Remote COO for Progressive Ops & Finance Leader

MoveOn.org; United States; Remote; USD 189,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home office subsidy

Internet and phone stipend

Health and wellness subsidy

Medical, dental & vision benefits

Life insurance

Paid vacation time

Parental leave

Sick time

Family medical leave

Holidays & floating holidays

401(k) match after six months

Professional development budget

Job summary

MoveOn.org is seeking a strategic COO to lead finance, operations, legal and people functions across C3, C4 and PAC. The role reports to the Executive Director and guides long-term financial health, organizational culture and equity-centered practices.

You will drive performance, governance and risk management in a fast-paced environment while building scalable infrastructure and strong leadership across departments nationwide.

Qualifications

• 5+ years serving as the COO, CFO, or comparable role of a mid-sized multi-entity nonprofit.
• 10+ years of senior-level or executive leadership experience with a demonstrated track record of leading high-performing operational functions, preferably within political, nonprofit, advocacy, and/or social justice environments
• Experience with multi-entity organizations; including C3, C4 and PAC entities.
• Strong track record of financial projections and forecasting, business modeling, etc.
• A deep experience in assessing and mitigating operational, financial, and reputational risks
• A deep understanding of and commitment to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion, and embedding equity-centered practices into communications, culture, and organizational strategy
• Strong ability to think strategically and translate overarching goals and strategies into operational objectives
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to translate complex organizational data into clear and simple messages for a wide range of audiences
• Experience managing and leading high-performing staff across the Finance and People Teams
• Ability to manage complex projects, deadlines, and work across departments, while prioritizing effectively across a wide range of responsibilities
• Comfort and ease working in a fast-paced environment demonstrating grace under pressure

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of MoveOn’s vision, strategic direction and operating model, in alignment with organizational objectives.
• Serve as a member of the Senior management team Team, reporting to the Executive Director, and partner effectively with other department heads to translate MoveOn’s strategic goals into Operations Department objectives, KPIs.
• Lead and direct the Operations Department to advance MoveOn’s culture, and its overall goals and strategies.
• Strengthen MoveOn’s culture rooted in equity, championing innovation and appropriate risk-taking in service of growing progressive political power.
• Serve as a thought partner and sounding board to the Executive Director and other senior leaders, and as a resource for staff to raise ideas and concerns.
• Lead a distributed, high-performing Operations Department, maintaining and improving the infrastructure, systems, and culture needed to manage staff across the United States.
• Lead the development of strategies for a financially solvent and sustainable organization, directing MoveOn’s combined annual budget and reserves strategy to safeguard long-term financial health.
• Lead and direct the establishment of operational and fiscal management structures, standards, systems, and best practices that build financial stewardship and accountability across MoveOn’s entities.
• Oversee the annual budgeting process across all entities, guiding the Finance & Operations Team in monitoring progress and resolving challenges.
• Oversee grant management, guiding the Finance & Operations Team in its administration, deliverables, reporting, compliance, and cross-organizational coordination.
• Oversee all income reporting to boards, staff, and stakeholders.
• Build and conduct financial forecasting and analysis for future planning
• Ensure the Senior Management Team, boards, budget holders, and other stakeholders receive accurate, relevant financial information, and articulate MoveOn’s budget and accounting philosophy to internal and external audiences.
• Oversee human resources and organizational development, ensuring human capital strategies align with MoveOn’s overarching vision and goals, and that organizational culture drives collaboration, alignment, adaptability, and shared success.
• Translate the organization’s overarching vision and goals into operational strategies, including structural talent requirements, to ensure the right staffing levels and skill sets are in place.
• Oversee talent retention strategies to ensure MoveOn attracts and retains top-tier talent and maintains a competitive edge in the movement.
• Direct and support effective succession planning to ensure organizational continuity and resilience.
• Along with other senior leadership, shape MoveOn’s culture by overseeing initiatives that promote employee engagement, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA), and overall workforce well-being.
• Direct the development and implementation of performance management frameworks, including performance evaluations, feedback systems, and leadership and management development programs.
• Provide strategic leadership to future-proof MoveOn’s human resources and organizational development strategies and practices by ensuring people operations, talent strategies, and systems remain resilient, adaptable, and effective amid external disruptions.
• Supervise the People Team to lead human resources and organizational development efforts, from talent planning and acquisition, talent management and development, total rewards, and offboarding to change management, culture-building, and team-building interventions that keep staff engaged.
• Lead the organization’s enterprise risk management program, directing the development of strategies to assess and mitigate organizational financial, operational, employment, and reputational risks.
• Safeguard MoveOn by promoting risk management standards, systems, and processes compliant with applicable laws and regulations.
• Oversee MoveOn’s legal operations, managing and addressing legal risks, issues, and board management.
• Ensure MoveOn’s entities uphold best practices in board governance, fiduciary duty, compliance, and transparency.
• Secure appropriate liability insurance across all entities and activities.
• Oversee the Finance & Operations Team in successfully leading the annual audit process and reporting to MoveOn’s boards of directors, and direct all state and federal campaign finance, lobbying, tax, and charitable registration reporting.
• Maintain and enforce the resource separation agreement between MoveOn entities at every level of the organization.
• Represent the organization publicly as needed, and take on other responsibilities as assigned by the Executive Director.

Skills

Executive leadership

Strategic thinking

Financial forecasting

Risk management

Communications

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

People management

DEI commitment

Job description

MoveOn.org is seeking a strategic COO to lead finance, operations, legal and people functions across C3, C4 and PAC. The role reports to the Executive Director and guides long-term financial health, organizational culture and equity-centered practices.

You will drive performance, governance and risk management in a fast-paced environment while building scalable infrastructure and strong leadership across departments nationwide.