President/COO

About the Role:
The President and Chief Operating Officer will serve as the senior operational leader responsible for driving organizational growth, operational excellence, and long term strategic expansion within a modular construction and manufacturing environment. This executive role focuses on overseeing all core functions including design, sales, permitting, factory operations, construction, finance, and project delivery. The position requires a visionary leader with deep experience scaling complex organizations, enhancing performance systems, and guiding cross functional teams. 

Responsibilities:

• Provide executive leadership across design, sales, engineering, permitting, factory production, construction, accounting, and project management teams.

• Develop and execute strategic growth plans that support organizational scale, revenue expansion, and operational maturity.

• Establish KPIs, performance metrics, and standardized processes that strengthen quality, efficiency, forecasting accuracy, and overall operational performance.

• Oversee financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and P&L management to ensure strong fiscal discipline and profitability.

• Drive market expansion by identifying new business channels, partnerships, and opportunities within modular construction and related sectors.

• Represent the organization at conferences, industry events, and stakeholder meetings to strengthen brand visibility and market positioning.

• Implement systems, technologies, and workflow improvements that enhance project speed, cost control, and cross departmental transparency.

• Lead organizational development initiatives including workforce planning, restructuring, succession planning, and leadership coaching.

• Serve as a primary liaison to shareholders, investors, lenders, and advisory partners while providing performance updates and strategic recommendations.

• Champion a high performance culture centered on accountability, communication, innovation, and operational excellence.

Qualifications:

• 10 to 15 or more years of senior or executive leadership experience in modular construction, manufacturing, real estate development, engineering, or advanced production environments.

• Proven success scaling operations and leading multi division teams in a complex, fast paced environment.

• Strong financial acumen with direct experience managing P&L, budgets, and fiscal strategy.

• Demonstrated ability to work with investors, boards, and stakeholder groups while presenting performance data and growth plans.

• Expertise in systems implementation, workflow optimization, operational strategy, and organizational scaling.

• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and interpersonal leadership skills.

• Experience guiding strategic planning, business expansion initiatives, and cross functional alignment.

• Strong knowledge of compliance, permitting, construction operations, and manufacturing best practices.

Desired Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in business administration, engineering, construction management, or a related field.

• Experience leading modular manufacturing or prefabricated building operations at scale.

• Background working in investor backed, high growth, or private equity environments.

• Familiarity with lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, and enterprise level technology systems.

• Proven track record driving brand development, market expansion, and revenue growth initiatives.

• Ability to build high trust relationships with investors, governmental entities, community partners, and industry leaders.