Job Description:
• Lead, support, and build a multi-functional operations team
• Ensure CEA's core operational functions are reliable and fit for purpose as we scale
• Drive continuous improvement across functional areas
• Serve as a strategic partner to the CEO and leadership team by translating strategic priorities into clear operational plans, decisions, processes, and execution across teams
• Act as an outward-facing spokesperson and build our relationships with other organizations
Requirements:
• Experience successfully managing and developing a team
• Strong operational judgment and the ability to execute in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
• High standards for reliability, integrity, and follow-through, and strong value alignment with CEA’s mission
• Leading multi-disciplinary operational functions
• Overseeing budgeting, forecasting, and cash/runway management
• Scaling people operations and recruiting in a growing organization
• Building systems of record and operational workflows that are fast, accurate, compliant, and audit-ready
• Navigating legal and reputational risk tradeoffs effectively and in partnership with counsel
• Driving cross-functional process improvement and “connective tissue” work across teams that don’t share a natural owner
• Operating in a startup or other entrepreneurial environment where there wasn’t an established playbook
• Communicating clearly with diverse stakeholders, including senior leaders, specialists, and external partners, and building trust in high-stakes situations
Benefits:
• private insurance
• flexible work hours
• $6,000 / £5,000 annual professional development allowance
• $6,000 / £5,000 mental health support allowance
• extended parental leave
• ergonomic equipment
• unconditional 10% pension / 401k contribution
• 25 days of paid vacation