Fractional Chief Operating Officer/Operations Advisor

Start Your Adventure at Via Logic Type : Contract/1099 Rate: $150-200/hour Hours: Initial engagement capped at 10 hours per month, with the possibility of additional approved hours as business needs evolve Experience Required : Minimum of 15+ years of executive leadership, strategic growth, mergers and acquisitions, or related advisory experience. Location: Remote, U.S.-based. Must be available for meetings and collaboration during Eastern Time business hours. Your Route Into Ops At Via Logic, we believe strong operations make meaningful work possible. As a growing small business supporting federal and commercial clients, our operating needs span people and talent, finance, contracts, compliance, security, delivery operations, partnerships, and internal systems. We’re looking for a seasoned fractional Chief Operating Officer to serve as a high-level strategic advisor to Via Logic’s principal and founders. This individual will provide executive guidance on organizational growth, mergers and acquisitions, strategic positioning, operational maturity, and long-term business planning. The role will work closely with leadership to assess opportunities, identify risks, advise on structure and sequencing, and help prepare the company for potential transactions, partnerships, expansion, or other significant growth initiatives. This is primarily an executive advisory engagement, with limited hands-on support for selected strategic and operational priorities based on agreed scope, available hours, and leadership needs. Your Mission In this role, you will provide executive-level guidance across several operating areas, with priorities selected and sequenced based on the company’s most significant strategic and operational needs. Business Ops Support the founders in organizing, prioritizing, and sequencing strategic and operational workstreams. Advise on how open priorities should be structured, assigned, sequenced, monitored, and escalated. Recommend operating rhythms, internal workflows, accountability structures, and cross-functional coordination practices. Provide high-level review and recommendations related to delivery operations, timekeeping controls, approval workflows, audit readiness, and operational risk. Advise leadership on enterprise-level risks and accountability related to facility clearance operations, security compliance, and DCSA obligations. Provide limited hands-on support for selected operational projects when specifically agreed upon within the approved scope and available hours. People & Talent Advise on organizational structure, hiring strategy, recruiting operations, role definition, leadership capacity, and internal support needs. Support planning around performance reviews, compensation cycles, benefits decisions, team lead structures, growth frameworks, succession planning, and workforce readiness. Help clarify which responsibilities should sit with People/Talent, leadership, internal operations, outside advisors, or other functional owners. Provide limited project-based support for selected People and Talent initiatives when agreed upon within the approved scope. Expanse Advise on vendor relationships, consultant support, strategic partnerships, and other external business relationships. Help leadership evaluate partnership opportunities, operational dependencies, risks, ownership considerations, and expected business value. Recommend processes for tracking and resolving material expense, vendor, consultant, or partnership-related matters. Support the creation or refinement of selected trackers, workflows, and ownership paths when those items are prioritized within the engagement. Finance Provide executive-level guidance related to financial operations, bookkeeping cadence, reporting structure, profitability, forecasting, and cross-system coordination. Support review of financial and accounting matters such as QuickBooks Online structure, Gusto coordination, chart-of-accounts alignment, project-level reportin…