Strategy & Operations Manager

About Standard Bots

Standard Bots is building the next generation of industrial robots -- hardware that's powerful, affordable, and designed to scale. We're moving fast from prototype to high-volume production, and we need the operational infrastructure to match. This role is central to that.

Note: This role is hybrid, with 3 days/week at our NYC office and frequent visits to our Glen Cove, NY robotics factory.

The Role

We're looking for a Strategy & Operations Manager to help build the systems, rhythms, and analytical foundation that let Standard Bots scale with intention. You'll work across every function in the company -- pulling together data, driving clarity on priorities, and owning high-impact projects that don't fit neatly into any single team.

This is a generalist role in the best sense of the word. One week you might be building a margin model with Finance; the next you're coordinating a factory expansion or redesigning how we run our OKR process. What ties it together is a bias toward structure, a comfort with ambiguity, and a genuine interest in how fast-growing hardware companies operate.

You'll report directly to the VP of Operations and work closely with the executive team on a regular basis.

What You'll Do

Metrics, Reporting & Business Reviews

- Drive the creation of a central KPI dashboard across departments -- surfacing trends, flagging risks, and keeping leadership oriented on what matters

- Own the cadence for business reviews, translating data into clear narratives for the executive team

- Partner with department heads to define the right metrics for their functions and hold them consistently

Financial Modeling & Unit Economics

- Build and maintain detailed cost models that establish a clear picture of product-level margins

- Conduct ad hoc analyses to support leadership decisions -- capacity planning, make-vs-buy, headcount modeling, and more

- Translate messy data into crisp recommendations that drive action

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