Business Operations Analyst

CHAOS Inc. is a global technology company delivering next-generation capabilities to the defense and critical industrial sectors. Founded in 2022 by a seasoned leadership team, CHAOS has quickly become the place where world-class multi-disciplinary engineers come to build mission-critical technologies. CHAOS has a mission-focused culture, dedicated to solving the toughest technical challenges. Its unique agile engineering approach enables rapid prototyping, while deep partnerships with defense and industry ensure real-world solutions.

Role Overview:

This role will enable business outcomes by skillfully accelerating multi-domain projects and capabilities critical to the business. While residing within the Operations organization, this person will work across the company (Engineering, Business Development, Manufacturing, and Finance) to identify, organize, and lead projects that improve CHAOS’ ability to win, sometimes embedding within those parts of the business. The ideal candidate will have experience in both technical and general project management and proven track record of working across company structures. Expect this role to be very dynamic – solve one problem, transition it to an owner, and get started on the next.

Responsibilities:

• Own the thing that has no owner. CHAOS is a dynamic company running directly into our customer’s most urgent needs. At this speed we identify critical gaps to successful execution that are multi-domain and where responsibility doesn’t reside in a single part of the company. This role’s task is own that gap, close it, and find the next gap. Repeat.
• Work with data and systems to paint accurate pictures of how the business is performing and changing. Use tools like Excel and SQL to provide insights that help different parts of the business improve.
• Project manage complex efforts and ensure timely and complete execution. This may include situations where the requirements or tasks to be done are not clear – it is your job to help figure out what needs to be done.

Minimum Requirements:

• 2+ years of experience in operational, project-based roles, especially in data-driven cultures
• Technical and general project management experience: CHAOS is an engineering company and some of the projects will require technical acumen. This person will be comfortable learning the technical aspects required to drive the project. These projects can also be process-based and learning new, often byzantine government processes must get you fired up.
• Working across the aisle(s): The most important experience and skillset required for success in this role is working across a company and navigating the different personalities, priorities, and timelines. Yes, this role is to enable the business, but will require building trust across stakeholders and presenting necessary trade-offs in a professional manner.
• Enjoy getting your hands dirty – literally: CHAOS is an engineering-first company with a hardware component. Every role at CHAOS requires getting hands-on our technology in either development of customer demonstration conditions. It is critical to our culture that every employee understands what we are building and why.

Why CHAOS?

• Health Benefits: Your medical, dental and vision benefits will be 100% paid for by the company
• Additional benefits: life, FSA, HSA, 401k (+ Company match), and more
• Our Perks: free daily lunch, ‘No meeting Fridays’, unlimited PTO (for exempt employees), casual dress code
• Compensation Components: competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance + (coming soon!) annual bonuses
• Company Size: 85 employees and counting!
• More About Us: We're building the next generation of aerospace, defense and critical industry technologies with a seasoned team of mission-focused individuals. We were founded in June 2022 and our goal is to become the platform where world-class engineers come to solve critical, real-world problems. We use agile engineering approaches which enable rapid prototyping, deep partnerships with the defense industry ensuring real-world application, and our newly-invented Coherence platform (through which we’ve made a fundamental breakthrough) improves sensor performance and decision-making in real-time. As of September 2024 we have raised ~$240M with 8VC and Accel as leading investors. With a managing team that includes Epirus’ founding members (responsible for building a $1.5B company from scratch) + key drivers from Palantir (instrumental in Palantir’s growth to $1B in revenue), we are well-positioned to become one of the fastest growing companies to date!

The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus, equity, and benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range, we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations.

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