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This role leads the operations functions that provide critical support to CEA's work. This is a senior role on our leadership team, reporting to our CEO, and collaborating closely with programs across CEA's portfolio and partners throughout the effective altruism (EA) ecosystem. You will be responsible for all of our operational functions, and for managing the growing team of 16+ staff working on them: Finance and accounting; Grants; Legal; People Operations & Recruiting; Business operations / systems; Office operations.
Job Responsibility:
Lead, support, and build a multi-functional operations team, including setting direction, coaching managers, improving team performance, and building healthy working norms
Ensure CEA's core operational functions are reliable and fit for purpose as we scale, with an emphasis on building teams and systems that reduce friction for programmatic teams while maintaining strong oversight, governance, and risk management
Drive continuous improvement across functional areas to improve execution, reliability, and scale of our work
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
(For the right candidates) 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 (e.g., finance, grants operations, legal/risk, people ops, business systems)
Overseeing budgeting, forecasting, and cash/runway management to support leadership decision-making
Scaling people operations and recruiting in a growing organization, including strengthening manager support and performance systems
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
What we offer:
private insurance
flexible work hours
$6,000 / £5,000 annual professional development allowance