Partner & Chief Operating Officer

Backline Alliance; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Backline Alliance is seeking a senior operations executive to unite acquired clubs into a single platform and build the operating engine from the ground up in a fast‑growing buy‑and‑build model.

You will own the technology infrastructure integration, create the playbook, and lead people and processes across acquisitions, delivering structure and trust with club owners. This is a hands‑on, high‑impact role reporting to the CEO and offering a clear path to the top.

Qualifications

• Stand up operations or shared services in a multi-entity, acquisitive business.
• You ship the work with minimal direction and ownership.
• You push 90% to 100% instead of circling back later.
• You see mess and build structure to prevent recurrence.
• You push back on the CEO when he's wrong.

Responsibilities

• Own the technology infrastructure that connects acquired clubs into one platform.
• Develop the integration playbook, which does not exist yet.
• Lead people and process across every acquisition.
• Developers and administrative staff day to day.
• Build trust with club owners before and after close.

Skills

Operations leadership

Acquisition integration

Multi-entity operations

Job description

The CEO buys clubs. You turn them into one company.

Execution risk is the biggest risk in a buy-and-build, and there is no operating engine here yet. No playbook, no team, no infrastructure. That is the job, not a warning about it.

Compensation $200–250K base + bonus + material participation in carry Reports to Chief Executive Officer

What you own

• The technology infrastructure that connects acquired clubs into one platform


• The integration playbook, which does not exist yet


• People and process across every acquisition


• Developers and administrative staff, day to day


• Trust with club owners before and after close

What we need

• You have stood up operations or shared services in a multi-entity, acquisitive business


• You find the work and ship it. Nobody assigns you your job


• You push 90% to 100% instead of circling back later


• You see mess and build structure so it does not recur


• You push back on the CEO when he's wrong

An echo is useless. A counterweight is a partner.

Where this leads

COO now. President in two to three years. CEO of the operating company at $15M+ portfolio EBITDA. You will build the team under you as you go, from a bookkeeper and a contractor to five or eight people by year three.

Attributes over experience.