Vice President of Operations
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The Good Food InstituteNon-profit
Remote; United StatesFull-TimeVp
Salary173987 - 182686 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- A minimum of ten years of experience
Requirements
- A minimum of ten years of experience in a leadership capacity in at least two of CAT's four main areas of responsibility (Finance, Information Technology, Operations, and People Operations)
- Experience working within or alongside international or multi-entity organizational structures
- Experience within nonprofit organizations preferred
- Management experience, with the proven ability to foster a team culture of inclusion and belonging
- Demonstrated ability to exercise independent judgment in ambiguous situations and drive initiatives without explicit direction
- Experience navigating complex stakeholder dynamics across geographically distributed, culturally diverse teams
- Demonstrated ability to build trust-based partnerships across geographic, cultural, and organizational boundaries
- Willingness to maintain a flexible schedule to support collaboration across global time zones, including periodic early morning or evening meetings
- Experience identifying and managing organizational risk, including escalating issues appropriately, coordinating mitigation efforts across teams, and maintaining clear documentation and continuity plans
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Highest ethical standards
- Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment
- Strong problem-solving, listening, and verbal and written communication skills
- A commitment to fostering a work environment that is respectful, supportive, fair, and welcoming to all
- Comfort working remotely in a collaborative, caring, and high-performing culture that values inclusion and innovation
- Strong support for GFI’s philosophy and mission; demonstrated interest in plant-based & other alternative proteins, public health, environmentalism, climate change, animal protection, or hunger relief
- A commitment to GFI’s values: believe change is possible, do the most good we can, share knowledge freely, act on evidence, and invite everyone to the table
Responsibilities
- Oversee the Collaborative Assistance Team (CAT); setting department strategy, vision, and culture; and hiring, training, supervising, mentoring, and developing team members.
- Proactively identify, assess, and escalate operational risks to the CEO, General Counsel, and Leadership Team; designing and implementing proportionate systems and controls.
- Lead the organization's budgeting and financial planning processes by setting direction, ensuring alignment between strategy and resource allocation, and overseeing financial performance.
- Foster a high-performing, inclusive culture by ensuring equitable practices, strong management and professional development standards, and alignment across teams.
- Maintain and improve core operational infrastructure, including policies, internal controls, and both human and technical systems that support scalable, efficient, and compliant organizational growth.
- Coordinate cross-functional risk mitigation strategies and processes, maintaining risk documentation, and ensuring business continuity planning.
- Oversee GFI’s operational insurance portfolio, including evaluating coverage needs, managing broker relationships, procuring and renewing policies.
- Ensure operational alignment across the network of organizations (planning, communication, shared practices) while affiliate teams retain responsibility for day-to-day operations.
- Prepare Board-level materials in partnership with the CEO, General Counsel, and Finance, ensuring the Board has appropriate visibility into key operational, financial, and risk issues.
- Serve as an active member of the GFI (U.S. team) Leadership Team, driving cross-functional and network-wide initiatives; representing operational and governance considerations in network decision-making.
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