Portfolio CEO: Commercial Roofing Company
About The Position
American Operator is seeking an experienced operator to lead a profitable commercial roofing company as CEO in partnership with American Operator. This role offers a unique entrepreneurial opportunity with an existing strong reputation, loyal customer base, and experienced team. The company specializes in recurring repair and service work within an institutional market. As CEO, you will be responsible for day-to-day operations, team leadership, and P&L performance, focusing on team development, revenue growth, operational discipline, and scaling the business. American Operator will provide strategic support and guidance, with a clear path to significant equity ownership.
Requirements
- 10+ years of leadership experience running a construction, contracting, or specialty-trade business
- Proven experience owning P&L performance and driving project-level margin and profitability
- Estimating experience with the ability to price and win institutional and commercial work
- Experience leading and scheduling field crews to deliver projects safely, on time, and on budget
- Experience building high-performance teams with accountability for hiring and firing
- Experience personally owning and growing high-trust customer relationships in an institutional, municipal, commercial, or other referral-driven market
- Entrepreneurial leader who can set the vision and lead a business through an ownership transition
Nice To Haves
- Estimated commercial, institutional, or specialty roofing projects
- Experience stepping in as the new leader after an ownership or leadership transition and earning the trust of a long-tenured team
- Experience working on historic or institutional buildings and knowledge of specialty materials and codes
- Experience growing a trades business by adding crews and labor capacity, and implementing basic systems (CRM, job costing) in a word-of-mouth driven business
- Experience scaling a founder-led contracting or trades business
- Hold, or the ability to obtain, a Massachusetts Construction Supervisor License (CSL) and Home Improvement Contractor (HIC) license
Responsibilities
- Own the day-to-day operations and P&L of a commercial roofing company
- Lead the team and customers through the ownership transition of a newly acquired business
- Own accurate job estimating and establish an estimating function to win new commercial business
- Manage institutional and commercial relationships to secure repeat business through trustworthy, responsive service
- Recruit, manage, and develop a high-performing field team to expand project capacity
- Partner with American Operator on strategy, budgeting, and growth planning
Benefits
- 20% performance-based bonus opportunity
- Distributions
- Meaningful equity participation beginning at 10% ownership
- Comprehensive benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
