Vice President of Operations & Growth

Job description

Blavity, Inc. is a venture-funded media and technology company, founded in 2014 around a simple idea: enable Black millennials to tell their own stories. Today, we are home to the largest network of platforms and lifestyle brands serving the multifaceted lives of Black millennials & Gen Z through original content, video, unique experiences, and product solutions. Blavity Inc. has evolved into a market leader for Black media, reaching 250 million users per month through our growing brand portfolio, including Blavity, Blavity360º, AfroTech, Talent Infusion, 21Ninety, Travel Noire, Home & Texture, and Blavity House Party. Our Blavity, Inc. employee community is composed of passionate, energetic, and culturally conscious individuals working together to deliver value to each other, the company, and our clients. We are always searching for new additions to our community that will help us continue to scale, contribute meaningfully to our culture, and advance our strategic direction.

Job Summary:

The Vice President of Operations & Growth, Blavity Inc. will be a senior executive responsible for scaling operations, leading new initiatives, and strengthening the company’s resilience. This leader will bring operational rigor, the ability to launch and scale cross-functional projects, and the judgment to proactively identify and recommend opportunities for innovation once fully embedded in the organization.

In addition to driving operational excellence across the company, the VP will also lead founder-prioritized initiatives such as expanding into health or growing our consumer revenue. The role will require working across departments, filling gaps where needed, and ensuring new initiatives are integrated effectively into existing teams and systems.

Reports to the CEO with close collaboration with our Chief Business Officer/Chief Financial Officer and SVP of Live Events.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Growth & Innovation

  • Lead high-priority initiatives such as expanding into health or growing our consumer revenue models
  • Once established, proactively evaluate operations and recommend new growth opportunities or efficiencies to the executive team
  • Develop and scale pilots and proof-of-concept projects, turning successful tests into repeatable, sustainable systems or products

• Operational Leadership

  • Take ownership of business functions, teams or initiatives that require strategic transformation, stronger monetization, or improved systems
  • Build processes to reduce bottlenecks and improve efficiency across revenue and audience growth initiatives
  • Ensure alignment of initiatives with company-wide OKRs and KPIs

• Cross-Team Integration

  • Fill in the gaps between departments during the launch of new programs, clarifying roles and responsibilities across existing teams
  • Act as an integrator and connector, ensuring information flows seamlessly and execution is coordinated
  • Build knowledge-sharing practices so insights and wins are institutionalized across the company

• Company-Wide Operational Excellence

  • Design and contribute to performance frameworks for accountability (OKRs & KPIs)

  Drive continuous improvement across workflows, reporting, and cross-functional collaboration

  • Provide operational clarity and leadership at the senior executive level
  • Drive clarity and execution discipline across the high-priority initiatives they lead, ensuring timelines, ownership, and deliverables are well defined.
  • Build repeatable systems, documentation, and knowledge-sharing practices that other teams can adopt to strengthen organizational performance.

Measures of Success:

• Driving significant improvement in company-wide operating efficiency and gross margin.
• The successful launch and scaling of new revenue streams, specifically a Direct-to-Consumer subscription model and expansion into the Health vertical, hitting defined revenue and growth targets.
• Enhancing organizational clarity and cross-functional collaboration, evidenced by improved project success rates and team feedback.
• Instituting a robust performance management framework for cross-functional projects that creates accountability and aligns all teams with strategic priorities.

Qualifications:

• Required Experience
  • 10+ years of experience in operations, strategy, or growth leadership roles
  • People management experience required
  • Proven ability to directly lead teams and to drive cross-functional initiatives
  • Strong analytical and operational background with experience scaling new initiatives
  • Strong executive presence and communication skills with ability to influence at scale
  • Thrives in dynamic, ambiguous environments; excels at structuring open-ended challenges and driving them to completion
• Preferred Experience
  • Prior experience in media/publishing, revenue operations, management consulting, private equity, venture capital, or a high-growth startup (Series B+) strongly preferred
  • Track record of success in roles such as Chief of Staff, General Manager, Head of Operations, or VP/SVP of Strategy & Operations
• Technologies
  • Technical fluency and comfort with digital platforms, subscription models, and AI-driven tools.

Details:

• This is a fully remote, U.S.- based role. Occasional travel for major events, leadership meetings, and business needs is required
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.
• Candidates must be able to work at least 25% in alignment with the Pacific Time Zone.
• The annual salary range for this role is $175,000 - 200,000
• Discretionary Bonus: 10-15%