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About AiDASH
AiDASH is an enterprise AI company and the leading provider of vegetation risk intelligence for electric utilities. Powered by proprietary Vegetation
AI™ technology, AiDASH delivers a unified remote grid inspection and monitoring platform that uses a Satellite First approach to identify and address vegetation and other threats to the grid. With a prevention-first strategy to mitigate wildfire risk and minimize storm impacts, AiDASH helps more than 140 utilities reduce costs, improve reliability, and lower liability across their networks. AiDASH exists to safeguard critical utility infrastructure and secure the future of human
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We are a Series C growth company backed by leading investors, including Shell Ventures, National Grid Partners, G2 Venture Partners, Duke Energy, Edison International, Lightrock, Marubeni, among others. We have been recognized by Forbes two years in a row as one of “America’s Best Startup Employers.” We are also proud to be one of the few software companies in Time Magazine’s “America’s Top Green Tech Companies 2024”.
Deloitte Technology Fast 500 ™ recently ranked us among San Francisco Bay Area companies, and No. 59 overall in their selection of the top 500 for 2024.
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Why This Role Exists
AiDash's R&D organisation is a 200+ people serving over 100 enterprise customers. Our portfolio spans 4 vertical products, built on a common platform & proprietary AI models, and is coordinated across Product, Engineering, Data Science, QA, Design, Dev Ops, Professional Services, Field Services and GIS (Data Operations) teams. The R&D organization also works closely with GTM and Post Sales teams such as Sales, Marketing, Sales Ops, Partnerships, Customer Success and Support.
As our customers and products grow, we are looking to redefine and build the future R&D operating system for excellence & scale.
We're establishing this Strategy & Operations function to drive cross-functional coordination, lead high-impact strategic programs, and provide data-driven insights that inform how we structure, invest in, and scale our R&D organization. As our Senior Manager, Strategy & Operations , you'll be one of the first hires on this team—a true 0-to-1 opportunity to define how a fast-growing AI company coordinates complex work across a 200-person technical organization.
This isn't a typical strategy role. You won't hand off recommendations for others to execute. You'll own strategic programs end-to-end—from business case through delivery—while simultaneously building the strategic insights, governance frameworks, and operational infrastructure that enable a world-class R&D organization.
The Role
As Senior Manager - Strategy & Operations, you will drive impact across the organization and own:
Strategic Programs
You'll own multiple high-impact, cross-functional initiatives with measurable business outcomes. This would entail building the business case, coordinating pilots across functions, tracking ROI, and scaling successful initiatives. Examples include AI Adoption, COGS Reduction, Annual Planning Process Redesign, Platform Adoption
Analysis & Insights
You'll provide data-driven insights that inform R&D strategy and organisational decisions.
Organisational Effectiveness
Conducting regular assessments of or team structure, capacity utilization, benchmarking productivity metrics and tracking R&D efficiency metrics to recommend improvements
Competitive Intelligence & Market Benchmarking
Research industry best practices for R&D organization, processes, and tooling;
Analyze competitor capabilities and positioning to inform strategic priorities;
Monitor emerging technologies and methodologies
Strategic Investment Analysis
Build financial models for technology investment decisions, Lead build vs. buy evaluations, Track R&D investment allocation across innovation, platform, vertical products, and maintenance, Ensure strategic initiatives connect to company-level OKRs with clear progress tracking
Executive & Board Communication
Own R&D narrative for quarterly business reviews and board presentations
Synthesize complex technical and organizational topics into…
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