Director of Operations Planning & Execution, CHAOS Industries
$175-250k
+ Equity
More information about location
Office located in Hawthorne, CA
Next-gen defense & critical industry technologies
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Next-gen defense & critical industry technologies
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$175-250k
+ Equity
More information about location
Office located in Hawthorne, CA
101-200 employees
Company mission
To redefine defense through technology.
Role
Who you are
- 7–12+ years in operations, strategy, program management, or consulting
- Experience running operating rhythms in a scaling company
- Background in hardware, defense, aerospace, infrastructure, or complex tech environments is a plus
- Exceptional cross-functional coordination and executive communication
- Strong analytical and structured thinking
- Comfortable pushing senior leaders diplomatically
- Excellent written and verbal clarity
- Advanced Excel / Google Sheets; dashboards, OKRs, KPIs
- Comfort with ambiguity and incomplete data
- Ability/willingness to travel to travel between various CHAOS offices (LA/SF/DC) an average of one week per month
Desirable
- Former consultant (McKinsey / Bain / BCG / Big 4)
- PMO or Chief of Staff experience
- Exposure to government contracts or regulated environments
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Director of Operations Planning & Execution to own the company’s operating plan and execution cadence
- This role is responsible for translating company-level goals into functional plans, collecting and synthesizing execution data, running operating reviews, and ensuring teams stay aligned, accountable, and on track
- This person acts as the central nervous system of the company, turning strategy into execution, surfacing risks early, and driving follow-through across all departments
- Own the annual operating plan and quarterly execution cycles
- Translate company-level goals into functional objectives and measurable deliverables
- Maintain a single source of truth for priorities, milestones, and dependencies
- Run weekly, monthly, and quarterly operating reviews
- Track commitments, KPIs, risks, and cross-team dependencies
- Ensure corrective actions are defined, owned, and followed up
- Partner with Engineering, Mission, Growth, Production, Finance, Marketing and Strategy leaders
- Resolve execution friction between teams
- Drive clarity on ownership, timelines, and decision rights
- Collect execution data across teams and consolidate into executive-level dashboards
- Build and maintain operating dashboards (OKRs, KPIs, milestones, budget vs plan)
- Surface risks, bottlenecks, and resource constraints early
- Support executive leadership with prep, analysis, and follow-through
- Drive accountability without direct authority
- Act as a trusted operator and problem solver
- What Success Looks Like (First 6–12 Months)
- Clear, disciplined operating cadence across the company
- Leaders aligned on priorities and tradeoffs
- Fewer surprises; earlier risk visibility
- Measurable improvement in execution velocity and follow-through
- Leadership spending less time chasing status and more time making decisions
Our take
In the modern world, defence industries must meet ever-evolving threats through new technologies, meaning that forward-thinking is the crux of battling sophisticated threats. CHAOS Industries consists of engineers and researchers building the next generation of defence and critical industry technologies.
Its products to date include the CHAOS Coherent Distributed Network, a time synchronicity platform, and HYDRA that facilitates land, sea and air-based detection and communications. Easy to integrate into existing defence systems, HYDRA can be deployed into challenging warfare environments - providing unique solutions for US defence industries.
In the face of a highly complex threat landscape, it’s unsurprising that CHAOS has received considerable funding. This will support the company’s commercial growth and product development. It also hired a former congressman and ex-CIA veteran as its Chief Strategy Officer, exemplifying its alignment with key defence sectors in the US.
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Company benefits
- Medical, dental and vision benefits will be 100% paid for by the company
- Life, FSA, HSA, 401k (+ Company match), and more
- Free daily lunch, ‘No meeting Fridays’, unlimited PTO (for exempt employees), casual dress code
- Generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance + (coming soon!) annual bonuses
Company HQ
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
Bo Marr
(Co-CEO, CTO & Co-founder)Previously on the Board of Directors at Epirus, Technical Director at Raytheon and studied a PhD at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Brett Cummings
(CFO & Co-founder)Is also an Advisor at Next Play Capital. Previously a CFO at United Cities North America, Senior Advisor at Formation 8 and 8VC.
John Tenet
(Co-CEO & Co-founder)Also Co-Founder at Epirus. Previously Partner at 8VC, Principal at Valar Ventures and an Associate at Allen & Company.
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