Associate, Business Operations

Nimble is an AI robotics company building the autonomous supply chain to enable fast, efficient, and sustainable commerce. We're developing a general-purpose robot AI and a warehouse generalist superhumanoid robot, the first robot in the world capable of performing all core warehouse functions. We recently closed a $106M Series C at a $1B valuation, and we are continuing to grow our world-class team.

Mission: to empower and inspire mankind to accomplish legendary feats by inventing robots that liberate us from the menial.

Vision: invent the Autonomous Supply Chain – everything from the inside of factories and warehouses to your front door – powered by industry-generalist superhumanoids to deliver faster, more efficient, and more sustainable commerce.

Our founding team comes from the AI labs at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon and our board of directors include famed robotics and AI legends including Marc Raibert (founder of Boston Dynamics), Sebastian Thrun (founder of GoogleX, Waymo; Stanford Professor and considered the father of autonomous vehicles) and Fei-Fei Li (Chief Scientist of AI at Google and Director of Stanford's AI Lab).

Join us and leave your mark on the future of robotics, AI, and global commerce.

Link: Nimble Closes $106 Million Series C Funding Round, Scales Fully Autonomous Fulfillment with FedEx

Link: FedEx Announces Expansion of FedEx Fulfillment With Nimble Alliance

At Nimble, we are committed to building legendary products, a legendary team, and a legendary legacy. Join us and become part of an ambitious, humble, and resourceful culture where your work will leave a lasting impact on the future of robotics and commerce.

Be relentlessly resourceful - Challenge conventions and overcome obstacles.

Be legendary - Be the very best and do work that inspires.

Be humble - Prioritize growth, learning, and doing whatever is needed to further the mission.

Be dependable - Take ownership and deliver with high agency.

Nimble's Business Operations team is embedded in daily operations, supporting both near-term execution and long-term planning through financial analysis and broader business decision-making and strategy. Team members are expected to analyze data, provide recommendations and lead cross-functional decision-making and implementation of strategies. The Business Operations team is lean and dynamic, supporting all functions at Nimble: engineering and supply chain, manufacturing, fulfillment operations, service, construction, and sales.

As an Associate, Business Operations, you will:

• Partner with leaders across Nimble's operational verticals to drive cost reduction, improve operational efficiency, and identify and implement measures to scale
• Define and monitor KPIs to evaluate business performance and identify/execute recommendations to drive business improvement
• Create and drive adoption of operational processes to increase productivity and efficiency
• Define and implement critical software systems to support scale: engineering, supply chain, manufacturing
• Be deeply embedded in operations to drive execution of Nimble's forecast and support business planning to ensure capex investments and labor capacity support company growth targets

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in an analytical/operational role
• Evidence of exceptional ability, especially in an ambiguous environment
• Demonstrated success driving tangible impact / influence within a broader organization
• Excellent analytical skills (e.g. Microsoft Office applications, financial modeling, etc.)
• Strong written and verbal communication, with experience leading timelines with cross-functional partners and communicating effectively to executives
• Creative, intellectually curious, and able to scale steep learning curves quickly
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally, partnering with stakeholders to drive business performance

Value-added experience

• 1-3 years in management consulting or investment banking
• Operational finance experience in a hard-tech company (e.g. hardware engineering, manufacturing, physical operations)
• Financial modeling

$125,000 - $180,000 a year

The above range is the base salary range. You will also receive generous equity for this position!

We embrace challenges and strive to make the impossible possible each day. We're not in this to do what's easy or to be mediocre. We want to create something legendary and leave our mark on the world. We're ambitious, we're gritty, we're humble and we're relentlessly resourceful in pursuit of our goals. If this sounds like you then you might be a great fit!

Nimble Robotics, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions based solely on merit. We provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state, federal or local laws.

Enjoy the time you need to travel, rejuvenate, and connect with friends and family.

Nimble provides medical, dental, and vision insurance through several premier plans and options to support you and your family.

Enjoy paid bonding time following a birth.

Take the stress out of commuting with access to fully-paid parking spots.

Get a cash bonus for any friend or colleagues that you refer to us that we end up hiring.

Contribute towards a 401k for retirement planning.

Be an owner in Nimble through our equity program