# Senior Business Development & Ops Lead, Robotics & Physical AI at World Labs

- Company: World Labs
- What the company does: World Labs is a spatial intelligence company, building frontier models that can perceive, generate, and interact with the 3D world. Backed by NEA and a16z.
- Company website: https://www.worldlabs.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $250K to $350K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/worldlabs/5f1829c6-6016-40c6-8855-4ed674819305
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/world-labs-senior-business-development-and-ops-lead-robotics-and-physical-ai/

## About the role

We are looking for a Senior Business Development and Operations Lead to help shape how World Labs brings its robotics technology to market.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of experience in related industries
- Deep experience in robotics, Physical AI, autonomous systems, simulation, or an adjacent frontier technology, with firsthand exposure to customers, products, or deployments
- Technical fluency to engage credibly with researchers and engineers, with strong curiosity to understand how the technology works and draw connections between technical capabilities and market opportunities
- Demonstrated ability to develop and close complex B2B relationships, from ambiguous early conversations through signed agreements
- Ability to turn technical capability into repeatable commercial value: identify the right wedge, business model, pricing, and channel strategy, and build a path from demo → paid PoC → production deployment while avoiding bespoke work that does not scale
- Comfortable quantifying and defending commercial decisions: you can build a credible pipeline forecast, price a pilot, or model a deal structure with real numbers behind it

Tags: Business