Head of Operations
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About Us:
CALSTART is a mission-driven industry organization focused on transportation decarbonization and clean air for all.
For over 30 years, it’s been CALSTART’s mission to develop, assess, and implement large-scale, zero-emission transportation solutions to mitigate climate change and support economic growth. CALSTART works with businesses, organizations, governments, and communities to create real-life impact toward clean air and equitable access to clean transportation for all. CALSTART provides scientific, technical and policy support for regulatory development and clean technology and infrastructure acceleration.
About The Role:
The Head of Operations serves as a senior enterprise leader overseeing operational aspects of the organization that supports CALSTART’s business and execution team in achieving overall organizational goals and mission. This role will require building and modernizing CALSTART’s enterprise operational infrastructure that is consistent with the growth in scope and size that has occurred over the last five years. This role requires translating vision into execution by developing the systems, processes, and operating discipline required to support a growing, complex organization.
The Head of Operations will lead organization-wide operational transformation and ongoing management. Significant efforts will include identifying how to optimize existing processes and systems or implement new systems that improve organizational efficiency, ensure quality execution, and meet the needs of the larger organization that CALSTART has become. This includes a potential new ERP system, optimization of Salesforce as a core business platform, and the development and governance of standardized operating procedures, SOPs, across the enterprise.
This role will also be responsible for implementing, communicating, and maintaining core processes that support business initiatives and our central HR, Finance, Legal, and Marketing teams.
The Head of Operations is the Senior Leader looking across all the organization and all functional areas to ensure CALSART is aligned and set up for success.
This role reports to the CEO and partners closely with the CEO, Executive Team, Chief of Staff, and functional leaders to ensure CALSTART operates with a spirit of collaboration across all functions and with clarity, consistency, efficiency, and accountability.
About The Role:
The Head of Operations serves as a senior enterprise leader overseeing operational aspects of the organization that supports CALSTART’s business and execution team in achieving overall organizational goals and mission. This role will require building and modernizing CALSTART’s enterprise operational infrastructure that is consistent with the growth in scope and size that has occurred over the last five years. This role requires translating vision into execution by developing the systems, processes, and operating discipline required to support a growing, complex organization.
The Head of Operations will lead organization-wide operational transformation and ongoing management. Significant efforts will include identifying how to optimize existing processes and systems or implement new systems that improve organizational efficiency, ensure quality execution, and meet the needs of the larger organization that CALSTART has become. This includes a potential new ERP system, optimization of Salesforce as a core business platform, and the development and governance of standardized operating procedures, SOPs, across the enterprise.
This role will also be responsible for implementing, communicating, and maintaining core processes that support business initiatives and our central HR, Finance, Legal, and Marketing teams.
The Head of Operations is the Senior Leader looking across all the organization and all functional areas to ensure CALSART is aligned and set up for success.
This role reports to the CEO and partners closely with the CEO, Executive Team, Chief of Staff, and functional leaders to ensure CALSTART operates with a spirit of collaboration across all functions and with clarity, consistency, efficiency, and accountability.
We understand that not everyone will match the above qualifications 100%. If your background isn't perfectly aligned but you feel you would be a great addition to the team, we'd love to hear from you.
We're a tight-knit team of world-class innovators, business minds, and change agents who believe passionately in our mission and put our team ahead of self. We are committed to the continued development and growth of our employees and invest in your success!
We care about your personal well being as much as your professional success and offer generous benefits to full time employees including: 100% company paid comprehensive health benefits for Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability and Life Insurance, Retirement plan with generous company contributions, FSA for Health and Dependent Care, 3 weeks of vacation time in the first year of employment, 11 paid company holidays, paid sick time, paid family leave, and more!
Our inclusive environment focuses on making decisions based on merit without regard to race, color, hair texture, gender, religion, age, nationality, social or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, LGBTQIA+ status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, genetics, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
