About the role
Who we are Picogrid is a leading venture-backed defense technology company founded to bridge the decades-long gap between modern technology and the critical demands of national security. Today, we're building the essential infrastructure to unify sensors, autonomy, and operators with our technology deployed in active operations around the world. Our mission is to deliver an operational advantage to secure the United States and its allies.
About
the Role Most early-stage companies don't fail because of bad technology or bad people. They fail because the internal machinery can't keep up with growth — the wrong tools, unclear processes, decisions made without the right data, and energy spent on problems that should have been solved months ago. The Strategy & Business Operations Lead exists to make sure that doesn't happen at Picogrid. This is a high-leverage, cross-functional role that sits at the center of how Picogrid operates and evolves as a company. You'll own a wide range of internal business functions — from evaluating and implementing the tools and systems that run our operations, to tracking company performance, to leading the analysis that informs where Picogrid expands, how we structure partnerships, and what we prioritize next. On any given week you might be building a framework for how we measure organizational health, running a vendor evaluation for a new CRM, or putting together the analysis that answers a critical strategic question for the leadership team. You'll partner closely with leadership across Engineering, Finance, Operations, and People — serving as the connective tissue that turns high-level direction into clear, executable plans. You don't need to be told what to work on; you identify what matters, structure the problem, and drive it to a decision or outcome. This role is for someone who finds genuine satisfaction in making a company run better — and who wants to do that work in an environment where the stakes are real.
What You'll Do Lead high-priority strategic and operational initiatives end-to-end — from problem definition and analysis through recommendation and implementation — working across functions to drive decisions that wouldn't otherwise happen cleanly Facilitate Picogrid's internal business operations infrastructure: evaluate, select, and implement the tools and systems the company runs on (CRM, project management, compliance platforms, business intelligence tools, and more), ensuring each investment is right-sized for our current stage Build and maintain the operating mechanisms that keep Picogrid aligned and accountable — business tracking dashboards, leadership reporting, and the cadences that surface the right information at the right time Support company development strategy on high-impact questions: where Picogrid opens new offices, how we structure key vendor and partner relationships, what our organizational model should look like as headcount scales Drive internal process improvements across functions — identifying operational bottlenecks and compliance gaps, designing better workflows, and seeing them through to adoption Own compliance coordination for internal business operations — ensuring Picogrid's policies, processes, and systems keep pace with regulatory, contractual, and organizational