Strategy & Operations Manager

Standard Bots · United States

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 financial and operational infrastructure to match. This role is central to that. Note: This role is hybrid, with three days per 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 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

• 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

• Partner on factory expansion strategy and financing structure
• Own CapEx planning, tracking, and depreciation; manage inventory and working capital analysis

• Support sales and marketing incentive design, large commercial contract terms, and internal business initiatives
• Translate financial analysis into clear recommendations for the executive team

• 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

• 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