VP, Strategy and Operations

Kanbrick • Nashville, TN

4h

About The Position

This role is a senior position within the Kanbrick Business System (KBS) team, focusing on working directly inside partner companies. The role involves three main areas: CEO Partnership, Hands-On Value Creation, and Community Building. The goal is to build real partnerships with company CEOs and their teams, engage in practical work within their businesses alongside the KBS team, and contribute to shaping a firm focused on long-term success. Kanbrick is a long-term investment partnership that supports the growth of family and founder-led businesses through the Kanbrick Business System (KBS). Founded on the principle of being the option they wished existed for their own families' businesses, Kanbrick emphasizes a decades-long horizon, an operating team that performs the work, and truly win/win partnerships. The team collaborates closely with leaders of partner companies using KBS, a tailored approach for managing midsize businesses. Additionally, Kanbrick fosters a community for CEOs and owners of family and founder-led businesses to learn and grow together. Joining Kanbrick offers the chance to build a career on work that compounds, contributing to enduring businesses where accomplishments are not undone by sales but continue to grow. The company values capability, character, and culture, guided by principles of acting as owners, continuous improvement, integrity, and teamwork.

Requirements

• Has operated a P&L or led a senior function with accountability for outcomes.
• Has spent meaningful time in a services firm or PE operations context, learning to create change through influence rather than authority.
• Earns CEO trust through substance and genuine curiosity, not positional authority.
• Derives energy from enabling others and finds reward in someone else's best work.
• Holds a clear point of view on where value is created and lost and can defend it.
• Uses AI as a default mode for diagnosis, planning, and delivery, making partner companies faster.
• Believes patient capital and genuine long-term partnership is the better model, philosophically and strategically.
• Does the work, not just the deck.
• Can take an ambiguous problem from diagnosis through to results.
• Is comfortable in the weeds of execution as well as in strategy discussions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the “KBS Lead” at 4-6 partner companies, managing the relationship with the CEO, building and maintaining the integrated growth plan, ensuring the KBS team is prepared to perform effectively, and fostering a positive partnership experience for the CEO and their team.
• Work in partnership with an Investing Lead on each company.
• Apply depth of expertise to hands-on value creation that significantly impacts multiple companies and contexts simultaneously, adapting the work based on company diversity, the current situation, and specific expertise.
• Act as a generalist problem solver, capable of moving quickly from strategy to execution to results.
• Build genuine relationships with Community CEOs and owners.
• Deliver content virtually and at events for the Kanbrick Community.
• Contribute meaningfully to Community programs with a strong presence.

Benefits

• Collaborative, high-performing team culture.
• Opportunities to contribute meaningfully to the success of a growing investment partnership.
• Exposure to challenging and rewarding work.
• Competitive senior compensation package.
• Meaningful equity participation across the partnership.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed