The VP, Region will have experience with member-driven organizations and managing staff in remote locations to execute current programs, create new initiatives, stabilize operations, build internal communication channels and motivate the regional staff to perform to their best abilities. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 
The VP will be guided by the bylaws and policies as established by EO’s Board of Directors.  When we think of the responsibilities of one of EO’s most senior staff leaders, here’s what we envision this person to be:

Team Leader

• Lead the teams responsible for managing the programs and services focused on EO’s vision, mission and values. 
• Build an internal communication structure for reporting and sharing content amongst a team where all members work out of home offices in different countries.
• Coach and mentor staff; develop high-performance teams.
• Set the tone for the staff to deliver a world-class member experience.  Analyze how staff serve EO members and provide solutions in any areas where service is less than optimal.
• Mentor talent, by inspiring your staff to want to develop themselves as a person both in their personal and professional goals. 
• Excel at building extraordinary relationships- we want mutually beneficial relationships with members, leaders, partners, staff and anyone else interested in the EO community.

Strategist

• Update and drive regional plans to attain short and long term regional, area and chapter goals.
• Set and attain partner goals for the regions.
• Advise the EO Executive Team on strategy and vision best for the regions; develop and fine-tune the strategy year after year.
• Offer advice to staff that present strategic ideas to improve upon current practices.
• Analyze membership data: recruitment, integration, retention, renewal and attrition. Collaborate with senior members of the business development team to provide best strategy in all five functional areas.
• Strategically engage with the Regional Councils and participate actively on one other global committee.  Work together with the members leaders to meet their yearly goals.
• Engage with the Presidents.
• Drive member participation to global events.

Operations Management

• Ensure the right staff is in place to facilitate committees, task forces and councils.  Set our staff and member volunteer leaders up for success. 
• Create with member leaders the budgets- review expenditures and suggest ways to utilize funds.
• Understand the intricacies of Human Resources and have experience in dealing with matters related to staff’s compensation, training and development.
• Draft and review organizational contracts, agreements, and commitments with outside contractors, vendors and suppliers.
• Lead the world class member experience- when members engage with staff, ensure requests and communications are handled appropriately and timely.
• Be prepared for growth and the probable new responsibilities that come with growth that the EO Executive Team may delegate to you.

Activity Builder

• Encourage ideas to provide member value.  Develop ideas into concrete plans, actions and measurable outcomes. Communicate ideas through various channels to develop into new approved member programs.  You will have overall responsibility for the development and execution of programs in your regions.  Monitor the staff’s involvement and member engagement in these programs so that they are effectively administrated and controlled.
• Contribute to the growth and renewal rate in the regions by focusing on the recruitment, integration, retention and renewal processes. Analyze attrition data and provide solutions.
• Support the global strategy plan for chapter launches and pursue success.
• Offer viewpoints to the Strategic Engagement Committee and Strategic Alliances and advise what partnerships to pursue.  Pursue and execute on those partnerships.
• Widen the influence of recently created global programs.  Some include a focus on student entrepreneurs, spouses and entrepreneurs who have not qualified for membership yet.
• Provide programming ideas to our learning department crafting educational sessions.

Communicator

• Create communication channels to share internal information and ensure staff absorbs information.
• Lead communication strategy and manage communication initiatives.
• Have an interest to speak publicly and give presentations in regions.  Possible external presentations could be at chapter strategy summits, local entrepreneur conferences and partner (strategic alliances) engagements.
• Update the Executive Team on the conditions and operations of regions and all factors influencing the operations.
• Share with staff the latest from the Board/Executive Team and how we’re doing achieving our global metrics.
• Join the VP biweekly group conversations on best practices and leadership subjects.

Global Integrator

• Engage respectfully with all chapters in region and travel to interact with members.
• Ensure alignment of regional action plans with global plans.
• Advise on global thinking with local strategy in our key growth markets.  We currently have growth initiatives in South America.
• Inspire staff living all over the world in home-offices and in Virginia to reach their peak performances
• Collaborate with headquarters and ensure the staff knows your role and how to work with you.
• Balance the needs regional staff.  You know where there are similarities, differences and concerns with differing points of view from employees based regionally and employees at HQ.

Education and/ Experience

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 8+ years of experience at senior/executive level in association management or related business experience. 
• In-depth comprehensive understanding of association management- interworking, committees, councils and other volunteer groups.
• 5+ years managing staff, especially remote staff and implementing personnel procedures
• Track record in dealing with complex issues and guiding teams towards solutions
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Well-developed analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to interact with entrepreneurs with tact diplomacy and poise
• Ability to travel globally
• Exercises confidentiality and discretion

Preferred:

• Has lived and worked in a different culture or has substantial experience working with regional teams
• Bilingual or multilingual
• Has experience in either marketing / sales / business development / external relations
• Familiar and/or interested in technology and how next generational tools can be used to reach organization goals
• Certified Association Executive credential (CAE)
• Master’s Degree

Characteristics:

• Self-starter
• Detail-oriented
• Inspiring
• Confidant
• Service-oriented
• Thinks out of the box/ encourages new ideas
• Listener

Language Skills:  Ability to read, write and comprehend instructions, correspondence and memos.  Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing members, staff, managers, clients, and the public.  Ability to understand oral instructions and to ask for clarification when necessary. 

Mathematical Skills:  Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide all units of measure using whole numbers and calculate figures and amounts such as fractions, decimals, percentages, proportions and ratios to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability:  Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written and/or oral form.

Physical Demands:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the Essential Duties of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the Essential Duties.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk, talk, and hear.  The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle and feel objects, tools, and controls.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, reach with hands and arms, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.  Required to occasionally lift and/or move up to  lbs.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision and abilities to adjust focus to read and type documents on a computer screen.
Additional hours may be required during periods of heavy workload.  Flexibility is required in the daily work schedule to accommodate tasks.

Work Environment:  The work environment characteristics described here represent those an employee encounters while performing the Essential Duties of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the Essential Duties.  
The employee is normally required to work in a high-rise building equipped with elevators in an environment where the noise level is usually moderate. 
May be assigned to an internal work space without windows to the outside, located in close proximity to other office personnel. 
Professional workplace where business and business casual attire is required.
Ability to work in a fast pace and high pressure environment.

Nothing contained in this job description, or conveyed during any interview which may be granted or during any period of employment (if hired) with Entrepreneurs’ Organization, is intended to create an employment contract with any employee or prospective employee of the Firm for any specified period of time.  Work rules and benefits in effect are subject to change from time to time, according to the needs of the organization.  Any and all employment with Entrepreneurs’ Organization is “at will,” that is, for no definite or determinable period and subject to termination at any time, with or without cause and with or without prior notice, at the option of either the employee or the organization.

Entrepreneurs’ Organization is an equal opportunity employer.

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