# Strategy & Operations Manager at Picogrid

- Company: Picogrid
- What the company does: Picogrid delivers integrated systems for modern missions, connecting sensors, platforms, and operators across land, sea, air, and space. Backed by Bessemer.
- Company website: https://picogrid.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: D.C. | San Francisco | El Segundo
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $130K to $190K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-21
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/picogrid/8ab232fe-868d-42e1-a7ca-a798da69f18e
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/picogrid-strategy-and-operations-manager/

## About the role

Picogrid is building fast — new programs, new geographies, new teams — and the pace only increases from here. The Strategy & Operations Manager helps set the cadence of that building. You'll create the strategic scaffolding the company relies on to move in one direction at speed: the frameworks, operating rhythms, and analysis that turn ambition into a plan people can actually execute against.

## What they're looking for

- You operate at two altitudes at once — equally at home shaping a recommendation for leadership and rolling up your sleeves to get a process actually implemented
- You think in systems. When you see a problem, you're already sketching the scalable solution, not just today's fix
- You earn trust quickly across functions and up the org chart — senior leaders feel like you understand their world and can be handed something ambiguous and important
- You bring analytical rigor by default. You reach for the model, the data, and the structured breakdown before the opinion
- You have both humility and a high bar. You're attached to outcomes, not credit, and you do the unglamorous work when it needs doing
- You're energized by ambiguity, not paralyzed by it. The playbook for this role doesn't fully exist yet — you'll write a meaningful part of it

Tags: Operations