Integrator / Chief Operating Officer

*** This is a remote position, with a preference for candidates located in the Denver Metro area. ***

Position Summary

We are a dynamic and forward-thinking organization dedicated to achieving excellence in all aspects of our operations. Our mission is to support the CEO's vision and strategy by faithfully executing the business plan, achieving or exceeding planned P&L objectives, and integrating all major operating functions of the business. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Integrator/COO to join our executive team and drive our company's success.

The Integrator/COO is responsible for leading and enabling the operations organization, ensuring that the company's operations support the CEO's vision and strategy. This role involves overseeing internal, daily operations, ensuring that the company’s operations support the CEO’s vision and strategy

In addition, the right candidate will embody our company values:

• WE LOVE NEW IDEAS - Curiosity is in our DNA
• WE ARE IN IT TOGETHER - Be a person people count on
• WE ARE PROBLEM SOLVERS - Thinking critically to bring solutions to the table
• WE DO THE RIGHT THING - Make choices everyone can stand behind

Location3 is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive company culture, and our team does not discriminate against candidates and employees because of their disability, sex, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, or any other protected status under law. Additionally, Location3 is committed to diverse and equitable hiring practices. If you are a candidate who identifies as diverse and would like to self-identify, please let us know. Providing this information is completely voluntary.

Expected Salary - $180,000 - $200,000 annually depending on experience, plus commission.

Objectives of this Role:

• Collaborate with the CEO in setting and driving organizational vision and the operations strategy to achieve said vision.
• Implement organization-wide goal setting, performance management, and annual operations planning.
• Oversee company operations and employee productivity, building a highly inclusive culture that ensures team members can thrive and that organizational goals are met.
• Collaborate with the VP of Finance to manage and optimize financial resources, ensuring that operational decisions align with budgetary constraints and financial goals.
• Ensure that everyone is truly following and adhering to the company’s core processes and operating system with consistency.
• Demonstrate effective project management skills and a relentless obsession with values alignment, focus, simplicity, and clarity.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, manage, and hold the leadership team accountable for achieving agreed-upon commitments.
• Integrate all major operating functions of the business, ensuring everyone is rowing together in the same direction.
• Resolve issues effectively—seeing real problems, being comfortable with conflict, calling out the problems, and solving them in a practical and healthy manner.
• Ensure the leadership team is healthy, functional, and cohesive.
• Confirm that all key messages are properly and consistently cascaded across the organization, ensuring that everyone is in the know.
• Analyze internal operations and identify areas for process enhancement.
• Implement business strategies and plans that align with the short- and long-term objectives developed in tandem with, and by the CEO.
• Partner with the CEO and VP of Finance regarding investment capital to budget for near-term growth targets.
• Represent the company from a contracts standpoint and consult outside legal as necessary.
• Work with the executive team to set and track company performance goals.
• Maintain a high level of mutual respect with the Visionary (CEO), realizing the unique contributions and ideas that the Visionary has, and possessing an ability to filter and translate those ideas into functional plans for the company.
• Balance the goals, needs, and challenges of all of the company’s departments, thinking critically and prioritizing department supervisors’ needs while considering the goals and direction of the company.
• Orchestrate the major functions of the organization, managing day-to-day issues and holding the organization’s people, processes, systems, priorities, and strategies together.
• Serve as the steady force behind the organization, driving clarity and communication throughout.
• Integrate essential functions of the business, including sales, marketing, operations, and finance, to create the healthy tension that drives results.
• Harness the Visionary’s ideas into an executable plan to move forward without fragmenting the team.
• Own the company’s operating system, facilitating relationships with the members of the leadership team, and owning goal completion for the company.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in a senior leadership role, preferably as a COO or Integrator.
• Experience in franchise marketing or working with franchise businesses is a plus
• Strong understanding of business functions such as Finance, Marketing, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage cross-functional teams.
• Excellent project management skills and a track record of successful project execution.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to resolve conflicts effectively.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation

About Us

Creative Thinkers, Data Geeks & Digital Enthusiasts - Location3 Media is a digital marketing company built to improve the findability and performance of consumer and retail brands through enterprise-level and local digital marketing solutions. Founded in 1999 and located in the heart of Denver, Location3 has a staff of 60 full-time employees who service global, national, and local brands. More than half of Location3's client base has worked with the agency for at least three years, as Location3 improves the findability and performance of every client they partner with.

Why Us?

Location3 is looking for passionate people with innovative thinking who want to work with a performance-driven team. We emphasize working hard to bring our clients the results they seek and celebrating those wins together in a positive and fun work environment. We offer the benefit of being a remote work organization, but we also strongly believe that collaboration is key to driving outcomes. Our company culture, our ongoing education and training programs, and our technology infrastructure all contribute to that goal. We also believe that bonding is equally important - whether it's in-person or over Teams. We have a dedicated in-person annual company retreat that includes our annual golf day as well as remote monthly events like learning hours, team happy hours, and team trivia that help to create synergy among colleagues and teams. On top of working and playing hard together, we also offer a very competitive benefits package, complete with medical, dental, vision, matching 401K, a wellbeing stipend, every other Friday off, remote work equipment, a remote equipment reimbursement and more.

Salary : $180,000 - $200,000