Chief Operating Officer (COO)

About the role

As the Chief Operating Officer, you will partner with the CEO and leadership team to develop strategic imperatives and execute Giving Kitchen's growth strategy. You will lead the finance, technology, programs, and operations that allow us to serve food service workers with speed, compassion, and impact. You will also champion innovative operating models that invest wisely across people, operations, and technology.

Why this job matters

This is not just a job. For the right person, it is the opportunity of a lifetime: doing deeply impactful work in a joyful environment. As our movement grows, we are looking for a leader who can build the financial discipline, sustainable systems, and operational excellence that carry a mission this big, without ever losing the heart that makes it work.

What you’ll do

• Drive Strategy & Execution
• Strengthen Our Operating Model & Effectiveness
• Lead Financial Stewardship & Compliance
• Champion People Operations & Culture
• Drive Growth & National Expansion
• Lead & Develop Your Team

Your background

• 10+ years of leadership experience driving finance and operations in growing organizations
• Proven success navigating growth and transformation
• Demonstrated nonprofit financial management experience
• Experience with financial management systems and Salesforce
• Success implementing or scaling project management practices and governance structures

Your skills & strengths

• A strategic financial leader with deep business acumen
• A systems builder who designs and scales infrastructure
• An executive communicator and change leader
• A people leader and developer

Who you are

• You have spent a career becoming very good at something hard
• You are ready to point all of it at work that matters
• The mission moves you
• You are a steady hand in complexity
• You lead with warmth and honesty
• You are genuinely curious about people

We offer

• A competitive salary range of $150,000 to $170,000, commensurate with experience
• Comprehensive health insurance
• A 401(k) with employer match
• Very generous paid time off and holidays
• Parenthood leave
• Hybrid flexibility
• Real budget for professional development and coaching

What we offer

• We invest in our people the way we invest in our mission
• A genuine, unmistakable gladness that you are here and encourage you to show up as your whole self
• A diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace