Business Operations Manager

1 month, 1 week ago
Full-time
Senior
Operations
Vannevar Labs

Vannevar Labs

Vannevar Labs is a defense company that combines top engineering talent with decades of mission experience to deliver state-of-the-art technology to those in need. They specialize in a foreign text workflow platform, Decrypt, designed for national secu...

Aerospace & Defense
11-50
$87M raised

Description

  • Own vendor and commercial operations, including negotiations, renewals, and commercial terms.
  • Improve vendor performance, reduce operational friction, and unlock greater value from existing contracts and tools.
  • Support recruiting for senior and specialized roles by identifying exceptional candidates and helping close key hires.
  • Partner with the recruiting team and senior leadership on Chiefs of Staff, senior mission developers, technical leaders, and similar searches.
  • Embed within a business unit after approximately six months to lead a time-bounded strategic project.
  • Analyze major strategic investments and recommend whether they should proceed.
  • Design and improve company-wide operating infrastructure, including goal tracking and review processes.
  • Diagnose broken processes and build better end-to-end solutions.
  • Own important ad hoc special projects that emerge in a lean, fast-growing environment.

Requirements

  • ~3-7+ years of relevant work experience.
  • Background may include national security, management consulting, banking, or startup environments.
  • Experience executing and building new things.
  • Comfort with vendor or customer negotiations and commercial operations.
  • Strong ownership mindset and accountability for outcomes.
  • Strong judgment and comfort operating in ambiguity.
  • High learning speed and strong trajectory for growth.
  • Comfort with data and analysis; financial modeling is not required.
  • Strong cross-functional project execution skills.
  • Ability to build credibility quickly with senior leaders.
  • Scrappy and resourceful in a lean environment.
  • Ability to design durable solutions that last after your involvement.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Remote-friendly work with WeWork access.
  • Unlimited PTO, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide time off at year end.
  • 401(k) match.
  • Lifestyle and wellbeing stipends.
  • Salary top-up during military reserve duty.
  • Fully paid parental leave.
  • Child and pet care reimbursement during travel.

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