About Us

The Animal Pain Research Institute (APRI) is advancing scientific understanding and therapeutic strategies to mitigate pain and distress in humans and animals. We’re currently a small team but undergoing major growth, with increasing operational complexity.

About the Role

Your work will be high-impact. You will build the internal engine that allows the organization to execute at a much larger scale.

Reporting to the ED, you will take ownership of internal operations so that the ED and program teams can focus on advancing APRI’s unique mission. You’ll work on something novel and exciting, think strategically, and be trusted to work autonomously to keep things running smoothly and to navigate challenges.

This is the perfect role for someone that thrives on growing operations and programs, resolving bottlenecks, and architecting organizational strategy.

Responsibilities

Architecting Growth

• Shape how the organization grows: structure teams, guide hiring, and build the right capabilities.

• Protect a collaborative, efficient culture as we scale.

• Spot current and future bottlenecks and risks, and design solutions suited to our size and stage.

• Turn strategy into operating plans, budgets, milestones, and resourcing decisions, and keep the organization aligned to them.

Executive Partnership

• Serve as the ED’s ops counterpart: take decisions off their desk and surface what truly needs their attention.

• Keep the organization coordinated and support the ED in delivering clear stakeholder communications.

• Act as a strategic thought partner, challenging assumptions and bringing better solutions.

• Take initiative on operational design, and delegate, coach, and escalate appropriately.

Owning Operations

• Build and delegate across finance, HR; legal, compliance, and risk; vendors and systems; fundraising operations and grants administration.

• Oversee internal and fractional operations so the engine runs smoothly.

• Empower operational leaders and resolve bottlenecks before they slow the team down.

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Featured

yes

Expirationdate

2026-09-02 00:00:00

Url

https://impactopportunity.org/job/9169/chief-operating-officer-scaling/

Remote

hybrid

Salaryfrom

70000

Salaryto

120000

Companydescription

The Animal Pain Research Institute (APRI) is advancing scientific understanding and therapeutic strategies to mitigate pain and distress in humans and animals. We’re currently a small team but undergoing major growth, with increasing operational complexity.

Companywebsite

https://www.animalpainresearchinstitute.org/chief-operating-officer

Companylocation

Chicago, IL, USA