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Enso, Director, Operations & Project Management

We’re on the search for a self-motivated Director of Operations & Project Management to join us as a key member of our small team.

You will be an integral part of all things Enso, contributing your known best practices and standards for optimal staffing, collaborations and workflow. You will play a vital role in supporting enso’s initiatives, by leading the day-to-day internal management of the team and projects.

Your mission is to be the glue and to collaborate across all departments — juggling between strategy, creative, production, studio, project management and operations — helping all to work together efficiently by effectively translating information for each to succeed.

What You’ll Do:

Establish strong working relationships across various internal departments.
Keep the team organized, bridging communication to ensure everyone has the time and resources to thrive.
Work closely with our Managing Partner to envision and create new scopes of work. This will require developing overall timelines, working across departments to align resources and determine allocations.
Partner with teams to ensure successful delivery of client projects on time, within budget and in accordance to enso process.
Schedule internal check-in meetings, plus track and communicate internal marching orders.
Field new business opportunities and assess if and how they should be pursued.
Help build upon and maintain our ever-growing network of collaborators.
Lead in building and maintaining a culture within Enso that promotes close-connection and camaraderie within our remote-working environment, creating an atmosphere for the team and projects to thrive.

Who You Are:

Adaptable Prioritizer - You thrive in small, fast-paced startup environments, and stay calm when things pivot quickly and require you to adapt and re-prioritize.
Master Balancer - You amaze your colleagues by using your sound judgment to balance many different responsibilities and timelines at any given time. You’ve led multiple teams and successfully juggled concurrent projects.
Process Champion - You love a sound process and system, and are experienced at creating and championing a process.
Relentless Problem Solver - You’re known for being industrious and can MacGyver your way through any challenge that arises. You seek efficiency and love exploring new tools to increase effectiveness.
Excellent Communicator - You have a unique ability to translate information for diverse audiences to digest (e.g. client side, creative, operations). You gain trust quickly and hold strong acumen with your colleagues.
Confident Project Manager - You have years of experience managing multiple integrated projects across various platforms.
Risk Analysis Forecaster - You live in the details and are always multiple steps ahead. You’re never underprepared. You are adept at anticipating hiccups and roadblocks related to budgets, resources and timelines.
Mission-aligned Team Player - You’re 100% passionate and have a deep passion for creating social impact. You’re known for building strong relationships among your teammates. You bring humility and integrity, and even jokes to the table every day.

Skills & Qualifications:

8+ years in a business or executive management role
Proven experience organizing and directing teams and departments
Excellent communicator in written and verbal form
Extremely versatile, dedicated to efficient productivity
Thrives in a remote-work dynamic

Here’s What You Can Expect...

Your impact in this role

You will contribute to building world changing shared missions with some of today's top people-powered brands dedicated to impact such as Google, Khan Academy, Nature Conservancy, Omidyar Network.
You will positively impact all systems and processes within enso.

The growth and development you will experience

You will join an incredibly talented team from a diverse range of backgrounds ranging from top ad agencies to political campaigns and advocacy groups to startups and nonprofits, all who are dedicated to continued learning.
You will further develop your ability to thrive in a small, fast-paced environment.

The tangible and intangible perks of this role

You will receive a competitive salary and benefits package.
This is currently a remote position as Enso does not presently use a shared physical space to conduct business. There are meeting spaces available to you, as needed.

Feel Right For You? Throw your hat in the ring!

Please email careers@enso.co with your resume and answers to the following questions. The short-answer questions below are designed to replace a cover letter, please take your time with them.

What Happens Next?

We promise that every application will be met with human eyes. We care about your candidate experience and will do our best to communicate with you quickly. The next step will be a short initial phone conversation with a member of our Talent Team.

If you are chosen to join our team, you will be invited to enjoy:

Competitive salary commensurate with experience
Matching up to 4% of a 401K (free money!)
Great medical insurance and disability insurance
Work from anywhere every day
An open vacation policy
Generous holiday calendar

Interested? Short Answer Questionnaire

Send an email to careers@enso.co with the subject line: Operations+PM Position and the answers to the short questionnaire below:

Tell us why the prospect of joining Enso in this capacity both excites you and aligns with your personal journey and career goals. Consider both the mission of the company and the function of the role. (150 words max)
Share with us an experience when you were responsible for managing an integrated staff working in various workstreams over an extended period. (200 words max)
Share with us a time you were successfully able to build culture and/or nurture talent within an organization. Be specific. (200 words max)
It can be hard to talk about compensation but it's critical. Please can you share a range that you’re looking for in the next role? This isn't to negotiate of course, it's just to make sure we can be in the right ballpark (or close) from the start. We want to make the best use of everyone's time!

OPTIONAL. Is there anything else you would like to tell us about yourself or your candidacy for this role? Feel free to provide links.

Send an email to careers@enso.co