Business Operations, Strategy, and Analytics Lead

About SandboxAQ

SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world's greatest challenges. The company’s Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences, financial services, navigation, cybersecurity, and other sectors.

We are a global team that is tech-focused and includes experts in AI, chemistry, cybersecurity, physics, mathematics, medicine, engineering, and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent, growth capital-backed company in 2022, funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders. 

At SandboxAQ, we’ve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and impact. By investing deeply in our people, we’re building a thriving, global workforce poised to tackle the world's epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission, in a community of like-minded people who value entrepreneurialism, ownership, and transformative impact. 

Job Summary

The Business Operations and Strategy team drives strategic and cross-functional initiatives across the company, with a focus on supporting our product-led business units to set and execute their product, business model, go-to-market, growth, and operational strategies; to develop, launch, iterate, and scale successful products; to measure progress, develop insights, and use quantitative analysis to drive effective decision-making at all levels; to develop financial models and long-term forecasts; and to advance operational excellence across all functions.

This role is an experienced analyst position. Focus areas will include business model design, market analysis (long term trends & short term GTM dynamics), & financial model building.

Core Responsibilities

• Support strategy development and drive execution; identify and solve problems; apply data-driven analytics to derive actionable insights (e.g. turning market, competitor, financial and internal performance data into actionable insights); collaborate effectively with colleagues to build a strong culture of operational excellence
• Build business models, go-to-market strategies, core narratives, and drive alignment with product & business unit strategy
• Run market and other analysis for M&A and strategic partnerships
• Conduct analyses of market dynamics, customer profiles, and competitive and regulatory environments, and map value chains for our existing and future products
• Define and clarify target customer profiles that fuel alignment among product, research, delivery, and business teams, to drive product innovation, market fit, rapid iteration, and high-scale growth
• Become a market expert and ecosystem mapper
• Bring a can-do spirit and creative energy to every project

About You

• Education and experience
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or scientific field or equivalent practical experience; MBA or similar preferred
• 8+ years of experience with 4+ years of analyst experience in a fast-paced technology organization (e.g. a startup)
• Analytical abilities
• Experience designing and implementing business models, market models, financial models, and operational processes, including data collection and quantitative analysis
• Ability to dive into data, spot patterns, trends, and outliers, and to derive insights
• Business acumen
• Demonstrated ability to understand complex, scientific- and tech-heavy business units and market
• Strategic thinking
• Track record of identifying market revenue opportunities that have been translated to business growth.
• Growth mindset
• Multicultural perspective and service leadership mindset with strong interpersonal skills adept at working cross-functionally and managing relationships across diverse teams 
• Curiosity about and eagerness to dive deeply to understand new fields of science, new forms of quantitative AI, new markets, new customers, new partners, and new teammates
• Versatility!

It’d be great if you also had one or more of these

• Startup experience in fast-scaling environment
• Experience/understanding of AI, quantum technology, or related technical fields
• Experience/understanding of a science-based or tech-heavy industry – even better if it’s biopharma, cybersecurity, aerospace, medical devices, or financial services
• Expertise leading commercialization efforts to support successful product launches and market penetration.