Location: Southeast U.S. (heavy field presence required; occasional corporate office time)
Compensation: $180,000–$220,000 base + $50,000–$75,000 performance bonus + profit sharing
Employment Type: Full-Time
Company: Confidential, privately held, multi-location business
Start Timing: Immediate need
This Is an Integrator Role — Not a Visionary Seat
This role is for a hands-on, execution-first Chief Operating Officer who runs the machine, enforces standards, and makes plans actually happen across multiple locations.
If you are energized by strategy decks, vision-setting, or managing from a distance, this is not the role for you.
If you are wired to own execution, drive accountability, and operate in the weeds, keep reading.
Why This Role Exists
The business has grown and now requires:
- Stronger accountability across locations
- Consistent execution instead of variability
- A leader who stays close to the work
- Discipline, structure, and follow-through at scale
Your job is to own day-to-day operations and impose order.
What You Will Own
- Full ownership of day-to-day operations across multiple locations
- Direct leadership of senior leaders and leaders of leaders
- Authority to hire, fire, restructure, and upgrade leadership
- Accountability for operational performance, timelines, and results
- Standardizing operations and enforcing company-wide expectations
- Building and running a tight operating cadence
- Significant field presence to diagnose reality vs. reports
- Driving execution through resistance to change
- Making difficult decisions quickly and directly
This role carries real authority and real accountability.
Work Expectations
This is not a 9–5 role.
- Heavy field presence across the Southeast
- Early mornings, late evenings, and weekend work when needed
- Comfort operating in pressure situations and transition periods
Who This Role Is For
You are likely a strong fit if you have:
- Led multi-unit or regional operations with P&L ownership
- Managed leaders of leaders
- Scaled operations during periods of growth
- Operated successfully with imperfect systems and real pressure
- A track record of execution, accountability, and results
Experience operating businesses in the $50M–$250M range (or equivalent scale in lower-margin, multi-unit industries) is preferred.
Industry background matters less than how you operate.
Reporting Relationship
This role reports directly to ownership and has autonomy to make decisions aligned with ownership’s vision.
Compensation & Benefits
- $180,000–$220,000 base salary
- $50,000–$75,000 performance bonus, tied directly to:
- Financial performance (margin, cost control)
- Growth and expansion executionNo bonus for missed standards
- Profit sharing tied to overall company results
- Competitive benefits package including health, PTO, and retirement
- Relocation assistance available
Confidential Search
This search is being conducted confidentially.
Discretion is required throughout the process.
How to Apply
In addition to your resume, please answer both questions below:
- Describe the largest multi-unit or regional operation you’ve led.Include number of locations, size of P&L, and what you were personally accountable for.
- Describe a growth phase where execution began breaking down.What systems, rhythms, or decisions did you personally put in place to fix it?
Pay: $180,000.00 - $220,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Work Location: On the road
