Chief Operating Officer

Autzu is a mobility-tech company driving the transformation of urban transportation. Our goal is to enable a sustainable, efficient future by building the infrastructure needed for electric and autonomous for-hire vehicles. With innovation at our core, we’re reshaping urban mobility and setting new standards for city travel.

We’re looking for a COO who is an entrepreneurial, hands‑on builder, and leader to grow and manage Autzu’s operations in our rebuild & expansion phase. This role is responsible for leading Company wide operations, launching new sites, building out operational teams, manage multinational markets operational needs, setting a growth strategy and executing ruthlessly against it.

To be successful in this role, you should be a thoughtful leader and a confident decision-maker, helping our people develop and be productive while ensuring our profits are on the rise. Ultimately, you’ll help our company grow and thrive.

Responsibilities

Oversee day-to-day growth operations - from high-level strategy to local level issues

Assist in budgeting and optimizing expenses, building out the multi market operations team, and manage partnerships.

Design strategy and set goals for growth across our US and Canadian markets

Manage and negotiate contracts with vendors and partnerships

Set policies and processes to maximize team productivity

Work with and help build out our Fleet, Marketing, Customer Success, and Operation teams to create processes to enter, maintain, and expand operations in new cities.

Oversee new management hires and training of new employees

Evaluate and improve operations and financial performance

Direct the employee assessment process

Prepare regular reports for upper management and work directly with our CEO and CFO

Ensure staff follows company regulations

Provide solutions to issues (e.g. profit decline, employee conflicts, loss of business to competitors)

Qualifications

Proven experience (5+ years) as a an Operational Leader, CEO / COO

BSc / BA in Business or relevant field; MBA, MSc / MA is a plus

Have personally launched New Markets and managed vendors, contracts negotiations and multiple markets.

Ability to manage high level partnerships, presentations, and development.

Knowledge of the Mobility, EV, ride-share type of industry is highly valued

Fleet management experience is a Bonus

Experience in planning, strategy and budgeting in a startup setting

Knowledge of business processes and functions (finance, HR, procurement, operations, etc>

Strong analytical ability

Excellent communication skills

Outstanding organizational and leadership skills

Problem-solving aptitude

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