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Divergent

Robot type
Industrial Automation
Location
TorranceCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Manufacturing
Posted
Jul 9, 2026
Salary
$133,580–$212,160 a year
Full-time

Business Operations Manager

Job description

Join us and help push the boundaries of what can be built.

The Business Operations Manager is a generalist, cross-functional leader who bridges the business, data, and engineering/AI teams and is responsible for enabling high-quality, data-driven decision-making, operational alignment, and communication across the organization. This role establishes and facilitates the business processes, operating rhythms, and governance that enable Engineering, Programs, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance and other functional teams to make informed decisions, manage risk, and execute against company priorities, with a specific focus on driving efficient data flows and partnering with software/AI teams to…

Job responsibilities

  • Own aspects of and continually improve the company's monthly SIOP process, ensuring timely inputs, scenario analysis, and clear decisions at each step, while concurrently owning other strategic, cross-functional…
  • Facilitate structured business reviews, SIOP and beyond, that align Sales, Programs, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance and other functional teams around priorities, risks, dependencies, and execution plans.
  • Translate ambiguous business questions (e.g., "should we approve this capex request?") into the data, reporting structure, and process needed to answer them repeatably, not just producing a one-off analysis.
  • Develop and maintain trusted reporting dashboards, KPIs, and data governance processes that provide leadership with accurate, actionable insights.
  • Partner closely with data science, digital, and AI/automation teams to improve planning systems, reporting capabilities, automation, and analytics that support scalable business operations, including hands-on…
  • Identify cross-functional risks, constraints, and opportunities, driving mitigation plans and ensuring decisions are documented, communicated, and executed.
  • Partner with Finance and functional leaders to ensure operational plans support strategic and financial objectives.
  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives by evaluating existing processes, identifying inefficiencies and opportunities, partnering with functional leaders to design improved ways of working, and driving measurable…

Job requirements

  • Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls.
  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering, Business, Finance, or related field.
  • 5 – 8+ years of progressive experience in business operations, S&OP/SIOP, program management, supply chain, production planning, engineering operations, or other cross-functional operational leadership roles within…
  • Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with a proven ability to influence and drive decisions cross-functionally and at all levels of an organization (executive leadership to execution teams).
  • Experience leading impactful cross-functional projects involving data and business processes.
  • Hands-on data query and analysis ability (e.g., SQL, Python, or R).
  • Able to translate an ambiguous business question into the data and reporting structure needed to answer it repeatably.
  • Comfortable partnering with software engineering and AI/ML teams - can scope requirements, evaluate tooling, and speak credibly about feasibility and tradeoffs without being a hands-on engineer.

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