Senior Business Operations Manager

About the role

Aurora Solar is seeking a Senior Business Operations Manager to join the Business Operations team and play a pivotal role in shaping the company's strategic and operational trajectory. The successful candidate will own Aurora's operating cadence, including annual planning, QBRs, and weekly business cadences, ensuring leadership has the right information at the right time while keeping processes efficient and actionable. You will partner across Sales, Marketing, Services, Finance, Product, and Engineering to launch new strategic initiatives and optimize operational effectiveness through process, systems, and structural changes. This role requires you to proactively identify operational bottlenecks and business opportunities, develop data-driven recommendations, and lead implementation alongside cross-functional stakeholders. You will build executive-ready analysis and recommendations by synthesizing quantitative data and qualitative insights into clear, actionable narratives for the COO and CEO. The position demands strong analytical skills, including independently analyzing data, building models, and generating insights that directly inform strategic decisions. Finally, you will design and build lightweight internal tools, dashboards, and AI-enabled workflows that automate manual processes, improve visibility, and eliminate recurring operational work.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Own Aurora's operating cadence, including annual planning, QBRs, and weekly business cadences, ensuring leadership has the right information at the right time while keeping processes efficient and actionable.
• Partner across Sales, Marketing, Services, Finance, Product, and Engineering to launch new strategic initiatives and optimize operational effectiveness through process, systems, and structural changes.
• Proactively identify operational bottlenecks and business opportunities, develop data-driven recommendations and lead implementation alongside cross-functional stakeholders.
• Build executive-ready analysis and recommendations by synthesizing quantitative data and qualitative insights into clear, actionable narratives for the COO and CEO.
• Independently analyze data, building models, and generating insights that inform strategic decisions.
• Design and build lightweight internal tools, dashboards, and AI-enabled workflows that automate manual processes, improve visibility, and eliminate recurring operational work.
• Translate complex business problems into structured frameworks and drive solutions from conception through execution with minimal oversight.
• Act as a cross-functional integrator, aligning stakeholders with differing priorities to deliver measurable business outcomes on schedule.
• Leverage CRM and data analytics platforms to extract insights, validate hypotheses, and support high-impact decision-making.
• Maintain a relentless focus on operational efficiency, identifying areas for automation, standardization, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 4 - 6+ years of experience in management consulting, Business Operations, Strategic Operations, or a CEO/COO office, ideally at a high-growth technology company or top-tier consulting firm (MBB or Big Four).
• Demonstrated experience owning initiatives end-to-end - from identifying opportunities and developing recommendations to driving implementation and measurable business outcomes.
• Strong analytical mindset with experience building financial or operational models, writing queries, and using data to inform decisions.
• Experience with CRM and data analytics tools (e.g., Salesforce, Looker, Tableau) is a must have.
• Ability to operate effectively at every level of the organization - from discussing company strategy with executives to solving detailed operational challenges alongside individual contributors.
• Proven ability to influence without formal authority by building trust, aligning stakeholders, and driving cross-functional execution.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while maintaining a high standard of quality and accuracy.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex analysis into concise, executive-level insights.
• Highly self-directed with strong ownership, discipline, and follow-through in delivering results.
• Comfortable working within a remote-first, distributed team environment using asynchronous communication practices.

Nice to have

• Experience using AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or similar to improve workflows, automate processes, or build internal tools.
• Strong SQL proficiency and comfort querying large datasets independently.
• Experience building dashboards or lightweight automations using scripting, low-code tools, or AI-assisted development.

Practical notes

This is a full-time position based in the United States.