Senior Operations Associate, Strategic Initiatives

What You'll Be Working On:

• Program infrastructure: Own the master schedule, workstream tracking, and weekly status reporting across active initiatives. Identify risks and schedule slippage before they surface as surprises.
• Quantitative modeling: Build and maintain capacity models, unit economics analyses, scenario plans, and operational forecasts in Excel. The expectation is that you build rigorous models from scratch, not maintain existing ones.
• Supply chain and operations analysis: Support inventory planning, component lead time tracking, forward-buying models, and MRP inputs on programs where those systems are not yet fully standing.
• Decision support: When a question needs a number — build vs. buy, headcount ramp, cost delta, throughput sensitivity — you produce a clean, well-reasoned answer, not a framework for thinking about it.
• Meeting and cadence operations: Own agendas, decision logs, and action item tracking across program cadences. Make recurring meetings earn their time.
• Cross-functional coordination: Serve as a connective tissue across engineering, supply chain, construction, and finance workstreams. Translate between functions, flag misalignment early, and keep things moving.

What You'll Bring to the Team:

• 4–6 years of experience in manufacturing operations, supply chain, industrial engineering, or prior roles with a heavy operational focus
• Demonstrated ability to build rigorous spreadsheet models from scratch
• Exposure to manufacturing or supply chain scaling — you have seen what breaks when low-volume operations try to become high-volume ones
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving operational environments where the process is being built in parallel with the work
• Strong written communication — you will draft program updates, decision memos, and materials that go to senior leadership including the C-Suite and board-level sponsors
• Comfort using AI tools and be accountable for accurate results/reporting – trust but verify

Bonus Points

• Experience with ERP/MRP systems, value stream mapping, or lean manufacturing tools

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation and equity packages
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
• Employer contributions to HSA account
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development & tuition reimbursement
• Mental health & wellness support
• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
• Cell phone stipend
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
• Volunteer time off
• Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
• Daily meals allowance
• Additional perks & programs specific to location

Compensation Range

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $115,000 - $140,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant's knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.