operating Officer!

Have you grown businesses exponentially? Do you LOVE to win and invent creative ways to foster business growth? This role is to enhance and oversee ongoing business operations within CMDS.

CMDS is a business growth agency that helps B to B companies reinvent and reignite themselves at the core. We use advanced business strategies and marketing to grow our partners top line revenues exponentially while also helping them improve operational challenges.

Our ideal rockstar COO will have proven leadership skills, have an enviable business acumen with the ability to effectively manage, lead and supervise a multidisciplinary team to endless heights.

As the title suggests, you would be responsible for the daily operations with the highest level of effectiveness, supervising all or most aspects of the company's procedures and plans. You would be managing a vast canvas of issues including marketing, financial growth and development, strategic thinking, sales, research, and personnel, so I would expect you to be a hardworking and inspiring leader with the added ability to approach business from a creative point of view.

Objectives/Responsibilities of this Role:

• Collaborate with the CEO to develop and implement plans for the operational infrastructure of systems, policies, processes, and staff
• Employee Tasks: Editing and proofreading employee projects/managing and overseeing new employee recruiting and onboarding
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation and public speaking skills, both practiced and impromptu
• Outstanding organizational and leadership abilities, including the ability to recognize and cultivate rising talent
• Provide day-to-day leadership and management
• Manage relationships with partners/vendors
• Evaluate performance by analyzing and interpreting data and metrics
• Managing/overseeing sales and/or marketing initiatives and projects to ensure employee follow-through
• Responsible for driving the company to achieve and surpass sales, profitability, cash flow and business goals and objectives
• Building Operations: Controlling day to day building issues and building maintenance
• Aptitude in sound decision-making and problem-solving in pressure situations
• Set comprehensive goals for performance and growth
• Ability to comfortably and energetically present the company and its products publicly
• Oversee daily operations of the company and the work of executives (IT, Marketing, Sales, Finance etc.)
• Help facilitate and resolve technical issues (computers/laptops)
• Establishing policies that promote company culture and vision
• High-level understanding of all business functions such as IT, HR, Finance, Marketing, etc
• Strategize and participate in expansion activities (investments, acquisitions, corporate alliances etc.)
• Write and submit reports to the CEO in all matters of importance
• Lead employees to encourage maximum performance, accountability and dedication
• Designing and implementing business operations
• Be energetic and open to a creative, unconventional office atmosphere. Be a driven and goal-oriented human that can still kick back and enjoy being a part of the team
• Dedication to building and growing a strong and stable workforce
• Human Resources management
• Assist CEO in various new business ventures
• Design and implement business strategies, plans and procedures

You encompass the following attributes:

• Proven experience as Chief Operating Office or relevant role

Growth in P&L/Equity Value:

• Shareholders have made money with your ideas and would continuously invest in you
• You haveenhanced a P&L impressively relative to board or boss’s expectations

Strategic Thinking/Vision:

• You translate strategy into objectives
• You make employees aware of where the company is going and are clear with them regarding their expectations and goals for their department and individually.
• You conduct contingency-planning and “what-if” scenarios and have achieved big wins by seeing things that others did not
• You have formulated longer-term strategy (3-5 years) along with a shorter-term operating plan (monthly/quarterly)
• You anticipate issues before they become problems

Breadth of Expertise:

• You have a strong working knowledge of sales, marketing, finance, and client service
• You understand how the whole business fits together and what drives value creation

Coach-ability:

• You are coachable and continually willing to listen to CEO, employees and clients, yet you know not to jump on every idea presented because you understand prioritization and sequencing for execution

Hiring Success Rate:

• Considered by former bosses and colleagues to be a great judge of talent and be able to attract talented people
• You hire “A” players 80% of the time or better

Virtual Bench:

• You have a plethora of “A” players at the ready
• Upon inheriting a new team, you remove all “C” players within 6 months
• You have a strong virtual bench of dozens of “A” players

Track Record of Success:

• Senior managers have told you that you have “high” potential and have envisioned you running their company one day
• Your performance reviews are in the top echelon
• Has beaten success metrics 90% of the time throughout your career
• Your promotions were earned faster than most
• You tend to be at the top of your peer group

Performance Standards:

• You tend to have standards higher than that of bosses or customers
• You always strive to beat expectations

Proactivity and Initiative:

• You have proven examples of where your initiative has led to a big win for the company

Teamwork:

• Your firm but polite style has earned you the respect of over 90% of your surrounding team members

Delegation:

• You successfully and consistently get things done through other people
• You have a history of persuading others to buy or do things
• You tend to manage by setting goals and following up rather than being too hands-on or too hands-off

Work Ethic:

• You tend to work 40+ hours per week or more on average

Leadership:

• You are often chosen as the organizer/leader for events and projects
• You have established a long record of people leadership

Employment Status/Salary:

• You are currently employed and often have several people vying for you to work with them
• You typically have left jobs because others have pulled you towards something better, creating a deep upward slope in your career trajectory and salary.

Salary is slightly negotiable based on experience and deal structure. Open to be creative to make it a winning journey.