Director of Operations (Organizational Strategy, Execution & Infrastructure) - Volunteer Leadership Role

The Donovan’s Venom

About the role

The Donovan’s Venom is a nonprofit organization that is currently in the process of scaling its operations. This role is a volunteer executive leadership position designed to help design, lead, and scale the organization's operations across various functions.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the organization’s operational strategy
• Build scalable systems to support growth
• Align operations with organizational goals
• Oversee execution across programs, HR, technology, and operations
• Ensure alignment and accountability across teams
• Build and standardize operational workflows
• Ensure processes are clear, efficient, and scalable
• Eliminate inefficiencies and gaps
• Establish metrics and tracking systems
• Maintain clarity across functions
• Identify and implement solutions to improve efficiency
• Build a culture of accountability and execution
• Facilitate structured communication across teams
• Support decision-making with operational insight
• Build systems for task tracking, workflow management, and organizational visibility
• Identify opportunities to improve operations
• Strengthen systems as the organization grows
• Drive long-term operational excellence

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in operations, program management, or business/organizational leadership
• Strong experience in process design, cross-functional coordination, and performance management
• Experience in nonprofit or mission-driven organizations preferred
• Experience building or scaling organizations preferred
• Experience in remote teams preferred

Qualifications

• Executive-level engagement required
• Participation in leadership meetings required
• Fully remote

Benefits

This role offers executive leadership experience in operations, the opportunity to build and scale an organization, exposure to cross-functional strategy and execution, and direct impact on organizational growth and performance.

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

Not specified

Skills

Thinks in systems, structure, and scale, has experience leading operations or managing complex environments, can translate strategy into execution, is highly organized, analytical, and proactive, thrives in a leadership, cross-functional environment

Benefits

Executive leadership experience in operations, opportunity to build and scale an organization, exposure to cross-functional strategy and execution, direct impact on organizational growth and performance

Application Requirements

• You must be able to start within 14 days
• You must complete the full application
• You must be ready to lead and execute immediately

Important Disclaimer

This is a volunteer executive leadership role requiring consistent engagement. Applicants must be able to begin within 14 days. Incomplete or low-effort applications will not be considered.