Chief Development Officer, Industrious
$300-330k
You will also be eligible for an annual bonus and participation in our long-term incentive program
Coworking & private office space
Job no longer available
Coworking & private office space
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$300-330k
You will also be eligible for an annual bonus and participation in our long-term incentive program
1001+ employees
Company mission
To meet people where they are to deliver a better work experience.
Role
Who you are
- You’ll be successful in this role if you love to win and are energized by reaching for big goals, easily simplify complex problems and processes into repeatable and scalable motions, are a sharp critical thinker with strong financial and business acumen who tends to see around the next corner, a leader people want to follow and who can lift up the people around you, can take ideas from thought to execution and support others to do so as well, and want to be a leader in a culture that’s full of kind, smart, low-ego, goofy people
- You are relentless about attaining goals, and you’ll stop at nothing (short of our #head/heart/hands values and sustainable business decisions) to reach them. You love a complex sales environment, driving a funnel, and iterating on what product, positioning, and process makes for a winning team
- You know you’re excellent at simplifying complex processes into scalable systems, and you get energy from that work. Not ‘yes, I can do that,’ but instead, ‘wow, that sounds like heaven to me, and I have examples of where I’ve gotten my hands into complex systems and made them better.’
- You are known for rocketing forward the careers of the people you work with. You naturally empower and coach. People love working with and for you
- You easily zoom between big picture, company-level questions and day-to-day decision-making. You have a strength in prioritization, both for your own time and getting groups of cross-functional teams to march to the beat of the same drum
- You’re a relatively structured thinker and relish breaking complex, seemingly intractable problems down and working with the team around you until you’ve broken through to solutions. The messier the problem the more excited you get
- Your mind turns to numbers quickly and easily, and you’re constantly thinking about the economics of a deal/customer/partnership to evaluate its strength
- You appreciate the beauty and challenge of building physical things and are ready to lead teams making many relatively irreversible decisions
- You’ve led at scale - managed a distributed team across multiple geographies, balancing connection with operational excellence
- You’ve built through growth - helped take a company from mid-tier to big-tier, shaping the people engine that powered expansion
- You’ve operated within complexity - navigated a global business where influence happens one-to-many, not just one-to-one
- You’ve sat at the senior table - partnered with other executives to grind through global company strategy, especially in the late-stage growth push to double in size
What the job involves
- Industrious is at a once in a lifetime inflection point, transitioning from being a late stage growth startup to an independent business unit of the world’s largest real estate company, CBRE
- This next phase is all about making the most of the platform we’re now a part of, including bringing our expertise in workplace experience to millions of people around the world, scaling our core coworking product, building new products, nurturing our #soindustrious team, and doing it all with sustainable economics
- We’re looking for a leader to join our executive team who can help us navigate this next phase by leading us to a new gear in the growth of our physical footprint (in our language, “supply,”) as well as extending their arms across our whole company to help us operate at the next level. Success in this role looks like three things:
- We build on our success to date and grow our physical footprint across all products types even faster, in great locations, and with strong economics, driving EBITDA above our targets
- Our executive team and leadership team reach a new gear of team work, problem solving, and values-driven decision making because you’re in the room; and our company as a whole is operating more effectively and efficiently with your thinking and leadership in collaboration and process design
- The teams you work most closely with love being on the Industrious team and feel set up to do their best work
- Your role will require a breadth of skills. A single week might involve:
- Translating our 5-year forward looking plan into a sharp strategy, together with our supply leaders
- Pinpointing the biggest areas of friction in how we work, and designing the solutions to reduce that friction
- Digging through our financial underwriting model for new coworking locations and brainstorming with our team about how we can update it to reflect our growing product set
- Working with your teams to redesign the complex processes that bring our locations into the world
- Working with your peers to untangle a thorny demand/supply/product issue
- Co-hosting a review of our latest programming and interiors with our design team
- Being a thought partner to our Head of Legal on a 49/51 decision about risk
- Mentoring a leader on your team who’s ready to take the next step in their growth
- Leading a financial review of our last 100 locations to spot issues and opportunities for the future
- Or wearing a Taylor Swift costume while lip-sync battling with a Beyonce-obsessed teammate of yours
Our take
Industrious was founded in 2012 when its creators noticed that people often work d better in hotel lobbies and coffee shops than in traditional offices. This inspired the company to develop flexible workspaces that blend the casual environment of public spaces with the resources, security, and professionalism of an office setting.
Shared flexible workspaces are nothing new, but Industrious has successfully differentiated itself from larger competitors like WeWork by focusing on management contracts with landlords rather than leasing properties. The company has seen its revenue triple in recent years and has even taken over WeWork's former headquarters in Manhattan.
As demand for smaller, flexible office spaces grows, Industrious is thriving. With partnerships like CBRE and its expansion into key markets, the company is ready to capitalize on the shifting trends in office space.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2022
$100m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Aug 2019
$80m
SERIES D
Total funding: $322m
Company benefits
- Healthcare - We care deeply about the physical and emotional well-being of our employees. That’s why we offer a range of plan options through United Healthcare, including a variety of employer-paid plans that provide coverage for employees and their families
- Flexible Vacation Time - At Industrious we have a flexible PTO policy. This encourages people to enjoy life outside of work, recharge and look after their mental and emotional health. Take the time you need to have a balanced and fulfilling personal life
- Paid Parental Leave - Families come in all shapes, sizes, and types. We welcome each new addition with generous paid leave so that you can bond with your new child
- Learning & Development Grant - We’re committed to your professional development. We’re proud to offer a yearly grant so that you can take a class or learn a new skill
- Employee Resource Groups - These groups support, promote, and celebrate team members united around shared characteristics or life experiences
Company HQ
Union Square, New York, NY
Leadership
Jamie Hodari
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to Industrious, they co-founded and served as the CEO at Kepler, a rapidly growing experimental university that Scientific American called a "daring global experiment" to bring "top-tier instruction to the neediest parts of the planet."
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