Operations Associate
Hands-on operations associate handling logistics, facilities upkeep, procurement support, and daily office tasks for a high-altitude aerospace startup. Requires 3+ years in operations or logistics and onsite work in El Segundo.
Business Operations
Partner with CEO and Chief of Staff on financial planning, operations, and special projects. Build models, dashboards, and KPI frameworks to drive company-wide decision-making.
New York, NYBusiness OperationsRemote1+ YOE
About the role
Responsibilities
- Partner with the Chief of Staff and CEO on financial planning, budgeting, and business operations, providing visibility into company performance and growth opportunities.
- Build the models, dashboards, and KPI frameworks that drive decision-making across the company, identifying opportunities, risks, and areas for improvement.
- Evaluate build-vs-buy decisions through market research, financial analysis, and strategic assessment, delivering clear recommendations to leadership.
- Identify operational bottlenecks and design scalable processes that enable the business to grow efficiently alongside the technology.
- Lead complex, cross-functional special projects from concept to execution (e.g., evaluating new market entry strategies, optimizing customer pipelines, or structuring vendor opportunities).
- Take ownership of the company’s highest-priority operational challenges, stepping into whatever the business needs as we scale.
Qualifications
- 1-3+ years in strategy consulting, business operations, finance, or other analytical/strategy roles
- Advanced Excel skills; financial modeling is second nature
- Comfortable building dashboards and doing lightweight data analysis
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple priorities without dropping anything
- Clear, concise written communicator; can produce a clean report or memo with minimal editing
- Thrives in ambiguity; can take an unclear ask and turn it into a finished work product with minimal hand-holding
- High ownership, low ego: no task is beneath you if it moves the company forward
- Bias for action: you move fast, follow through, and default to doing rather than waiting
- Experience at a startup or early-stage company is a plus
Skills
ExcelFinancial ModelingDashboard BuildingData AnalysisKpi FrameworksFinancial PlanningBudgetingMarket ResearchStrategic AssessmentCross-Functional Project Management
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