Sr. Manager, Network Design & Optimization

Who we are

Gatik, the leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, is revolutionizing the B2B supply chain with its autonomous transportation-as-a-service (ATaaS) solution and prioritizing safe, consistent deliveries while streamlining freight movement by reducing congestion. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers and in 2021 launched the world’s first fully driverless commercial transportation service with Walmart. Gatik's Class 3-7 autonomous trucks are commercially deployed across major markets, including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada, driving innovation in freight transportation.

The company's proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology, Gatik Carrier™, is custom-built to transport freight safely and efficiently between pick-up and drop-off locations on the middle mile. With robust capabilities in both highway and urban environments, Gatik Carrier™ serves as an all-encompassing solution that integrates advanced software and hardware powering the fleet, facilitating effortless integration into customers' logistics operations.

Network Design & Optimization (NDO) is a highly cross-functional, strategic, and instrumental function within Gatik. The team is responsible for planning and maintaining networks / routes for Gatik’s Autonomous Vehicles (AVs). The NDO team provides the critical link between business and technical functions within Gatik. The team collaborates across various functions including Commercial, Engineering, Procurement, Operations, and Product. We are looking for an individual to become an integral part of this team.

The individual will be responsible for leveraging their strong quantitative, strategic thinking and creative skills to help Gatik scale Freight-Only Operations and meet rising demands of our customers. The individual will work across functions, and enable the NDO team in meeting its broad mandate.

In this role, your learning, growth and responsibility will be directly influenced by you. We are a small yet highly effective team where ownership, collaboration and communication skills are highly desired. If you are such an individual, we'd love to talk to you.

This role is 5 days a week at our Santa Clara, CA office location.

• Collaborate with a team of business, technical, product and operations individuals to design and optimize Gatik’s Autonomous Networks.
• Drive the implementation and scaling of tools, capabilities, and processes necessary to achieve goals of the NDO team.
• Analyze the network data of customers and prepare optimized networks and corresponding commercial proposals
• Structure complex problems, analyze large amounts of data, and deliver insights and recommendations to the Gatik leadership team.
• Support the B2B sales cycle including data analysis, network design, routing, scheduling and proposal drafting
• Lead end to end projects within Gatik and external stakeholders to collect and compile information in support of business strategy and operations.
• Explain business requirements to technical team members and ensure product development alignment with team vision and goals
• Conduct research and analysis of industry, company, customer, and channel data to support market assessment and identification of key trends / opportunities.
• Communicate analysis and recommendations to stakeholders including external senior executives by preparing presentations and identifying actionable insights

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related science discipline. MBA preferred.
• 5+ years of work experience in a strategic, analytical and/or customer facing role. Consulting, Banking, and/or a start-up experience preferred.
• Hands on experience problem solving and implementing scalable…