Head of Business Operations & Strategy
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⚙️ Operations⏰ Full-time👔 Executive🇬🇧 UK
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Industrious Labs·3 days ago
About Us
Heavy industry is the foundation of modern society. We need materials like cement, steel, and aluminum more than ever to rebuild our bridges and roads, construct wind and solar projects, and manufacture electric vehicles and heat pumps that will undergird our future. But industry needs a second revolution. For as much as industry made the middle class and ushered in a remarkable era of prosperity for many, it also threatens our climate, reinforces environmental racism, wastes valuable materials and energy, and leaves communities and workers behind.
At Industrious Labs, our mission is to set into motion unstoppable policies, people power, and analysis to make a triple impact on climate, justice, and jobs, drastically reduce dangerous emissions, and make industry accountable to communities and workers.
About the Position
The Executive Coordinator (part-time hourly with a minimum of 20 hours per week) provides high-level support to the board, executive team, and directors, ensuring efficient coordination of meetings, travel, communications, and administration for a distributed, mission-driven team. This is a new role in the organization and reflects our continuing growth. The Executive Coordinator reports to Alex Kaufman, Deputy Director of Operations. This remote role calls for a proactive, detail-oriented professional with strong organizational and communication skills, who thrives in a dynamic multi-stakeholder environment. Staff at Industrious Labs actively work to cultivate equity and justice, embracing an explicitly pro-Black and anti-racist organizational culture.
What You'll Do
You'll hold responsibilities that will evolve over time as the team grows and functions are distributed. In year one, the role will include:
Board Support
Executive Support
Director Support
Operations and Special Projects
Who You Are
The incoming Executive Coordinator is energized by a deep commitment to the organization’s mission, values, and vision. Demonstrating exceptional organizational skills and professional integrity, whether gained in nonprofit or for-profit environments, the successful candidate will play a central role in supporting leadership and facilitating impactful operations across the organization.
You join a collaborative team where learning, adaptability, and continual improvement are core values. The Executive Coordinator combines technical aptitude in virtual meeting management, travel planning, and logistics with a creative and proactive approach to supporting remote executives and directors. Embracing evolving needs and stakeholder feedback, you approach challenges with humility, openness to growth, and a joy in refining processes that enable your colleagues to succeed.
Believing that meaningful transformation is possible when each person stretches their abilities, the successful Executive Coordinator approaches every task, from board meeting logistics to managing calendars and presentations, with resourcefulness and a commitment to operational excellence. This role is ideal for someone who finds fulfillment in making organizations run efficiently and supporting others to achieve ambitious collective goals.
The successful candidate will also possess most of the following Core and Preferred qualifications:
Core Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Industrious Labs Core Qualifications
Below are the qualifications expected of all Industrious Labs staff.
Salary and Benefits
The hourly pay for this position is $43.75. Industrious Labs has a policy not to negotiate compensation. Rather than rely on negotiation, we offer transparent pay aligned with experience, responsibilities, and organizational values.
We offer competitive benefits for part time employment, including a work-from-home stipend, up to 5% 401k employer match, 11 paid holidays, and unlimited PTO (with a minimum requirement of 8 business days for this role). We are currently unable to offer health benefits (medical, dental and vision insurance) to part-time employees; however, part-time employees are eligible to receive once-yearly additional prorated compensation of $6,000. This compensation may offset some self-acquired health coverage costs.
Our Commitment to Racial Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Climate Justice
We believe that diversity isn’t just a value - it's essential to solving the climate crisis. If you're excited by this job, even if your experience doesn't match every bullet point, we hope you apply. We welcome candidates from a range of backgrounds and with skills that may be transferable. Industrious Labs is an equal-opportunity employer committed to equity in hiring, advancement, and workplace culture. If you need accommodations during the application process, contact Heather Beckford at [email protected].
How to Apply
Please submit a resume and cover letter that answers the following:
We will also ask you to please summarize your answers to these questions in the job application, in addition to addressing your points in the cover letter. We'd really like to hear your original thoughts and ideas in your letter and answers, and how your experience may contribute to being successful at Industrious Labs. We value this opportunity to gain an understanding of your independent thoughts without the overlay of artificial input or tools.
Interested in a full-time role at Industrious Labs? If you have core qualifications for both this position and the Accounting Strategist role, we welcome you to apply for both.
This position is open until filled, with a first round of applicants reviewed on Feb 20, 2026. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, starting immediately. Qualified candidates who apply prior to the first review date are most likely to be considered for the first round of interviews; however, if the position is still active on our website the applicants are still being reviewed. Our hiring process typically includes a phone screen, panel interviews, and a practical exercise. Our searches generally take 3-4 months. The incumbent in this position must have eligibility to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.