Chief Executive Officer

Taxable Entity

AFOGNAK NATIVE CORP

Job Title

Chief Executive Officer

Location

AK Remote - Remote, AK 99503 US (Primary)
AL Remote - Remote, AL 35806 US
CA Remote - Remote, CA 92123 US
DC Remote - Remote, DC 20226 US
IL Remote - Remote, IL 60629 US

Category

Executive Management

Job Type

Full-time

Typical Pay/Range

--

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Travel

Up to 25%

Security Clearance Required

None

POSITION OVERVIEW AND PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS):

TO APPLY, PLEASE CONTACT HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES DIRECTLY.  PLEASE DO NOT APPLY ON AFOGNAK’S CAREERS WEBSITE.

 

The Afognak Native Corporation Board of Directors has retained Heidrick & Struggles, the premier provider of executive search, corporate culture and leadership consulting services.

To apply for this opportunity please send an email to: AfognakCEO@heidrick.com

 

ABOUT AFOGNAK NATIVE CORPORATION:

• Afognak Native Corporation (Afognak) is an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC) formed under the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), and through the 1977 merger of two ANCSA village corporations: Natives of Afognak, Inc. and Port Lions Native Corporation.
• Today, Afognak represents and serves more than 1,300 Shareholders. The majority of these Shareholders are descended specifically from the Village of Afognak, on Afognak Island, in the northern part of the Kodiak Archipelago. The status of Shareholder is determined by cultural ties, and shares cannot be bought, sold, or traded.
• As an ANC, Afognak is committed to providing social, cultural, and economic benefits to its Shareholders. It does so by investing revenue generated by the Afognak Commercial Group, LLC, and Alutiiq, LLC and its subsidiaries into the ANC Shareholder Settlement Trust, the Afognak Benefits Trust, and back into the Corporation. As such, Afognak’s vision statement is to, “Grow sustainably to provide benefits today and invest in our future.”
• Afognak Native Corporation is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors. All Board members are Native Shareholders and are elected by their fellow Shareholders, serving staggered three-year terms. The Board of Directors governs Afognak Native Corporation through its Bylaws, Governance Policy, and the hiring of the CEO. The CEO reports directly to the Board and is responsible for corporate operations.
• Learn More: http://www.afognak.com

 

POSITION OVERVIEW:

 

Reports To: The Afognak Native Corporation Board of Directors

 

Location: Remote. Flexible on location within the United States, with a commitment to spend meaningful time in Alaska.

 

Summary: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Afognak Native Corporation (ANC) is responsible for providing strategic, financial and operational leadership for the Company and will work with the Board of Directors, the ANC President and the rest of the senior leadership team to create, plan, and implement the strategic direction of the organization.  The CEO is responsible for the long-term growth, development and viability of Afognak Native Corporation with a proven track record for effective team management and results-driven leadership.

 

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Serve as the CEO of Afognak Native Corporation (ANC) reporting to the ANC’s Board of Directors and maintain full compliance with ANC’s Governance Policies, as may be amended or modified from time to time by the Board.  
• Act as the professional manager and business leader of ANC.
• Manage, supervise and direct the senior leadership team including the President, CFO, Chief Legal Officer, SVP IT, Alutiiq COO, and Afognak Commercial Group COO.
• Manage, direct and control the day-to-day activities of ANC in compliance with applicable law, Board directives, company policies, and the ANC Governance Policies including corporate planning, budgeting, legal, human resources, information technology, business acquisitions, operations, finance, direction of subsidiaries and affiliates and representation of ANC in its relationships with customers, suppliers and professionals.  
• Serve as officer of any subsidiary or affiliate of ANC as directed by the Board of Directors.
• Implement policy decisions made by the Board of Directors.
• Report to the Board as required by the ANC Governance polices.
• Develop high quality business strategies and plans ensuring their alignment with short-term and long-term objectives that will provide continued growth and profitability for the corporation and present to the Board of Directors for its approval.
• Direct and administrate the activities of the Corporation in conformity with the goals and philosophies as set by the Board of Directors.
• Create an environment and culture that focuses on fulfilling the company’s mission, vision, and values.
• Provide for the recruitment and development of executives to be called for by approved corporate plans.  
• Lead and motivate subordinates to advance employee engagement develop a high performing managerial team.
• Mentor and interact with members of staff at all levels to foster growth and encourage development among senior executive team and all members of staff.  
• Oversee all operations and business activities to ensure they produce the desired results and are consistent with the overall strategy and mission.
• Enforce adherence to legal guidelines and company policies to maintain the company’s legality and business ethics.
• Provide for the development of business and operational plans and budgets, including an annual budget, to be presented to the Board of Directors for its approval.
• Develop business prospects by studying economic trends and revenue opportunities; project acquisition and expansion prospects; analyze organization operations; identify opportunities for improvement, cost reduction, and systems enhancement; and accumulate capital to fund expansion.
• Ensure the company is staffed with well-trained, quality, and engaged employees at all times; work closely with the executive management team to develop effective hiring, training, and compensation plans to retain our quality talent; and lead and mentor staff, engaging and empowering them to be successful in serving Shareholders and customers.
• Represent ANC at important business functions, community events, industry training and events, and networking opportunities.
• Ensure quality metrics are achieved through sound business processes following regulatory agency guidelines.
• Provide for a system of control which clearly identifies deviations from plan and to assure the periodic comparison of performance and/or results against established standards and/or objectives.
• Monitor company performance by measuring and analyzing results, initiating corrective actions, and minimizing the impact of variances.
• Create, improve, implement and enforce policies and procedures of the organization that will improve operational and financial effectiveness of the company.
• Communicate effectively and establish credibility throughout the organization and with the Board of Directors as an effective developer of solutions to business challenges.
• Improve the planning and budgeting process on a continual basis by educating departments and key members of corporate leadership.
• Provide strategic input and leadership on decision making issues affecting the organization; specifically relating to the evaluation of potential mergers, acquisitions or partnerships.
• Negotiate contracts and other agreements of behalf of the Corporation.
• Attend and participate in all Board of Directors meetings and the Annual Meetings of Shareholders.  Request meetings for the Board and Board committees as appropriate and develop agendas for the meetings.  Counsel collectively and individually with members of the Board to the fullest extent necessary to secure optimum benefits for the Corporation.
• Serve as trustee for 401(k) plan, serve on 409(a) deferred compensation plan and serve on Political Action Committee.
• Per the direction of the Board of Directors, the CEO may be assigned and required to perform other duties and titles which may include service on behalf of the various entities that are subsidiaries or affiliates of ANC, The ANC Shareholder Settlement Trust or the Afognak Benefits Trust.  In addition, may be designated as an officer, manager, and/or executive of Alutiiq, LLC, any affiliate of Alutiiq, or either Trust.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• Significant management and executive leadership experience, with deep domain understanding of Government Contracting.
• Experience in developing profitable strategies and implementing vision.
• Strong understanding of corporate finance and performance management principles
• Familiarity with diverse business functions such as marketing, PR, finance, IT, HR etc.
• In-depth knowledge of corporate governance and general management best practices.
• An entrepreneurial mindset with outstanding organizational and leadership skills.
• Analytical abilities and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and public speaking skills.
• In-depth understanding of the industry including risk management, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• In-depth understanding of accounting principles including budgeting, balance sheets, income statements, cash flow, and capital planning management.
• Strategic leadership ability.
• Ability to travel extensively to corporate offices and direct and indirect subsidiary work sites.

Pivotal Experience & Expertise:

• P&L Leadership Experience: Proven leader with management experience and a clear career progression of expanding responsibility. Demonstrated success as a CEO, President, COO, GM, or other senior leadership position with full P&L responsibility of $500M . 
• Growth Driver: Track record of driving sustained, predictable, and forecastable growth. History of instilling strong GTM systems and processes for purposes of transparency and accountability. Experience driving growth by acquiring new clients and expanding relationships with existing clients.
• Operational Acumen: Operationally excellent; creates and implements actionable business objectives based on the company strategy. Experience optimizing systems, processes, and culture to enhance operational performance.
• Strategic Orientation: Strategic orientation to partner with a Board of Directors and broader stakeholder group.
• Sector Understanding: Experience operating in the government technology and services sector. Deep understanding of the government procurement processes, regulations, and customers. Ability to operate a complex business inclusive of non-government markets and capabilities (commercial services and natural resource management). 
• Alaska Native Corporation Management: Strong understanding of how to lead and manage an Alaska Native Corporation effectively, inclusive of all unique risk, compliance, and regulatory frameworks. Prior experience in an Alaska Native Corporation beneficial.

Leadership Capabilities:

• Put Customers First: Understand and shape customer needs; create distinctive value for customers; build deep customer relationships.
• Shape Strategy: Anticipate and interpret market changes; envision the future; decide strategic priorities.
• Inspire & Influence: Co-create meaning and purpose; engage and energize the organization; lead through influence.
• Build Talent & Teams: Develop talent; build and develop teams; strengthen organizational capability.
• Drive for Results: Drive execution; continuously improve the core; reallocate resources at pace.
• Disrupt & Challenge: Create possibilities from new thinking; generate disruptive change; lead change.
• Lead Innovation: Experiment; collaborate across boundaries; scale and invest in new ideas

Required Competencies:

 

Leading Change:

 

This core competency involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, in order to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this competency is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.

• Creativity and Innovation: Develops new insights into situations; questions conventional approaches; encourages new ideas and innovations; designs and implements new or cutting-edge programs/processes.
• External Awareness: Understands and stays apprised of local, national, and international policies and trends that affect the organization and shape stakeholders' views and maintains awareness of the organization's impact on the external environment.
• Flexibility: Maintains openness to change and receptive to the consideration of new information; rapidly adapts to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles.
• Resilience: Deals effectively with pressure; remains optimistic and persistent, even under adversity; recovers quickly from setbacks.
• Strategic Thinking: Formulates objectives and priorities and implements plans consistent with the long-term interests of the organization in a global environment; capitalizes on opportunities and manages risks.
• Vision: Takes a long-term view and builds a shared vision with others; acts as a catalyst for organizational change. Influences others to translate vision into action.

Leading People:

 

This core competency involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this competency is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.

• Conflict Management: Encourages creative tension and differences of opinions; anticipates and takes steps to prevent counter-productive confrontations; manages and resolves conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner.
• Leveraging Diversity: Fosters an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged in order to achieve the vision and mission of the organization.
• Developing Others: Develops others’ professional ability to perform and contribute to the organization by providing ongoing feedback and opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods.
• Team Building: Inspires and fosters team commitment, spirit, pride, and trust; facilitates cooperation and motivates team members to accomplish group goals.

Results Driven:

 

This core competency involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this competency is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.

• Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results; determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work; accepts responsibility for mistakes; complies with established control systems and rules.
• Customer Service: Anticipates and meets the needs of both internal and external customers; delivers high-quality products and services; maintains continued commitment to continuous improvement.
• Decisiveness: Makes well-informed, effective, and timely decisions, even when data is limited, or solutions produce unpleasant consequences; perceives the impact and implications of decisions.
• Entrepreneurship: Positions the organization for future success by identifying new opportunities; builds the organization by developing or improving products or services; takes calculated risks to accomplish organizational objectives.
• Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations.
• Technical Credibility: Understands and appropriately applies principles, procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to specialized expertise.

Business Acumen:

 

This core competency involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.

• Financial Management: Understands the organization's financial processes prepares, justifies, and administers the program budget; oversees procurement and contracting in order to achieve desired results; monitors expenditures and uses cost-benefit thinking to set priorities.
• Human Capital Management: Builds and manages the workforce based on organizational goals, budget considerations, and staffing needs; ensures that employees are appropriately recruited, selected, appraised, and rewarded; takes action to address performance problems; manages a multi-sector workforce and a variety of work situations.
• Technology Management: Keeps up to date on technological developments; makes effective use of technology in order to achieve results; ensures access to and security of technology systems.

Building Coalitions:

 

This core competency involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with commercial businesses and federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, or international organizations in order to achieve common goals.

• Partnering: Develops networks and builds alliances; collaborates across boundaries in order to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals.
• Political Savvy: Identifies the internal and external politics that impact the work of the organization; perceives organizational and political reality and acts accordingly.
• Influencing/Negotiating: Persuades others; builds consensus through give and take; gains cooperation from others in order to obtain information and accomplish goals.

AFOGNAK NATIVE CORPORATION VISION, PURPOSE, VALUES, AND GOALS:

 

Afognak Purpose:

• Shareholders will have a perpetual source of land use, shared financial and cultural wealth to an extent justified by resources available. The Corporation will provide social, cultural, and economic benefits to Shareholders by building a sustainable, growing enterprise.

Afognak Vision:

• Grow sustainably to provide benefits today and invest in their future.

Organizational Goals:

• Shareholders will have a perpetual source of land use, as well as shared financial and cultural wealth, to the maximum extent possible.
• Ensure that Shareholders will have the opportunity to belong to the Alutiiq community and share a connection to their culture and history.
• Ensure that individual Shareholders will have the skills and opportunities for desired personal success and support cultural sustainability and community self-sufficiency.
• Ensure a land base that is culturally secure and capable of providing a traditional Alutiiq way of life, without loss of size or location, with opportunity of first use by Shareholders.

Corporate Values:

• Harmony: Afognak accomplishes goals in the spirit of teamwork, strength, and unity while supporting each other.
• Appreciation and Respect: Afognak will take only what they need and leave some for the next generation.
• Efficiency: Afognak will expand only what is needed to accomplish tasks at hand.
• Communication: Communication with Afognak is truthful, positive, open, and fair.
• Trust: Afognak earns the trust of their Shareholders while building trust throughout the corporation by honoring commitments, honesty, and full disclosure.
• Elder Knowledge: Afognak is built on the ingenuity and resiliency of their Elders, while guided by their traditional knowledge and lifeways in our modern times.
• Heritage and Culture: Afognak honors their heritage and culture through a lifetime of learning.
• Commitment to Community: Afognak celebrates Shareholders and employees by contributing to their villages and the communities in which they do business.

Afognak Native Corporation, Afognak Commercial Group, LLC, and their subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender expression or gender identity (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws (“protected status”).

The pay range information provided is a general guideline. The pay rate offered will be determined based on the candidate’s experience and qualifications, as well as geographic locations, market data, and other business considerations, as permitted by law.

Our full range of benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability protection, life insurance, prescription coverage, voluntary benefits, paid leave, and 401(k) retirement. Positions covered by the McNamara O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), Davis-Bacon Act (DBA), or a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), or Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will comply with the statute or CBA requirements as well as other client–customer contract requirements (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). For more information, please visit our Company’s Career page.