Business Operations Manager

About Us

At Antares, our long-term mission is to make clean energy abundant from Earth to the Asteroid Belt. We’re fueled by the belief that advanced nuclear energy can strengthen our military, solve the climate crisis, elevate global living standards, and expand humanity's presence in outer space. To achieve our mission, we’re building mass-producible, inherently safe, deployable microreactors that can be used terrestrially, underwater, and in space.

Formed in 2023, the Antares team hails from SpaceX, The White House, MIT, Rigetti Computing, The Air Force, General Atomics, Relativity Space, Ursa Major, Ultra Safe Nuclear, and Los Alamos National Laboratory. Antares has raised over $39M in venture capital from top-tier investors and has over $4M in government funding.

About the Team

As an early member of the operations team, you will enable the business to rapidly scale and will serve as a force multiplier across many critical functions. At a high level, you will be responsible for defining, documenting, iterating, scaling, and executing business processes in areas such as: financial modeling and spend forecasting, supply chain planning and procurement, business development, communications and marketing, facilities management, and more.

The ideal candidate will be able to execute in an ambiguous environment, with the ability to wear many ‘hats’ day-to-day - as we are a growing company, the operations team will continue to expand in scope, and this individual will play a defining role in creating the foundational processes and systems required to achieve our ambitious goals on an accelerated timeline.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Bridge across engineering, supply chain, production, and test functions to identify and resolve issues creating latency in communication, decision-making, and handoffs

• Create and maintain program schedules for engineering milestones to highlight critical path and ensure coordination across all involved functions

• Partner closely with finance leadership to develop, operationalize, and maintain both high-level and granular financial models ranging from operating plans to bottoms-up cost estimates

• Influence the systems roadmap by defining requirements with functional owners, assessing available third-party solutions, and conferring with software engineering on internal options

• Support commercial and government business development efforts including market analysis, customer outreach, establishing partnerships, and contract creation

• Collaborate with functional owners to define key performance indicators (KPIs), and create appropriate metrics and reporting to measure progress

• Develop, document, and iterate processes across multiple functions, applying consistent scrutiny to challenge requirements or eliminate unnecessary steps

• Fill gaps on the team where we have not yet hired subject matter experts, serving as a generalist to support the business in areas such as: compliance, tax, accounting, facilities, logistics, contracting, sales, marketing, etc.

• Enable supply chain and manufacturing teams to execute near-term actions and conserve program schedules

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, math, physics, business, finance, or information systems AND 5+ years in consulting, business operations, manufacturing, or business development

• OR 8+ years of experience in consulting, business operations, manufacturing, supply chain, or business development

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Nuclear Engineering

• Masters or PhD degree in Engineering

• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills, enthusiasm for problem-solving, and desire to optimize modern nuclear design and operation

• Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills

• Excellent negotiation, conflict resolution, and leadership skills

• Must be a strong team player with the ability to develop effective relationships with internal and external customers

Additional Requirements:

• 3+ years of business operations experience in an engineering or technical organization

• Demonstrated history of excelling in multiple functions, particularly without prior experience or knowledge

• Proven track record of leading high impact projects or accomplishments

• Ability to balance day-to-day tactical execution and long-term strategic steering

• Experience using various systems including ERP, MRP, project management software, financial so