Chief Operating Officer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Champion the implementation of MoveOn’s vision, strategic direction, and operational framework.

• Participate as a member of the Senior Management Team, reporting to the Executive Director, and collaborate with department heads to convert strategic goals into actionable objectives and KPIs for the Operations Department.

• Lead and manage the Operations Department alongside a distributed, high-performing team across the United States.

• Formulate strategies for financial sustainability, annual budgeting, reserves, forecasting, and analysis.

• Establish frameworks for operational and fiscal management, including standards, systems, and best practices.

• Supervise budgeting, grant management, income reporting, and financial information dissemination to boards, staff, and stakeholders.

• Oversee human resources, organizational development, talent planning, retention, succession planning, performance management, DEIA initiatives, and workforce well-being.

• Direct the People Team and manage talent acquisition, development, total rewards, offboarding, change management, culture-building, and team-building efforts.

• Lead enterprise risk management initiatives to mitigate financial, operational, employment, and reputational risks.

• Supervise legal operations, board governance, fiduciary responsibilities, compliance, transparency, liability insurance, audits, and reporting related to campaign finance, lobbying, tax, and charitable registration.

• Maintain resource separation agreements among MoveOn entities.

• Represent the organization publicly as required and perform additional duties as assigned by the Executive Director.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years in a COO, CFO, or similar role within a mid-sized multi-entity nonprofit organization.

• Over 10 years of senior-level or executive leadership experience in leading high-performing operational functions, ideally in political, nonprofit, advocacy, and/or social justice settings.

• Experience with multi-entity organizations, including C3, C4, and PAC entities.

• Proven track record in financial projections, forecasting, and business modeling.

• Extensive experience in assessing and mitigating operational, financial, and reputational risks.

• Strong understanding of and commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, with an emphasis on integrating equity-centered practices into communications, culture, and organizational strategy.

• Capability to think strategically and translate broad goals and strategies into operational objectives.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, able to simplify complex organizational data into clear messages for diverse audiences.

• Experience managing and leading high-performing teams across Finance and People departments.

• Proficiency in managing complex projects and deadlines across departments while effectively prioritizing tasks.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and maintain composure under pressure.

🏝️ Benefits

• Monthly home office subsidy.

• Annual internet and phone subsidy of $2,100.

• Annual health and wellness subsidy of $900.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, provided at no cost to employees and their children; spouses or domestic partners can be added at a subsidized rate.

• Employer-covered life insurance premiums.

• Four weeks of accrued paid vacation each year.

• 18 weeks of paid parental leave.

• 10 days of accrued paid sick time.

• Paid family medical leave.

• Paid organizational holidays.

• 6 floating holidays throughout the year.

• Employer 401(k) contribution of 5% after six months of employment.

• $1,000 annual budget for professional development.