Position: Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Company: Velas
Category: Other
Experience required: 5y
English level: fluent

The Chief Operating Officer is responsible for the day-to-day operational, business, and administrative functions of the organization. The Chief Operating Officer will oversee the internal processes, including building effective teams and supervising the creation of new business and funding opportunities

You will regularly collaborate with Finance & Operations, Investment Management, Incubation & Acceleration, HR, and Marketing teams. 

**Responsibilities:**
- Create and execute Velas EcoFund & Velas Growth business plan
- Strategically manage, organize, and coordinate employees from different departments to ensure efficiency
- Oversee company operations, project timeline, business development, and employee productivity.
- Set team KPIs and objectives 
- Scale the team, Hire, train and retain a highly-skilled, diverse, and effective team
- Build scalable processes, build departmental systems and automate processes to enable the Velas EcoFund & Velas Growth  to scale while achieving efficiency gains and quality improvements on a sequential basis
 
**Required Skills & Experience:**
- Fluent English
- 5+ years of proven management experience in a fast-paced, data-driven, and high-performance environment;
- 5+ years of experience in working with / for private equity, venture capital, and investment banking
- Exposure to senior leadership
- Excellent time management and prioritization skills
- Knowledge and/or experience in the current crypto and blockchain landscape
- Strong interpersonal and networking skills
- Experience working for and understanding how to prioritize deliverables for a fast-growing company