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Fractional CEO — Lead Multiple Small Law Firm Owners (Remote) at How to Manage a Small Law Firm

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of executive leadership experience with the title to prove it (CEO, President, GM, COO, Operations Executive, or EOS Integrator)
  • Direct, personal ownership of PL and/or operations for a company in the $500K–$50M+ revenue range
  • Proven, measurable success improving profitability, cash flow, and business performance
  • Experience building teams, systems, and organizational accountability

Responsibilities

  • Build and execute business growth strategies with firm owners
  • Improve profitability and cash flow
  • Develop organizational structure and leadership teams
  • Coach owners through strategic decisions — and stay accountable until results improve

Key facts

Other skills

  • Accountability
  • Team Building
  • Communication
  • Coaching
  • Problem Solving
  • Decision Making

About the company

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How To MANAGE a Small Law Firm

Happy lawyers make more money. And broke lawyers don’t do anyone any good…least of all their clients, their family or themselves. We are the leading, largest, biggest and best provider of outside Managing Partner, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) services exclusively for the solo and small law firm (single-shareholder) market. Whether you’re just starting out, you’re earning seven figures, or you’re somewhere in between… if you run a solo law firm and you are serious about growing your firm, making more money, and having fun in the process, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve worked with thousands of solo lawyers just like you and we’ve identified the common patterns and the challenges that hold most of them back. And we’ve seen that these obstacles evolve as the firm grows. That’s why we’ve divided our program based on the four distinct stages of law firm growth - so that you’re surrounded with lawyers that are grappling with the same challenges you are, and so that you’re provided with the resources you need to overcome them. Visit our website for more details! In addition, we present a variety of workshops, seminars, and CLE opportunities designed to help solo lawyers create wildly profitable law firms. If you’ll let us to brag for a moment, we’re pretty damn good at this. Don’t take our word for it - visit our website and see what our clients have to say. But in all honestly… we can’t take all of the credit for the massive success of our clients. What really makes our program so effective is the caliber of the community we’ve put together. As a member, you’ll be surrounded by solo lawyers just like you - motivated, entrepreneurial, smart, and ambitious. And thanks to our strictly enforced “NO ASSHOLES” policy, there’s a good chance that you’ll actually like some of these people! Iron sharpens iron, and joining this inspiring community will be among the best career decisions you’ve ever made!

Company details

Company typeSME
Company size51 - 200

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Job description

Fractional CEO — Lead Multiple Small Law Firm Owners (Remote)

Remote (W-2) | Must reside in AZ, CO, FL, GA, IL, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NY, PA, TX, VA, or WA

Compensation: $110,000 Base + Performance Compensation | $182,000+ On-Target Total Compensation

Read This Before You Apply

This is an executive operating role, not a sales role, not a consulting/advisory role, and not a single-location management role. To be considered, you must be able to answer yes to all three:

  1. Did you hold the title of CEO, President, GM, Operations Executive, or EOS Integrator — with that title, not an informal equivalent?
  2. Did you carry direct, personal accountability for P&L or full operations of a company with $500K–$50M in annual revenue (not a single retail location, not a department, not a book of business)?
  3. Is your career track record of leadership and execution — not sales, business development, or account management?

If you answered no to any of these, please don't apply — you won't be a fit, and we'd rather point you toward a role that is.

About the Role

HTM (How To MANAGE a Small Law Firm) is the nation's leading provider of Fractional C-Suite services for solo and small law firms — recognized on the Inc. 5000 every year since 2013. As Fractional CEO, you become the outsourced CEO, COO, or President for a portfolio of law firm owners who can't otherwise afford full-time executive leadership.

This is full-time, W-2, and you are accountable for business results — the same way you'd be as an in-house CEO. We provide the client portfolio. There is no business development, no sales, no growing your own book of business.

What You'll Do

  • Build and execute business growth strategies with firm owners
  • Improve profitability and cash flow
  • Develop organizational structure and leadership teams
  • Coach owners through strategic decisions — and stay accountable until results improve
  • Help owners transition from working in the business to leading it

Required Background

  • 10+ years of executive leadership experience, with the title to prove it (CEO, President, GM, COO, Operations Executive, or EOS Integrator)
  • Direct, personal ownership of P&L and/or operations for a company in the $500K–$50M+ revenue range — this must be a company-wide or division-wide scope, not a single store, branch, or territory
  • Proven, measurable success improving profitability, cash flow, and business performance
  • Experience building teams, systems, and organizational accountability
  • Comfort managing multiple client relationships simultaneously

Bonus: you've personally taken a small business from under $500K through $3M, $5M, or $10M+ in revenue — we especially want to hear from you

This Role Is Not a Fit If:

  • Your career background is primarily sales, business development, or account management — including SaaS sales, insurance sales, or any commission-driven role. This applies even if the role carried a leadership or "VP" title.
  • Your operational experience is analyst-level (business analyst, RevOps, data/BI) rather than P&L ownership. Building dashboards or KPI systems for executives is not the same as being the accountable executive.
  • Your management experience is confined to a single location (e.g., one retail store), rather than full company or multi-unit accountability.
  • Your background is consulting or advisory only, without hands-on operational execution and accountability for results.
  • You prefer large corporate environments with layered management and existing infrastructure.
  • You avoid difficult conversations or accountability conversations with owners.
  • You're looking for a traditional, single-company executive role.

Compensation & Benefits

  • $110,000 Base Salary
  • Performance Compensation | $182,000+ On-Target Total Compensation
  • Medical, dental, vision (75% employer-paid)
  • Company-paid short- and long-term disability
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Pet insurance, legal insurance
  • Unlimited PTO + company closed Thanksgiving week + one additional mandatory paid week off
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Access to executive leadership and business development programs
  • 100% Remote

Why Join HTM?

You've already proven you can build and lead a business. Now apply that experience across multiple entrepreneurs who need an executive partner — without finding clients, selling services, or running your own consulting practice. Combine the stability of a full-time W-2 role with the variety of serving as CEO for multiple growing businesses.



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