The Strategy and Operations Manager will drive strategic initiatives, lead cross-functional programs, manage investor relations, and oversee branding and marketing efforts.
RETHINK MANUFACTURING
The only way to ignite change is to build the best team. At Bright Machines®, we’re innovators and experts in our craft who have joined together to create a new category of manufacturing that will help transform the industry. We believe software and data are the answer, thoughtfully applied to solve our customers’ unique challenges. Through intelligent automation, we give factories newfound flexibility, scalability, and resilience. We deliver products to meet the demands of today while building a platform to take advantage of what comes next.
Working with us means you’ll have the opportunity to make lasting, impactful changes for our company and our customers. If you’re ready to apply your exceptional skills to create the factory of the future, we’d love to speak with you.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are seeking a driven, strategic, and execution-oriented Strategy & Operations Manager to work directly with our Executive team on high-impact initiatives across Bright Machines organization. This person will be a force multiplier, partnering across the company to drive strategic programs, investor relations, key partnerships, and building out the strategic marketing & brand engine.
This is a high-visibility role with broad exposure, you will influence strategy, lead cross-functional execution, and help elevate how Bright Machines tells its story internally and externally.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
- Own Strategic Initiatives & Special Projects - Partner with the leadership team, launch, and drive cross-functional strategic programs (New business initiatives, operational transformation).
- Investor Relations & External Communications - Assist in preparing board/investor decks, quarterly updates, fundraising materials, and strategic messaging.
- Partnerships & Corporate Development Support - Help evaluate and manage strategic partnerships, alliances, joint ventures, or ecosystem collaborations.
- Strategic Marketing, Brand & Go-To-Market Oversight - Lead the strategic marketing function, set strategy for brand, website, content, thought leadership, events/conferences
- Cross-Functional Leadership & Influence - Work across Product, Engineering, Sales, HR, finance and Operations to align strategy with execution and break down silos.
WHAT WE WANT TO SEE
- 7+ years of experience in a strategic / operational / business planning role, ideally in high-growth technology, SW, robotics, automation, or top tier consulting firms.
- Top tier consulting firm experience is a must (Bain / BCG / McKinsey)
- Proven track record leading strategic cross-functional programs or initiatives from ideation to execution.
- Experience with investor relations, board and executive level communication, and high-stakes storytelling.
- Strategic marketing acumen, you’ve built or managed content strategy, website strategy, events.
- Excellent analytical and synthesis skills, you can think at both big-picture and detail levels, with comfort in building models, business cases, and frameworks.
- Highly cross-functional: you can engage peers in product, engineering, operations, sales, etc., and drive consensus and progress.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, you can craft crisp narratives and compelling decks.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
- Bachelor’s degree (preferably in business, engineering, or related field); MBA or similar advanced degree from a top school a must
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAD
- Prior experience in robotics, manufacturing, automation, or industrial tech.
- Knowledge and experience in AI Infrastructure space
- Experience scaling a strategic marketing function in a tech or deep tech company.
- Experience working with executive teams and advising C-level leadership.
BE EMPOWERED TO CHANGE AN INDUSTRY
Bright Machines is a next-generation, AI-enabled manufacturer focused on data center infrastructure assembly operations. Bright Machines uses its proprietary AI-based robotics and software to assemble AI infrastructure hardware products (i.e., data center servers) for hyperscalers and leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). With its new AI factory, Bright Machines addresses increasing market demands for computing power due to the surge of AI and the U.S. national mandate to reshore manufacturing by building data center infrastructure at scale with higher quality and shorter time-to-market.
Bright Machines is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an integration center in Guadalajara, Mexico. The company has been recognized as one of Forbes’ AI 50, awarded “Best AI-based Solution for Manufacturing” by AI Breakthrough, named a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum, and highlighted by several other leading technology and innovation organizations.
Top Skills
AI
Robotics
Software
Bright Machines San Francisco, California, USA Office
585 Howard St, San Francisco, CA, United States
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