Chief Operating Officer

Summary

Join Movers+Shakers, a leading creative agency, as an operational leader to drive growth and translate the founders' vision into reality. This remote-first role involves partnering with founders and top leaders to operationalize the agency's disruptive vision. You will lead transformation and growth, overseeing operations, PMO, and potentially finance, HR, IT, and legal. The ideal candidate has 20+ years of experience in marketing agencies, expertise in project management and financial planning, and a passion for fostering a positive and collaborative work environment. Movers+Shakers offers competitive salaries, a bonus structure, and a remote-first culture with hubs in LA and NYC.

Requirements

• Optimistic, nurturing, collaborative and decisive leader
• 20+ years of experience in marketing agencies, including creative and/or social agencies
• Experience at rapidly growing agencies, in the 50-200 person range
• Experience partnering with founders
• Expert in project management, staff planning, resource management, and pricing
• Skilled in financial planning & analysis
• Experienced in legal issues and best practices for a creative agency
• Spreads joy! ✨

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with the founders and top leaders: operationalize the disruptive vision, and, crucially, push back and redirect to set us up for success
• Lead transformation & growth -- both through your own team and cross-functionally for the entire agency
• Identify and strategically pursue opportunities to improve performance operationally, creatively, and financially
• Manage the Project Management team and function, setting the standard for excellence and coaching our team to deliver
• Oversee senior leaders in HR and Finance, establishing an operational leadership team to drive smart growth
• Manage pricing and staffing strategy for pitches and existing business
• Supervise and refine process around legal, business affairs, and IT
• Work with the founders and executive team to plan, prioritize, and implement transformation and growth
• Help create a healthy tension among the top leadership between big dreams & disruption, with operational best practice & practicality
• Partner with the Managing Director to ensure client delight and growth, and develop a healthy center of tension between client delivery and operational success
• Partner with CCO and ECD to boost the quality of the creative output by improving team models and delivery processes
• Work with the CEO and finance lead on P&L planning and strategic decision-making. Help us balance margin and growth
• Guide the agency in tracking to our financial targets, and adjusting course as needed
• Guide the agency in achieving operational KPIs like margin & billability
• Design and stand up teams to service large AOR wins
• Nurture a culture of excellence across the agency, alongside a sense of joy and belief in possibility
• Build strong relationships across Stagwell (our parent company), including Stagwell leadership and sister agencies

Preferred Qualifications

Client-side experience is a plus

Benefits

• REMOTE-FIRST CULTURE!
• Work from anywhere in the US!
• All employees can have an All-Access WeWork Pass to collaborate with teammates in your area or to simply change up your working environment
• Competitive salaries
• Bonus structure