Remote Global COO — Strategy Programs

Applications should be submitted with a cover letter and resume. Title the email “Oceanic Global COO Application” and send it to hiringbal.

Oceanic Global (OG) is looking for a Chief Operating Officer (COO) with strong operational and management skills to join the leadership team. This is a unique position in which the candidate would be working with the Executive Director, CFO and Board of Directors to develop strategy for the overall organization and lead the implementation of OG’s core programs encompassing grassroots organizing, industry solutions, cause marketing partnerships, and fundraising.

As the COO, you will play a critical role in overseeing the day‑to‑day operations and strategic initiatives of Oceanic Global. The role is well‑suited for someone with a passion for creative thinking, innovation, collaboration, and action‑oriented leadership. The ideal candidate takes initiative, is an executor, a natural community builder, tech savvy, loves the ocean and nature, and is both a true team leader and player.

The COO role is a leader in the ocean and/or environmental space. The candidate should be comfortable speaking publicly about the ocean, environmentalism, and OG’s mission/programming. Experience working across multiple stakeholder groups including the private sector, civil society, public sector, grassroots groups and community‑led coalitions is required. Institutional experience is a bonus but not necessary. As a global organization, the ideal candidate brings a global mindset, has sales/business development experience and enjoys working with people from diverse backgrounds.

Oceanic Global is a small, mighty, and fast‑paced organization that operates similarly to a startup. This role is perfect for savvy applicants who enjoy working on multiple projects at once, are dynamic collaborators, enjoy traveling, and believe in building towards a world where humanity coexists and is in harmony with nature and the ocean.

• Actively support the growth of Oceanic Global and manage programs under the supervision of the Executive Director, as well as provide executive‑level support to OG stakeholders including Board and advisor communications.
• Lead the development, implementation and execution of our strategic programs, which include, but are not limited to: the Blue Standard, Grants, education/campaigns, corporate partnerships, and institutional event partnerships including UN World Oceans Day and the UN climate conference (COP).
• Lead on impact and OKRs/KPIs across programmatic areas, new business and programmatic opportunities. Evolve impact metrics as measurement tools for success across OG’s impact and educational efforts. Monitor progress towards goals, identify areas of opportunity and implement necessary changes to drive organizational effectiveness.
• Strategize and outreach for new viable partnerships and/or donors to diversify stakeholder networks, establish credibility, and increase global reach. This includes experience onboarding corporate sponsors, grants, family offices and/or foundations.
• Sales and Business Development for key partnerships and oversee deliverables with different team leads and directors.
• Publicly represent the organization in a thought leadership capacity including speaker opportunities, white papers, etc.
• Provide expertise to support Oceanic Global thought leadership opportunities and consulting deliverables related to ocean health and ocean solutions.

• Manage the day‑to‑day operations of Oceanic Global by leading on programmatic areas including team management, establishing processes and systems for growth, development and efficiency of programs, and ensure collaboration and alignment across teams.
• Work closely with the CFO, Executive Director, and Treasurer to properly manage financial resources, resource allocations per programmatic areas, and fundraising (including funding and sponsorship dialogues). Oversee programmatic resource allocation and proper internal controls. Lead on deliverables on large cause marketing partnerships tied to respective programs.
• Work closely across different teams, for example, with Marketing to…