Chief Operating Officer
Full time, remote
Prenda is on a mission to empower learners. We help people run microschools,
where small groups of kids meet, often in a home, and own their education. The
model is helping light a fire for kids like Mo
(<https://youtu.be/g4nLjauGM3U>), and we want to empower many more. Imagine a
world where kids grow up as empowered learners - they choose to learn, develop
their gifts, and apply their passion and grit to solve the world’s big
problems!
Our company is obsessed with the mission of empowering learners, we live our
core values and we embrace servant leadership.
Responsibilities:
Partner with the CEO. The paradigm here is to be partners in running the
business, with a division of roles that lines up as visionary-integrator from
the Geno Wickman books Traction and Rocket Fuel. In the visionary/CEO role,
Kelly will hold responsibility for the mission and values of the company and
“see the future” to chart the company’s course through this unique moment in
American education. Kelly will tell the story, both externally and internally,
including political involvement, development of high-level partners and
allies, driving a movement around Prenda’s core concepts of empowering
learners and microschools, and fundraising. While big ideas are important to
Prenda’s success, they are not enough, and Kelly needs a partner to work with
him to make it real and actionable. The Integrator/COO will be that partner.
While they each bring individual strengths and primary areas of ownership, the
core decisions of the company will be owned together, requiring a high degree
of collaboration and alignment.
Responsibilities include:
Help communicate vision and strategy to the company
Drive implementation of the strategy through the day-to-day operations of the
business
Help understand and operationalize core values
Collaborate with Kelly on company building, investor management, and other
major issues
Own the Company Operating System. Our current system includes company and team
OKRs, with weekly progress reporting of numbers (asynch) and monthly updates
with context in the AH. The COO will take the reins of this system, ensure
that it is running successfully - employees have the clarity and stability
they need to get work done, and we achieve our goals as an org. This includes
ultimate responsibility for design choices, as well as implementation and
communication.
Responsibilities include:
Run Leadership Team meetings
Own execution of strategy and company goals
Track progress toward company OKRs
Track progress toward team/group OKRs
Support leaders in achieving OKRs
Communicate progress toward company OKRs
Drive for Product-Market Fit. The most important thing the company can
accomplish in 2023 is to demonstrate product-market fit (PMF). After
disappointing results in summer 2022, we have spent the last six months
looking hard at our product, diagnosing the core problems, identifying our
hypothesis for improving PMF, and setting up the company to be enable
implementation. We are already seeing early signs of PMF, and we need to keep
the company very focused on the iterative learning process that will
ultimately lead to strong PMF and future growth. Kelly will be a partner on
this, and we have leaders in place that are capable of moving this work
forward with the proper support. We need leadership to inject energy, keep
focus, and push us forward.
Responsibilities include:
Participate in the Product Steering Committee
Collaborate with leaders directly tied to PMF
Coordinate with other leaders to ensure PMF is top priority
Work with Kelly to ensure the company is best equipped to achieve PMF
Requirements:
Proven experience as Chief Operating Office or relevant role
Understanding of business functions such as Product, Technology, HR, Finance,
marketing etc.
Demonstrable competency in strategic planning and business development
Experience in fundraising will be a plus
Working knowledge of data analysis and performance/operation metrics
Working knowledge of IT/Business infrastructure and MS Office
Outstanding organizational and leadership abilities
Excellent interpersonal and public speaking skills
Aptitude in decision-making and problem-solving
Benefits:
Competitive salary combined with equity
Health insurance
Home office set up stipend
Entirely remote team
Empowered, humble, passionate, and exciting culture
Prenda is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity in its
workforce. We post our open positions on multiple job boards, in an effort to
attract candidates who represent different backgrounds, experiences,
identities, and perspectives and yet are often underrepresented in certain
industries.
We believe this well rounded approach positions Prenda to make employment-
related decisions based exclusively on job-related qualifications, without
disregarding applicants because of their race, color, national origin,
religion, gender, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, citizenship
status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, genetic information,
mental health or any other status protected by law.
Prenda focuses on Edtech. Their company has offices in Arizona. They have a
mid-size team that's between 51-200 employees.
You can view their website at <https://www.prenda.com>
