Role OverviewJoin the leader in collaborative licensing and help us advance inclusive and efficient new patent licensing approaches to drive innovation globally. The Vice President, Finance & Operations will serve as a senior operational executive for Via, bringing financial discipline, scalable operating practices, technology leadership, and leadership capacity to a growing licensing pool administrator.
What You Will Do
The role will provide executive oversight across Finance, Accounting, Royalty Services, Tax Administration, IT, and ongoing process improvement, while partnering closely with the President and leadership team to strengthen operational resilience, business systems capability, and support business growth.
Why It Might Be a Fit
As a leader of leaders, the VP will build and develop a high-performing management team, establish operating mechanisms that support scale, and serve as a strategic partner to the President in shaping the future operating model of the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Information Systems, or a related field
- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience overseeing finance, accounting, operations, IT, royalty services, shared services, or similarly complex business functions
- Demonstrated experience leading teams through other leaders in a multi-layered organization
- Proven ability to manage and develop leaders, build organizational capability, and create accountability across multiple functions
- Strong financial acumen, business judgment, strategic planning capability, and operational discipline
- Experience developing and managing budgets, forecasts, business metrics, and financial performance reporting
- Track record of leading operational scaling, process improvement, transformation, or systems modernization initiatives
- Experience providing executive oversight of IT, business systems, or technology-enabled operations in partnership with technical leaders
- Excellent executive communication, influencing, stakeholder management, and change leadership skills
- Ability to operate at both strategic and executional levels in a growing and evolving organization
Benefits
- Competitive salary range ($186,000 - $263,000)
- Perks and benefits for location (to be discussed with recruiter)
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