Strategy & Operations Manager

The Role

We're looking for a Strategy & Operations Manager to own the financial thinking behind how Standard Bots scales — and the cross-functional projects that turn those decisions into reality. One week you're building the margin model that shapes product pricing; the next you're running the ROI case for a factory expansion, then helping manage the build.

This is a generalist role in the best sense of the word. The work spans product economics, manufacturing finance, sourcing analysis, and high-priority cross-functional projects that don't fit neatly into any single team. What ties it together is strong financial modeling, a bias toward action, and a genuine interest in how fast-growing hardware companies operate.

You'll report to the VP of Operations and work directly with the executive team — including spending significant time on projects run by our Co-Founder, who leads Finance.

What You'll Do

Operating Plan & Reporting

- Own the planning and reporting cadence, including headcount: forecasts, tracking to plan, and reconciling to actuals

- Drive alignment on success criteria for key projects and initiatives, and own the reporting against them

Product Economics & Investment Framework

- Set gross margin baselines and define the path to target

- Build ROI, payback, and NPV analyses to prioritize across competing projects and capital allocation decisions

Manufacturing & CapEx

- Partner on factory expansion strategy and financing structure

- Own CapEx planning, tracking, and depreciation; manage inventory and working capital analysis

Sourcing & Supply Chain Finance

- Partner with Procurement on full-BOM analysis as we award business — country of origin, logistics and tariffs, CapEx implications, and payment terms

Business Finance

- Support sales and marketing incentive design, large commercial contract terms, and internal business initiatives

- Translate financial analysis into clear recommendations for the executive team

Cross-Functional Projects

- Own high-priority, time-sensitive work that cuts across teams — partnering with Hardware, Software, Manufacturing, and Quality where a generalist problem-solver creates leverage

What We're Looking For

- 6-10 years in finance, consulting, or a similar analytical generalist role

- Strong financial modeling skills — you can build a cost model from scratch and pressure-test your own assumptions

- A track record of owning projects end to end: budgets, timelines, contractors, and stakeholders

- A natural dot-connector who builds trust quickly across functions and seniority levels

- High comfort with ambiguity — you don't need a playbook to get started

Nice to Have

- Experience in a hardware, manufacturing, or deep tech environment

- Background at a startup that scaled through a major production or growth inflection point

- Exposure to supply chain finance or hardware unit economics