Business Operations - Generalist

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Nominal is building the software infrastructure that powers the world’s most advanced hardware systems – from spacecraft and autonomous vehicles to next-generation industrial machines. Our platform ingests high-rate telemetry, validates complex autonomy software in real time, and helps engineering teams iterate faster, without sacrificing safety or precision. We’re a small, fast-moving team of engineers and operators who own problems end-to-end, work across disciplines, and thrive on solving challenges at the intersection of hardware and software.

As a dual-use platform, we're serving top-tier commercial and defense customers, including the U.S. Navy, United States Air Force, Anduril, General Atomics, and more.

• Drive financial planning and analysis:
  Support FP&A, budgeting, and investment planning. Assist with fundraising as needed, and help manage investor relations.
• Build scalable go-to-market infrastructure:
  Formalize marketing, sales collateral, demos, documentation, pricing, and contracts. Help systematize sales processes as we grow.
• Support new market entrance:
  Perform targeted research on new products, verticals, or geographies. Articulate value propositions and manage logistics for new initiatives.
• Strengthen how we operate:
  Establish and maintain organizational processes and help build a best-in-class culture as the team scales. Work cross-functionally to build alignment across the business to solve novel problems.
• Pitch in wherever needed:
  Talent, compliance, communications – you'll do whatever it takes to accelerate the pace and raise the quality bar at Nominal.

• 2+ years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, internal strategy & operations, or other fast-paced environments
• Comfort operating across functions and context-switching between different types of work; dynamic responsibilities excite you
• High EQ and the ability to work with a variety of personalities, functions, and seniority levels; you know how to generate buy-in without relying on hierarchy
• Strong analytical skills, with a bias toward thinking in quantitative results
• Problem solver with end-to-end ownership, from issue framing to resolution
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Clear communicator, both written and verbal
• Willingness to do whatever needs doing, quickly; low ego and bias to action

• Familiarity with defense, aerospace, or hardware industries
• Technical fluency or engineering background is a plus
• TS/SCI clearance

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

The base pay range for this role is $110,000 – $210,000 per year.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.