Chief Operations Officer

The COO is a manager with broad responsibilities that range from managing day-to-day operations to providing strategic advice. He/she oversees daily administrative and operational functions, reporting directly to the CEO and being second only to this person for company affairs.

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We are looking for an experienced Chief Operating Officer (COO) to oversee our organization’s ongoing operations and procedures.

You will be the company’s second-in-command and responsible for the efficiency of business.

The COO role is a key member of the senior management team, reporting only to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

You’ll have to maintain control of diverse business operations, so we expect you to be an experienced and efficient leader. If you also have excellent people skills, business acumen and exemplary work ethics, we’d like to meet you.

The goal of the COO position is to secure the functionality of business to drive extensive and sustainable growth.

Main Responsibilities:
- Design and implement business strategies, plans and procedures
- Set comprehensive goals for performance and growth
- Establish policies that promote company culture and vision
- Set financial strategy, create and maintain budget and cash flow planning
- Oversee daily operations of the company and the work of executives (Project management, Marketing, Sales/Partnership, Finance, Legal, IT etc.)
- Lead employees to encourage maximum performance and dedication
- Evaluate performance by analyzing and interpreting data and metrics
- Write and submit reports to the CEO in all matters of importance
- Assist CEO in fundraising ventures and seeking strategic partnerships

KInIT combines the excellent competencies of academic researchers and educators with innovative companies, their needs and experience. By involving the private sector, we seek to create a healthy research ecosystem that is connected to existing universities, the Slovak Academy of Sciences and above all to the international community.
Besides having a unique working team including the elite of the Slovak AI scientific community, we offer very flexible working hours with possible home office and 3rd pillar pension savings contribution.

The selection process will be running in line with our values – transparency and openness. It will be a discussion within the expert community about the set up of the institution and reaching it´s mission and vision.

The selection process is planned to be finalized by February 28th 2023.

- Each candidate will have to apply latest by 15th February 2023 here on Profesia website.

- Pre-selected candidates will then receive an email with the details about next steps.

In case of questions, please contact us via [email protected].