Strategy & Operations Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Help set Picogrid's building cadence — establish the operating rhythms, planning cycles, and tracking mechanisms that keep a fast-scaling company aligned and moving in one direction
• Build the strategic scaffolding behind major decisions — the frameworks, models, and analysis that inform where Picogrid expands, how we structure partnerships, and what we prioritize next
• Partner directly with senior leaders across Engineering, Finance, Operations, and People to translate top strategic priorities into clear, executable plans — and drive them to completion
• Own high-priority cross-functional initiatives end-to-end, from problem definition through implementation, driving decisions that wouldn't otherwise happen cleanly
• Evaluate, select, and implement the tools and systems the company runs on (CRM, project management, BI, compliance platforms), right-sized for our stage
• Surface the right information at the right time — building dashboards, leadership reporting, and the analysis that lets the company see itself clearly
• Identify operational bottlenecks and compliance gaps across functions, design better workflows, and see them through to adoption

Job requirements

• You operate at two altitudes at once — equally at home shaping a recommendation for leadership and rolling up your sleeves to get a process actually implemented
• You think in systems. When you see a problem, you're already sketching the scalable solution, not just today's fix
• You earn trust quickly across functions and up the org chart — senior leaders feel like you understand their world and can be handed something ambiguous and important
• You bring analytical rigor by default. You reach for the model, the data, and the structured breakdown before the opinion
• You have both humility and a high bar. You're attached to outcomes, not credit, and you do the unglamorous work when it needs doing
• You're energized by ambiguity, not paralyzed by it. The playbook for this role doesn't fully exist yet — you'll write a meaningful part of it
• 3–6 years in management consulting, corporate strategy, business operations, investment banking, or a comparable analytical/operational role at a high-growth technology or defense company
• Track record of owning cross-functional projects from problem definition through execution, with measurable outcomes