Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Opportunity summary

Employment type: FULLTIME. As BIG deepens its presence in global markets and reckons with the possibilities of artificial intelligence, it seeks a Chief Operating Officer. An executive of rare scope: an operator of unusual discipline, a collaborator of real authority, and a leader comfortably fluent in the technologies now reshaping both the built environment and the organisations that produce it.Working closely with the CEO and the partner group, the COO will be responsible for the coherent running of the firm across our 7 main offices and additional presences in the world. This is not a role of maintenance, but one of transformation. It calls for a restless appetite for improvement, a systematic mind, and the conviction that operational excellence and creative ambition reinforce rather than oppose one another. BIG wishes to be the most advanced AI-enabled architectural organisation in the world, and the COO will be the principal agent of that ambition.Global OperationsOversee the day-to-day operations of BIG across all international studios, ensuring that quality, efficiency, and professional conduct are upheld everywhere.Build, improve, and maintain the proce1 …

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