Operations Manager, Near Space Labs
$60k
Aerial imagery and earth observation
Job no longer available
Aerial imagery and earth observation
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$60k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To democratize high-quality geospatial intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of Office Management, Operations, or Finance experience—preferably at a rapidly growing tech startup
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, Google Suite applications, Zoom, and Slack
- Familiarity with basic Human Resources procedures and an interest in partnering with the HR and Recruiting teams
- Effective leadership and communication skills
- High level of integrity and discretion in handling confidential information
- Organized and comfortable with data and metrics
- Strong project management skills
- Proven organizational skills with the ability to manage your time and prioritize projects accordingly
- Flexible and can quickly move between projects without losing focus
What the job involves
- The Operations Manager will be responsible for overseeing the daily administrative and operational functions of the company
- Ensure general management of day-to-day operations for administrative and operational functions of the company, including facilities, IT, and office management, by overseeing operational efficiency, effective communications, and other strategic and tactical planning
- Manage and negotiate with vendors and contractors: planning for, purchasing, and upkeep of workstations, furniture, special events/offsites, and employee supplies
- Act as primary liaison between the company and office building management (e.g., repairs, plant upkeep, building code compliance, managing company facilities, office functions, and services)
- Track spending and hustle to stay thrifty and improve our processes
- Champion collaborative cross-functional relationships with recruiters, accounting, finance, PEO service provider, other teams, and hiring managers to ensure the successful onboarding and offboarding of new employees and contractors
- Interact and connect with leads across the organization to understand office and remote team needs
- Assist with recruiting initiatives, such as recruiting events, onboarding new hires, mailing equipment/swag, and ongoing employee engagement
- Schedule duties, as needed, for example, new hires' one-on-one calls with managers or leadership during their first couple of weeks on the job
- Create and own initiatives that pertain to the employee experience
- Implement, maintain, and review payroll processing systems to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions, including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions
- Ensure accurate and timely processing of payroll updates, including new hires, terminations, and changes to pay rates
- Manage employee data and own all HR systems ensuring information is current, secure, and confidential
- Serve as primary liaison between company staff and building managers, providing information, answering questions, and responding to requests
- Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones and proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential risks, and devise contingency plans
- Manage employee expectations by communicating status updates on issues, resolving concerns, analyzing time and cost issues, and preparing reports
- Prepare executive and management reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends
- Some weekends, holidays, and evening work include travel to offsites, etc
- Perform other duties as assigned
Our take
Near Space Labs provides customers with high-res imagery of the earth. The twist is, this isn’t satellite imagery, but imagery collected by a zero-emission fleet of wind-powered weather balloons, each one able to capture up to 1,000 square kilometres of imagery on each flight. This makes for an eco-friendly, low-cost alternative to satellite imagery and results in images up to 50 times clearer than those collected by satellite.
The company just raised $20M to expand its helium balloon-powered Swift aircraft. This funding will help it grow its coverage across the US and support industries like insurance and agriculture with clearer, cheaper aerial imagery.
This puts Near Space in an exciting position to offer wide-scale, high-res coverage while staying eco-friendly. Its zero-emission tech and simple design make it a smart, sustainable alternative to drones and satellites, showing how clean innovation can scale and make a real-world impact.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Apr 2025
$20m
SERIES B
Sep 2021
$13m
SERIES A
Total funding: $33m
Company HQ
Brooklyn Navy Yard, NY
Leadership
Rema Matevosyan
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Software Developer with InnoRise, then at the Institute for System Programming of Russian Academy of Sciences. Subsequently held a junior research fellowship at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology.
Ignasi Lluch
(Co-Founder & CTO)Worked on the Galileo Evolutions Team at the European Space Agency, and then as a Space Systems Engineering Researcher at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology.
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