What are the responsibilities and job description for the VP of Tech Operations, Chief of Staff position at DriveWealth?
DriveWealth, the pioneer of fractional equities trading and embedded investing, is a visionary technology company that empowers more than 100 partners around the world to engage their customers by placing the markets in the palm of their hand. We believe the future is fractional, transactional and mobile. Every mobile device should be a gateway to accessing investing and savings products, services, advice, and assistance for global citizens of all ages, wealth stages, and levels of financial expertise. DriveWealth's unparalleled consultative support and cloud-based, industrial strength technology platform allow partners to seamlessly offer branded investing experiences to drive customer acquisition, loyalty, retention, and revenue growth. DriveWealth's commitment to continuous evolution and innovation makes it the partner of choice for powering the future of investing.
Recently completing a Series D raise, DriveWealth's mission is to democratize investing globally by working with partners to invent new ways to use its API-based technology to provide emerging investors with cutting-edge embedded experiences, offer first-time access to U.S. markets, and the ability to begin investing with as little as $1. DriveWealth is committed to empowering consumers around the world to become owners by delivering the most modern brokerage infrastructure, unparalleled industry expertise, and a culture of continued evolution.
About the Role
We are looking for an accomplished technology leader with previous experience working in a 1000 people tech org. This is a unique opportunity to shape the tech org growth from 300 to 1000 people. You will help us scale the tech org, scale and develop leaders, optimize execution and further improve collaboration as we scale.
What You'll Do:
- Build a talent strategy for our tech org (current state/target state and how to get there)
- Build skills development plan for the tech org
- Responsible for planning and running operations as well as people manager cadences
- Plan and run operational cadences such as design reviews, OKR reviews, dashboards etc.
- Responsible for people manager cadences including talent reviews, performance reviews and coaching.
- Enhance tech team collaboration by planning team events, product and partner events, D&I, wellness etc.
- Own operational excellence for financial planning, vendor planning and people planning
- Be the primary go to person for people and process matters for all of the Tech org
- Partner with senior executives at DriveWealth
What You'll Need:
- Computer Science Degree or related education (Masters / PhD preferred but not required)
- Experience directly or indirectly (as Chief Of Staff) at a large tech org for an innovative company that has scaled
- Experience with direct or indirect ownership of talent strategy and operational cadences
- Good understanding of best practices from the Tech industry / late stage startup ecosystems
- Previous experience directly leading 50 org and leading other people managers and leaders
- Experience partnering with and influencing Executives and C level leaders
- Previous experience as a CoS or have worked very closely with a CoS
- Experience partnering closely with C-level executives as in this role you will be the key partner for the CTO
Benefits
- Insurance – Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, LTD & STD. HSA and FSA options.
- Unlimited PTO
- 401k plan
- Flexible working hours and work from home
- Continuing education and conferences reimbursement
- Fitness/Wellbeing reimbursement
- Home Office stipend
- Lunch program, snacks and beverages available in the office
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
TO ALL AGENCIES: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of DriveWealth outside of the Talent organization. DriveWealth's policy is to only accept resumes from agencies via Greenhouse (ATS). Agencies must have a valid services agreement executed and must have been assigned by the Talent team to a specific requisition. Any resume submitted outside of this process will be deemed the sole property of DriveWealth. In the event a candidate submitted outside of this policy is hired, no fee or payment will be paid.
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