Business Operations Manager

Volund Manufacturing • Huntington Beach, CA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Volund is seeking a Business Operations Manager to work directly with the Chief Operating Officer on high-priority initiatives across the company. Business Operations addresses cross-functional problems that do not fit within one function. The role evaluates opportunities, improves business systems and processes, develops analyses for important decisions, and drives initiatives from initial question through implementation. Its scope will evolve as Volund grows. This individual-contributor position offers broad exposure to the business and direct interaction with company leadership.

The role focuses on the broader operating system of the company, including strategy, finance, people, business systems, analysis, reporting, organizational processes, and cross-functional initiatives. It complements the Operations organization, which owns the factory’s physical operating system. The Business Operations Manager will help build the infrastructure needed for Volund to scale.

Requirements

• MBA or equivalent demonstrated business capability.
• Strong structured problem-solving skills.
• Strong quantitative and financial aptitude.
• Advanced Excel skills and comfort working directly with data.
• Ability to quickly learn unfamiliar business, technical, and operational topics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong project leadership and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Confidence working directly with senior leadership.
• High personal accountability and follow-through.
• Ability to operate effectively without extensive direction.
• Good judgment about when to work independently and when to escalate.
• Comfort moving between analysis, decision-making, systems, and implementation.
• U.S. Person status due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information and facilities.
• Ability to create structure around unclear problems, work with incomplete information, exercise judgment, and drive work to completion.

Nice To Haves

• Military experience is particularly valued.
• Experience may come from military leadership, management consulting, finance, engineering, operations, technology, or another environment requiring ownership and delivery of results.
• Experience leading people, managing resources, operating under uncertainty, and being accountable for accomplishing a mission.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with the COO on strategic, financial, organizational, and operational business priorities.
• Structure and solve cross-functional problems without an obvious functional owner.
• Build financial models, business cases, scenario analyses, and decision-support tools.
• Support company planning for budgets, headcount, cash, capital expenditures, and long-term operating requirements.
• Develop and improve company KPIs, executive reporting, leadership reviews, and investor reporting.
• Analyze business performance and translate data into clear recommendations.
• Improve workflows across ERP, accounting, banking, expense management, HRIS, procurement, and reporting systems.
• Identify inefficient or poorly defined processes and help design scalable solutions.
• Lead cross-functional projects involving Finance, Operations, Engineering, HR, and leadership.
• Support organizational planning, compensation analysis, workforce planning, and other company-building initiatives.
• Own special projects that become important as the company grows.
• Investigate emerging business issues, develop analyses, recommend paths forward, and help implement solutions.

Benefits

• Generous equity package.
• Platinum healthcare benefits, including comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at no cost to the employee.
• 100% covered Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance.
• 401k.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Lunch and a fully stocked kitchen.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager