Strategic Operations Manager
Location
Remote
Reports to
Chief Operating Officer
Overview
Common Future is a network of remarkable leaders in the U.S. and Canada who work deeply
within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and
investing. Our network is made up of local economy leaders, place-based foundation professionals,
and impact investors who are poised to share knowledge, expertise, and resources. We envision an
economy where wealth is redistributed, power is democratized, and economic control is shifted to
marginalized communities. We work as a “think and do tank” that enables collaboration, ideation,
and adoption of economic models that empower communities that have been the most
marginalized. We are a 21 person organization (and growing). Our culture values equity,
collaboration, intellectual curiosity, and experimentation.
Position Responsibilities
The Strategic Operations Manager (SOM) will be a key partner to the COO, helping to shape,
operationalize, and communicate Common Future’s cross-program strategies and key initiatives.
Using the current strategic planning process and subsequent plans as a framework and guide, the
SOM is charged with understanding, addressing, and coordinating the needs and activities
identified in Common Future’s planning process. The SOM will work with the COO to plan and
manage priorities that deepen Common Future’s impact and that support our organizational
growth, building and improving needed systems across the organization. The SOM will share in
the organization’s work to advance racial equity and anti-oppression in its operations and
practices and proactively identify opportunities to advance equitable practices. The SOM will also
have the ability to work independently on projects, from conception to completion, and will share
and solicit ongoing feedback and conversations to advance our work.
Strategy, Operations, and Knowledge Management
●Support the COO in the translation of strategy into operational plans by helping to set and
implement short-term and long-term milestones and goals.
●Provide strategic support, advice, and guidance to the COO, including preparation of
materials for internal and external meetings.
●Work with staff across initiatives to ensure consistency and integration.
