Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company focused on supplying the minerals critical to modern energy, AI, and defense technologies. Backed by Khosla and a16z.
About the role
Mariana Minerals is looking for a Business Operations Manager to lead operational strategy and business performance management for its Lithium business, based out of Mariana's Houston or San Francisco office. This role sits at the intersection of Finance, Business Development and Operations — translating operational performance into financial insight and helping leadership make faster, better-informed decisions.
What they're looking for
- 5-10+ years in business operations or program management, experience in energy, chemicals, manufacturing, or another industrial sector is a plus
- Demonstrated ability to build and own operational reporting systems (define KPIs, design dashboards, implement data collection workflows)
- Experience implementing or maintaining a quality management system, familiarity with ISO 9001 or similar frameworks preferred
- Able to build operational structure around the technical and commercial work of others
- Strong communicator with experience distilling complex operational issues into clear updates for leadership and keeping distributed teams aligned
- Proven track record leading cross-functional projects in fast-moving environments with minimal oversight
More about this role
Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company on a mission to supply the critical minerals powering modern energy, AI, and defense technologies. We’re reimagining the minerals supply chain by combining deep industry expertise with advanced software, automation, and data-driven decision-making.
Mariana Minerals is looking for a Business Operations Manager to lead operational strategy and business performance management for its Lithium business, based out of Mariana's Houston or San Francisco office. This role sits at the intersection of Finance, Business Development and Operations — translating operational performance into financial insight and helping leadership make faster, better-informed decisions.
Financial and Operational performance management: Own the business performance framework for the Lithium business — integrating operational KPIs with financial metrics to give leadership a clear view of cost, production, and margin performance against plan.
FP&A partnership: Work closely with the Finance team to support budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis. Build the operational context behind the numbers and help translate field data into...
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