Operations Manager 2013

Operations Manager

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General

• Executive position - responsible for managing a complex and rapidly-growing organization with intent to scale from <$500k to multimillion dollar budget
• Long-term intent, full time offer with half-time tele-commuting allowed
• Intent of position is to grow with organization
• Competitive salary based on experience and culture fit
• Kansas City or New York City location
• Official title: Operations Manager, promotion track to Chief Operations Officer

Role Description

• Responsible for managing a full range of Open Source Ecology Operations - design, machine builds, production runs, hackathons, special events, construction, video documentation, communications, fundraising, office operations, facility maintenance and upgrades, and others
• Assists ED in developing organizational structure, infrastructure, and protocols - including office, internet, and prototyping infrastructure
• Sets up and manages a production-based, for-profit branch of OSE operations
• Maintains and Updates OSE Operations Handbook (everything from email handling for the Assistant, blogging procedures, to financial controls)
• Oversees facility and its development/production program
• Oversees all budgets and digests them for review by ED
• Composes and negotiates contracts for staff and contractors, and assists other executives in composing/negotiating contracts
• Helps ED in recruiting, makes hiring suggestions, and on-boards new candidates
• Reports to ED, and helps ED manage other executives

Requirements

• MBA preferred
• 20+ years of executive-level operations management experience
• Experience in interviewing
• Executive management experience of $10M+ organziations
• Comfort in negotiating legal and financial structuring of organizations
• Executive experience in managing $10M+ budgets
• Excellent communication and conflict resolution skills
• Excellent mentorship and team building skills
• Track record of community service, and humanitarian service
• Event organizing experience
• Excellent problem-solving ability
• Extensive experience with day-to-day project tracking and project management software
• Hacker, hands-on, DIY culture with respect to open source hardware
• Engineering experience is a plus
• Willingness to migrate to Linux OSE computer platform
• Keen ability to write and negotiate contracts, scopes of work, and memoranda of understanding
• Excellent ability to work as a team