Operations Manager, Dandy
Design Quality & Strategy
$120-135k
+ Equity
Fully digital dental lab
Job no longer available
Fully digital dental lab
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$120-135k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To become the best digital dental lab for every dentist.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is intensely curious - not intimidated by big problems and tenacious in their application of operational rigor
- Track record of success in building new operational processes and an ability to work through ambiguity
- 3+ years experience in business operations, analytics, consulting, or operations roles
- Experience working as part of a high-performing interconnected operations team
- Ability to effectively manage time and handle multiple task assignments
- Experience with quantitative analysis and financial modeling
- Strong operational and business acumen
- Extremely high level of attention to detail
- Ability to translate complex information into easily consumable insights
- Self-starter and high degree of motivation to go above and beyond the task at hand
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves and fix problems in a hands-on manner when needed
- Experience using data to analyze performance and drive strategic decision making
- Intellectual curiosity and research abilities
Desirable
- Outstanding professional references to share
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to present quantitative concepts
- Experience with marketplace business models
- Investment banking or management consulting backgrounds, extra bonus points for startup experience
- Relentlessly positive attitude, strong sense of humor, and the ability to have fun at work
What the job involves
- The Quality Manager role will be responsible for ensuring Dandy’s Dental Design process delivers best in class products that meet Dandy’s high quality standards
- You’ll be expected to focus on breaking down complex problems, anticipating bottlenecks, and balancing speed vs accuracy while communicating up and down the company
- Project manage new operational initiatives with stakeholders across the design team
- Develop and maintain standard operating procedures for order processing, design best practices, and quality assurance
- Solve for scale: help build, support, and refine quality operating rhythms across all aspects of design
- Assist in troubleshooting operational issues, diagnose root causes, and propose changes to systems and processes
- Leverage disparate data sources to drive strategic decision-making and install feedback loops for continuous improvement
- Foster a culture of extreme ownership, accountability, and high performance to empower the Dandy team
- Support and refine a complex operational system to achieve quality targets and become a strategic partner in planning and building business strategy for the near and long term
- Lead and empower workforce planning teams to be flexible and reliable partners
- Identify operational bottlenecks and develop scalable solutions to grow market share
Our take
Dentistry has long relied on outdated practices. Dandy was created to modernize and simplify dental operations by integrating technology into every aspect of the dental practice. Its goal is to streamline workflows, making dental practices more efficient and easier to manage.
While other startups have tried to bring technology to the dental field, Dandy distinguishes itself by understanding the industry's complexity and respecting the way dentists operate. Rather than overwhelming practitioners with a complete overhaul, Dandy introduces new features gradually, such as digitizing dental labs for procedures like crowns and implants.
Dandy aims to provide a complete "business-in-a-box" solution that allows dentists to focus on patient care while the platform handles administrative and operational tasks. While this vision has the potential to bring immense value to a field in need of innovation, the challenge lies in overcoming dentistry's resistance to change. Patience and persistence will be key as Dandy reshapes how dental professionals run their practices.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2019
$4.4m
SEED
Total funding: $4.4m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health plans: Your health is our top priority. We offer a range of comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans so you can choose what works best for you. Some plans include employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), and we offer options that cover 100% of employee-only premiums.
- Flexibility, built-in: At Dandy, we flex-first, which means trusting you to own your day and deliver, working where and how you want. We believe that by embracing flexibility, we empower everyone to balance work and life in the way that works best for them. Some roles need to be on-site due to the nature of the work.
- Investing in your wellbeing: Your wellbeing is more than just physical health—that’s why our benefits are designed to support you in all aspects of life. From mental health resources included in our healthcare plans to perks like pet insurance, a gym stipend, and access to discount platforms like Perkspot, we offer a range of programs to help you feel your best—inside and outside of work.
- Shared Success: We believe in shared success—when the business wins, our employees do too. Through performance-based bonuses and equity opportunities, our team shares in the impact we create together.
Company HQ
New York, NY
Leadership
Toni Oloko
(Co-Founder)Previously worked in Special Projects at goPuff. Before that founded PracticeGigs which they went on to sell.
Daniel Hanover
(Co-Founder)Previously worked as a Product Manager at Yelp and as a Software Engineer at Facebook. Studied Management and Technology at Wharton.
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