Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The Chief Operating Officer translates strategy into day-to-day execution: operations, hiring, vendors, real estate, IT, and the cross-functional rhythms that keep a US subsidiary running. For foreign companies expanding into the US, the COO is often the leader who frees the CEO to focus on customers and capital — and who keeps headquarters confident that the US operation is under control.

Pact & Partners places COOs who have stood up US operations for foreign parent companies before. We know which leaders can build the operational scaffolding — from payroll provider to office lease, from compliance to org design — in the first 90 days, while still aligning operating metrics with the parent company's reporting expectations.