Vice President of Operations

Quindar • Arvada, CO

7d • $210,000 - $250,000

About The Position

Quindar is seeking a Vice President of Operations to build the operating system, organizational infrastructure, and business processes needed to translate company strategy into execution as the company scales across commercial and government markets. This hands-on executive owns business operations, strategy and performance, facilities, and General & Administrative functions. The role connects corporate strategy, resource allocation, and cross-functional execution, and has authority to resolve leadership-level prioritization conflicts with intentional escalation to the CEO. Functional leaders remain accountable for their results and retain authority over their teams. Facilities, Business Operations, and the G&A team report to this role, with their leaders responsible for day-to-day execution.

The Vice President will establish company-wide OKRs, KPIs, planning and performance reviews, decision-making processes, and cross-functional prioritization. In partnership with the CEO and leadership team, the role will shape corporate strategy, align go-to-market execution, and evaluate and incubate new business opportunities, including Operations as a Service. The role will also lead AI Business Operations initiatives, develop internal knowledge infrastructure, and ensure appropriate access controls, source traceability, and compliance before sensitive or consequential workflows enter production.

The position owns facilities planning and readiness across unclassified and classified spaces, while partnering with Security, IT, Contracts, and program leadership; Security retains accreditation responsibility. It also leads legal operations and corporate administrative services, including corporate records, equity administration, government-business registrations, export-compliance administration, insurance, business continuity, and operational risk management. The role partners with Finance on fundraising diligence, board and investor reporting, operating plans, budgets, and growth investments.

Requirements

• Experience leading operations at a growing technology company, with exposure to government contracting or another regulated market.
• Demonstrated success building teams, systems, and operating processes through a significant stage of organizational growth.
• Experience contributing to corporate strategy and leading cross-functional go-to-market or new-business initiatives from concept to launch, with a bias toward revenue and business outcomes.
• Experience across facilities, legal operations, compliance, or business operations.
• Hands-on track record of using AI, technology, and automation to improve operational efficiency.
• Familiarity with venture-backed company governance, equity administration, and fundraising diligence.
• Ability to turn ambiguous priorities into clear plans, coordinate executive peers, and hold teams accountable for commitments.
• Strong judgment about when to act directly, delegate, escalate, or engage specialist expertise.
• U.S. citizenship, required for eligibility to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance.
• Must satisfy the stated U.S. export-control eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain required authorizations.

Nice To Haves

• An active U.S. Government security clearance is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Translate company strategy into company OKRs and functional commitments with accountable owners, deadlines, dependencies, and approved resources.
• Agree with functional leaders on meaningful KPIs, including definitions, source data, targets, and reporting frequency, and maintain a consolidated company performance dashboard.
• Design and run the company operating model, including quarterly planning, leadership reviews, decision tracking, and follow-up on commitments.
• Design and implement leadership-level cross-functional prioritization and decision-making processes, including decision rights and escalation paths, in alignment with the CEO.
• Use operating data to drive decisions and corrective actions, resolve cross-functional dependencies, and escalate decisions that put company goals at risk.
• Partner with functional leaders and the VP of Finance to align workforce capacity, hiring plans, facilities, and budgets with company priorities.
• Help shape corporate strategy with the CEO and leadership team by evaluating markets and opportunities, defining investment requirements, and translating strategic choices into resourced plans.
• Lead cross-functional planning and execution of go-to-market priorities in partnership with the CEO, aligning Product, Engineering, Programs, and Operations with revenue priorities.
• Lead evaluation and incubation of new business opportunities, including the initial cross-functional effort to develop Operations as a Service from concept toward launch.
• Integrate new services, markets, and programs into company planning, performance management, and compliance.
• Lead the AI Business Operations team in building and deploying workflows that reduce manual coordination and increase output, with measurable processing-time reductions and sustained adoption.
• Identify and baseline high-value workflows across functions, prioritizing those that reduce coordination overhead.
• Build internal knowledge infrastructure for product, engineering, documentation, marketing, and proposal content that can be queried or used to create collateral through an agentic interface.
• Implement access controls, source traceability, and compliance requirements, including CUI handling, before sensitive or consequential workflows enter production.
• Own facilities planning, buildouts, workplace operations, vendor management, and procurement across unclassified and classified spaces.
• Maintain an integrated master schedule for construction, procurement, vendors, budgets, and space readiness, with defined risk and impact scales and regular CEO reviews.
• Deliver facilities infrastructure for classified readiness ahead of accreditation target dates and obtain Security's written acceptance against an agreed readiness checklist.
• Partner with Security, IT, Contracts, and program leadership to ensure facilities, policies, training, and records support classified programs and audits.
• Lead legal operations and corporate administrative services through internal teams and outside partners.
• Manage outside counsel and coordinate corporate legal matters, employment matters, contract review, and company policies.
• Own cap table and stock option administration with Finance and legal counsel, and maintain corporate records and board and stockholder approval workflows with the CEO and counsel.
• Own administrative infrastructure for government business, including SAM.gov registration, applicable NSTXL and consortium memberships, JCP certification/DD Form 2345, and a centralized calendar of registrations, renewals, and reporting obligations.
• Oversee export-compliance program administration, including applicable ITAR/EAR processes, with qualified counsel and designated compliance personnel.
• Coordinate corporate insurance, business continuity planning, corporate overhead efficiency, and company-wide operational risk management.
• Lead operational, legal, people, and corporate fundraising diligence readiness alongside the VP of Finance, including an organized data room and timely, accurate investor responses.
• Support board materials and investor reporting with operating metrics, organizational plans, and progress against strategic priorities.
• Partner with Finance on operating plans, overhead budgets, and investments needed for growth and new business lines.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO, with employees required to take 15 days off.
• Most U.S. federal government holidays are observed.
• Quarterly health and wellness benefits.
• Comprehensive health insurance for employees and their families, with 100% coverage for employees.
• 4% 401(k) matching.
• Quarterly four-day company offsites.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed