Medical Teams International
Overview
Job Details
Job Location: Tigard OR or remote US location - Tigard, OR
Position Type: Full-Time
Travel Percentage: Up to 50%
Job Category: Executive
Description
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is the principal strategic partner to the CEO and serves as a key driver of enterprise performance, executive cohesion, and organizational strategy. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the COO acts as a chief integrator—ensuring that Medical Teams operates as a unified, high-performing organization in service of its mission to boldly break barriers to health and restore wholeness in a hurting world.
The COO has executive and line management responsibility for all core operational functions: Finance, HR, IT, Legal, Risk, and Logistics & Procurement. The COO is also responsible for leading enterprise strategy development and execution, aligning cross-functional teams, and strengthening executive team accountability. This role is equal parts strategist, operator, and organizational leader—ensuring that internal capacity and systems evolve to meet the scale, speed, and complexity of Medical Teams' global work.
In partnership with the CEO, the COO stewards organizational culture, accelerates decision-making, sharpens strategic focus, and ensures Medical Teams is equipped to deliver bold, compassionate, and effective responses in a rapidly changing humanitarian landscape.
Medical Teams International Calling Statement :
Daring to love like Jesus, we boldly break barriers to health and restore wholeness in a hurting world.
Key Responsibilities Strategic Partner to the CEO and Board
Serve as a trusted deputy and counsel to the CEO, helping shape and implement strategic vision and priorities across the enterprise.
Represent the CEO in internal executive forums and decision-making processes as delegated.
Drive enterprise performance management, ensuring clear objectives, accountability mechanisms, and alignment across global teams.
Collaborate with the CEO and Board on enterprise risk, scenario planning, and long-range strategy development.
Executive Team Leadership and Organizational Integration
Lead and align the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) around shared priorities, cross-functional coordination, and a unified approach to mission execution.
Facilitate high-functioning team dynamics, performance feedback, and executive accountability.
Oversee enterprise-level planning and strategy implementation processes, ensuring organizational focus and coherence.
Serve as a cultural steward, modeling values-based leadership and fostering a healthy, diverse, and mission-driven workplace.
Global Operations and Organizational Effectiveness
Manage all global operations functions: Finance, HR, Information Systems, Risk & Compliance, Legal, and Logistics & Procurement.
Champion operational excellence by building scalable systems, policies, and processes that promote effectiveness, accountability, and stewardship.
Lead integrated operational strategy development, resource planning, and budgeting processes across departments.
Oversee financial discipline, compliance, risk mitigation, and operational integrity across all field and headquarters-based operations.
Ensure robust measurement and reporting frameworks are in place to guide executive decision-making and performance improvement.
Lead continuous improvement and change management initiatives to enhance organizational agility and resilience.
People, Culture, and Talent Development
Guide organization-wide talent strategy, workforce planning, leadership development, and succession planning in collaboration with HR.
Foster a culture of excellence, equity, learning, and care—where staff are empowered, supported, and accountable.
Promote staff well-being and a workplace environment rooted in dignity, inclusiveness, and psychological safety.
Ensure leadership behaviors and systems reinforce Medical Teams' values and commitment to mission.
Qualifications Education & Experience
Graduate degree in business administration, organizational leadership, law, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
At least 15 years of progressively senior leadership experience, with 10+ years in executive / organizational management roles.
Track record of leading integrated operational functions in global or complex nonprofit settings.
Experience directly advising or serving as a deputy to a CEO or President strongly preferred.
Experience managing through change, ambiguity, and cross-cultural complexity.
Governance experience with nonprofit or mission-driven boards strongly preferred.
Core Competencies
Enterprise Thinking: Systems-level thinker with the ability to drive clarity, alignment, and performance across diverse functions and geographies.
Leadership & Influence: Inspires trust, builds consensus, and leads with humility and conviction. Adept at managing up, across, and down.
Operational Excellence: Skilled in designing, scaling, and optimizing global systems that drive mission effectiveness and efficiency.
Strategic Execution: Able to translate big-picture strategy into clear priorities, plans, and results.
Organizational Health: Committed to building a thriving workplace culture, investing in people, and stewarding institutional values.
Work Environment & Travel
This position may be remote with periodic travel to headquarters and field offices (up to 50%).
The role may require international travel to remote or resource-limited settings.
Must be able to work flexible hours across time zones.
Salary Range:
Please note that the typical hiring range is $172,000 - $215,000 annually. Job offers within the range are based on relevant job qualifications and pay equity
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Job Location: Tigard OR or remote US location - Tigard, OR
Position Type: Full-Time
Travel Percentage: Up to 50%
Job Category: Executive
Description
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is the principal strategic partner to the CEO and serves as a key driver of enterprise performance, executive cohesion, and organizational strategy. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the COO acts as a chief integrator—ensuring that Medical Teams operates as a unified, high-performing organization in service of its mission to boldly break barriers to health and restore wholeness in a hurting world.
The COO has executive and line management responsibility for all core operational functions: Finance, HR, IT, Legal, Risk, and Logistics & Procurement. The COO is also responsible for leading enterprise strategy development and execution, aligning cross-functional teams, and strengthening executive team accountability. This role is equal parts strategist, operator, and organizational leader—ensuring that internal capacity and systems evolve to meet the scale, speed, and complexity of Medical Teams' global work.
In partnership with the CEO, the COO stewards organizational culture, accelerates decision-making, sharpens strategic focus, and ensures Medical Teams is equipped to deliver bold, compassionate, and effective responses in a rapidly changing humanitarian landscape.
Medical Teams International Calling Statement :
Daring to love like Jesus, we boldly break barriers to health and restore wholeness in a hurting world.
Key Responsibilities Strategic Partner to the CEO and Board
Serve as a trusted deputy and counsel to the CEO, helping shape and implement strategic vision and priorities across the enterprise.
Represent the CEO in internal executive forums and decision-making processes as delegated.
Drive enterprise performance management, ensuring clear objectives, accountability mechanisms, and alignment across global teams.
Collaborate with the CEO and Board on enterprise risk, scenario planning, and long-range strategy development.
Executive Team Leadership and Organizational Integration
Lead and align the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) around shared priorities, cross-functional coordination, and a unified approach to mission execution.
Facilitate high-functioning team dynamics, performance feedback, and executive accountability.
Oversee enterprise-level planning and strategy implementation processes, ensuring organizational focus and coherence.
Serve as a cultural steward, modeling values-based leadership and fostering a healthy, diverse, and mission-driven workplace.
Global Operations and Organizational Effectiveness
Manage all global operations functions: Finance, HR, Information Systems, Risk & Compliance, Legal, and Logistics & Procurement.
Champion operational excellence by building scalable systems, policies, and processes that promote effectiveness, accountability, and stewardship.
Lead integrated operational strategy development, resource planning, and budgeting processes across departments.
Oversee financial discipline, compliance, risk mitigation, and operational integrity across all field and headquarters-based operations.
Ensure robust measurement and reporting frameworks are in place to guide executive decision-making and performance improvement.
Lead continuous improvement and change management initiatives to enhance organizational agility and resilience.
People, Culture, and Talent Development
Guide organization-wide talent strategy, workforce planning, leadership development, and succession planning in collaboration with HR.
Foster a culture of excellence, equity, learning, and care—where staff are empowered, supported, and accountable.
Promote staff well-being and a workplace environment rooted in dignity, inclusiveness, and psychological safety.
Ensure leadership behaviors and systems reinforce Medical Teams' values and commitment to mission.
Qualifications Education & Experience
Graduate degree in business administration, organizational leadership, law, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
At least 15 years of progressively senior leadership experience, with 10+ years in executive / organizational management roles.
Track record of leading integrated operational functions in global or complex nonprofit settings.
Experience directly advising or serving as a deputy to a CEO or President strongly preferred.
Experience managing through change, ambiguity, and cross-cultural complexity.
Governance experience with nonprofit or mission-driven boards strongly preferred.
Core Competencies
Enterprise Thinking: Systems-level thinker with the ability to drive clarity, alignment, and performance across diverse functions and geographies.
Leadership & Influence: Inspires trust, builds consensus, and leads with humility and conviction. Adept at managing up, across, and down.
Operational Excellence: Skilled in designing, scaling, and optimizing global systems that drive mission effectiveness and efficiency.
Strategic Execution: Able to translate big-picture strategy into clear priorities, plans, and results.
Organizational Health: Committed to building a thriving workplace culture, investing in people, and stewarding institutional values.
Work Environment & Travel
This position may be remote with periodic travel to headquarters and field offices (up to 50%).
The role may require international travel to remote or resource-limited settings.
Must be able to work flexible hours across time zones.
Salary Range:
Please note that the typical hiring range is $172,000 - $215,000 annually. Job offers within the range are based on relevant job qualifications and pay equity
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