Vice President, Operations & Experience - Team Sloomoo

Sloomoo Institute; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Sloomoo Institute seeks a seasoned VP, Operations & Experience to lead the end-to-end guest journey across Institutes, MiniMoos, and e-commerce. The role drives brand integrity, guest delight, and sustainable growth while steering operating performance.

The position reports to the Co-Founders and collaborates with HR, Marketing, and Finance to scale the experiential business while maintaining exceptional guest experiences and strong financial results.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive operations leadership experience, ideally in hospitality, experiential retail, entertainment, or other guest-centric environments.
• Proven success leading multi-location, multi-channel businesses as they grow and evolve.
• Strong ownership of business performance, including P&L, revenue strategy, margins, and long-term planning.
• Experience setting operational direction and standards that scale while preserving a high-quality, immersive guest experience.
• Strong executive judgment balancing experience quality, financial outcomes, and organizational capacity.

Responsibilities

• Own the long-term vision for the Sloomoo interactive experience across all Institutes, MiniMoos, and e-commerce.
• Define non-negotiables for guest experience as the brand scales.
• Ensure the interactive experience remains joyful, inclusive, accessible, and unmistakably Sloomoo across touchpoints.
• Lead performance across experiences and balance guest experience with profitability.
• Manage multi-location teams to achieve revenue, profitability, and KPIs in partnership with Finance and leadership.
• Establish scalable systems, SOPs, and playbooks for North American expansion.

Skills

Operations leadership

P&L ownership

Multi-location leadership

Data-driven

Tools

SOP development

KPI dashboards

Job description

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Vice President, Operations & Experience - Team Sloomoo

Full Time Headquarters, New York, NY, US

23 days ago Requisition ID: 1407

Salary: $165,000.00 Annually

Job Title: Vice President, Operations & Experience - Team Sloomoo

Reporting to:Co-Founder

Position/Location:NYCHQ-based with extensive travel (In-Office Four Days a Week)

Schedule:Work week is Tuesday - Saturday. Thursday - Saturday expected to be in the field at one of your assigned locations.

ABOUT SLOOMOO

Sloomoo celebrates joy through an interactive experiential world, focused on slime, hands‑on play, and all things #satisfying. Sloomoo launched in October of 2019 with an immersive 12,000 square‑foot experience in Soho, NYC, where hand‑crafted, artisanal slime (dozens of textures and the most delicious scents), soothing ASMR, and wondrous delights (you can slingshot slime, walk on slime, design your own slime, and more) converge with glossy, contemporary design.

Sloomoo’s universe has expanded - there are now a total of 6 Institutes (NYC, LA, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta, Charlotte) and 2 MiniMoos (Boston, Philadelphia) with more to come.

MiniMoos are smaller than the Institutes but packed with as much color, surprise, and play.

The brand has been featured in People Magazine, Vogue, the Today Show, the Kelly Clarkson Show, the Tamron Hall Show, Forbes, INC, and more.

The mission: Deliver joy, whether you’re a kid or kid‑at‑heart.

Position Summary

The Vice President, Operations & Experience, is the senior‑most leader responsible for how the Sloomoo interactive experience performs, scales, and evolves across all locations and digital channels. This role owns the long‑term health of the experience, balancing guest joy, team experience, and financial performance as the company grows.

Reporting to the Co‑Founders, the VP sets the vision and standards for how Sloomoo’s interactive experience comes to life from in‑venue moments to e‑commerce touchpoints and ensures the organization, leadership structure, and operating model are built to support that vision. This role leads through senior operators rather than direct execution and is accountable for enterprise‑level outcomes.

The VP partners closely with the Senior Director, Operations & Experience, the VP of HR, Marketing, and Finance to ensure the interactive experience is delivered consistently today while being intentionally designed for tomorrow.

You will be key to upholding Sloomoo’s values:

• 1. Joy – Joy is our DNA. We spark wonder, play, and creativity in everything we do.
• 2. Accountability – We own it. Every action, every result—our name is on it.
• 3. Collaboration – Joy happens when we create together. We rise as one team.
• 4. Innovation – We push limits, dream big, and turn bold ideas into reality.
• 5. Inclusivity – Everyone belongs. Every voice matters.
• 6. Resilience – We pivot, solve, and grow stronger through every challenge.
• 7. Excellence – Good isn’t enough. We obsess over the details that make greatness

Responsibilities

Interactive Experience Vision & Brand Integrity

• Own the long‑term vision for the Sloomoo interactive experience across all Institutes, MiniMoos, and e‑commerce
• Define what is non‑negotiable about the guest experience as the brand scales, and where flexibility is appropriate
• Ensure the interactive experience remains joyful, inclusive, accessible, and unmistakably Sloomoo across all touchpoints
• Make recommendations on experience and operational tradeoffs to protect brand integrity and guest impact
• Implement marketing and product initiatives within the experiences and offsite promotions

Performance & P&L Ownership

• Lead performance across Sloomoo experiences, balancing guest experience, team experience, and long‑term financial health
• Manage teams to achieve revenue, profitability, and performance expectations for tickets, retail, and events in close partnership with Finance and executive leadership
• Guide pricing, capacity, labor models, and cost structures to support a high‑quality, interactive experience and sustainable growth
• Review KPI’s across the experience and hold general managers, senior leaders accountable, adjusting course as needed without compromising guest or team experience
• Maximize profitability with a focus on best‑in‑class hospitality and guest experience coupled with operating efficiencies.
• Balance inventory levels, production costs and shipping costs while maintaining guest satisfaction

Multi-Location Operations Leadership

• Own operational strategy and performance across multiple Sloomoo locations
• Lead, develop, and hold accountable General Managers and senior operational leaders to deliver on guest satisfaction and profitability metrics
• Establish pre‑opening SOPs and create a team of talent to lead experience openings
• Serve as a joint escalation point for complex leadership and people‑related matters

Executive Partnership with VP of HR

• Co‑own workforce with VP of HR in labor strategy to have strong people planning to support revenue goals, busy seasons, and growth moments
• Stay aligned on performance expectations, leadership accountability, and team development
• Step in together on complex leadership or people issues when needed

Field Excellence & Operational Scale

• Ensure operational readiness for peak seasons, promotions, and growth phases
• Establish scalable systems, SOPs, and playbooks to support company’s North American expansion
• Maintain strong field presence through regular site visits and leadership engagement

Risk, Safety & Compliance

• Ensure operational, safety, and compliance standards are met across venues and e‑commerce operations
• Oversee incidents follow-up and risk mitigation in partnership with HR, Finance, and Legal as needed

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of progressive operations leadership experience, ideally in hospitality, experiential retail, entertainment, or other guest‑centric environments.
• Proven success leading multi‑location, multi‑channel businesses as they grow and evolve.
• Strong ownership of business performance, including P&L, revenue strategy, margins, and long‑term planning.
• Experience setting operational direction and standards that scale while preserving a high‑quality, immersive guest experience.
• Strong executive judgment with the ability to balance experience quality, financial outcomes, and organizational capacity.
• Track record of leading and developing senior operational leaders, including Directors and General Managers.
• Data‑driven leader with experience using enterprise KPIs to evaluate performance, identify trends, and drive strategic decisions.
• Deep experience partnering cross‑functionally with HR, Finance, Marketing, Retail, E‑commerce, and Experience teams at the executive level.
• Proven ability to lead through influence, clarity, and accountability rather than hands‑on execution.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and growth, with experience guiding organizations through scale, change, and evolution.
• Willingness to travel as needed to stay connected to the field, teams, and guest experience.
• Strong alignment with Sloomoo’s values, including a commitment to inclusion, accessibility, creativity, and delivering joyful, meaningful experiences at scale.

Inclusivity Commitment:

Sloomoo Inc. is a company that respects and welcomes the uniqueness of each employee and offers everyone the means to find their place and thrive. We are committed to equal employment opportunities, career development opportunities and promoting initiatives aimed at creating a culture that is meaningful, innovative and successful. Sloomoo Inc. does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with neurodiversity or a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.