Jobs at American Operator

Lead day-to-day operations and P&L for acquired commercial distribution businesses. Build relationships with suppliers, customers, and employees; scale sales, SKUs, and markets; modernize inventory and CRM; coach sales reps; run board meetings and partner on strategy, budgeting, and growth while pursuing equity ownership.

Lead an established small business as CEO with full P&L ownership. Drive operations, team development, customer and vendor relationships, budgeting, forecasting, and growth. Ensure safe, compliant, and efficient operations while delivering measurable improvements in revenue, profitability, and cash flow and preparing for long-term ownership transition.

Lead day-to-day operations and P&L for an industrial cleaning and maintenance chemicals manufacturer. Oversee production, quality, sales, procurement, compliance (EPA/GHS), plant capacity, equipment upkeep, and LEAN process improvements. Build and lead production, quality, and sales teams, manage distributor-led sales growth, partner on strategy and budgeting, and pursue growth while retaining customers and staff.

Lead day-to-day operations, P&L, and growth for a profitable landscaping business. Oversee estimating/bidding, crew and office leadership, recruiting, account retention, and local business development while partnering with American Operator on strategy and equity-building.

Source off-market acquisition opportunities through high-volume outbound prospecting (calls, email, LinkedIn, SMS). Qualify owners via discovery conversations, maintain CRM, nurture relationships, and hand off qualified leads to the Investments team.

The Vice President of Investments at American Operator will lead acquisition processes for small- to medium-sized businesses, overseeing transactions, evaluations, and relationship management while collaborating with leadership on strategy and execution.

The Business Development Associate will focus on sourcing acquisition opportunities through outreach, building relationships with intermediaries and partners, and managing prospecting practices. They will coordinate with Deal Leads and track activities in CRM systems, ensuring effective engagement in a metrics-driven environment.

The VP of Portfolio Performance is responsible for collaborating with portfolio companies to achieve revenue targets, drive operational excellence, and build strong relationships with business leaders while managing high-impact initiatives and reporting.

Own CRM architecture, GTM tool selection/integration, and lifecycle marketing to optimize lead-to-qualified conversion. Design HubSpot pipelines, automations, reporting, and dashboards; maintain integrations and data hygiene; enable Business Development with playbooks and metrics to increase pipeline quality and conversions.

Lead design and implementation of a standardized multi-entity accounting function for a roll-up holding company. Own integrations for acquisitions, monthly/quarterly/annual close, consolidated financials, lender and board reporting, audit readiness, tax compliance across entity types, and coordination with external advisors. Drive ERP and tooling migrations and provide actionable financial insights to operators and leadership.