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Posted March 09, 2023
BENlabs

Vice President Operations

BENlabs
Los Angeles, CA, USA ⚠ [Archived] No Longer Accepting Applicants

Who WE Are

BENlabs connects global brands to consumers through the power of popular entertainment. From the world-leading product integration platform, to the global leader for rights clearances and representation (Greenlight), to the best in class Influencer channel optimization solutions (TubeBuddy), BENlabs helps elevate projects, amplify brands, and captivate audiences. Our team is global, with offices in Los Angeles (headquarters), New York, London, Shanghai, and Provo.

At BENlabs, we recognize that our employees are the key to the company’s success and work hard to maintain our incredible company culture. While BENlabs is a well-established organization and a recognized industry leader with a rich history of integration and licensing success stories, we have not abandoned our start-up mentality. BENlabs continually evolves branding strategies through artificial intelligence and predictive modeling to meet the unique needs of our clients. To that end, BENlabs is results-oriented, client-centric, and highly creative organization which offers candidates the opportunity to learn from the best and the brightest in this dynamic industry. BENlabs offers a competitive benefits package and promotes an environment which supports our core values of Passion, Accountability, Teamwork, Inclusion, Balance and Empowerment.

Who You Are

VP Operation will be accountable for galvanizing a team under a common growth and operations platform, and ultimately drive improvement in operational efficiency, revenue, margin, and client retention for each account in the overall portfolio. The VPO will work to continuously ensure the organization is delivering operational excellence while also identifying innovative and creative services and solutions to expand on our client's requirements, working closely with internal and external partners. The incumbent of this position will develop and maintain the overall strategy, priorities, and direction for operations within the area.

Responsibilities

  • Develop short- and long-term operational strategies in partnership with senior team members and lead the design, development, and execution of those strategies to achieve measurable outcomes in a timely, cost-effective manner
  • Led and managed a highly productive, motivated, and driven team through strong communication, empowerment, reward, and coaching techniques. Maintain close working relationships with partner groups in functional areas, including Sales, Human Resources, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Compliance
  • Partner with the business unit leaders and key stakeholders to inspire change and implement new business processes

Qualification:

  • Bachelor's degree required, master's degree desired
  • Minimum of 10-12 years of progressive responsibility, successful experience in general management with full P&L responsibility; in Entertainment, social media/ Digital media, and Branding preferred
  • Proven leadership and experience in managing effective client relationships that are high, wide, and deep
  • Demonstrated leadership skills, including broad knowledge of management practices and good business analysis/project management skills
  • Demonstrated ability to grasp a large, complex, global business at a base level and use this understanding to set overall strategy and drive business process improvement
  • Adept business savvy to effectively communicate and work with other executives to achieve business and systems goals
  • Strong business planning skills to complete strategic projects with implications for business areas with rapidly evolving business processes. Must possess a balanced perspective on strategic and tactical issues
  • Proven ability to manage numerous projects, as well as resources, remotely in a highly dispersed organization
  • Established ability to select top talent and create a productive environment that promotes initiative, innovation, continuous learning, and development of key leaders for future advancement
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills with a range of audiences including clients, front-line managers, and C-level leaders

Don’t meet every requirement listed? Studies show that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs when they don’t meet every requirement. At BENlabs, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community, so if you think you could crush this role, even without all the listed qualifications, please apply! You may be exactly who we didn’t even know we need.