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title: 'Business Operations Lead at Last Energy'
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# Business Operations Lead at Last Energy

- **Company:** Last Energy
- **Location:** Austin, TX
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-07-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/last-energy/a3dd4c04-6d44-4082-9fed-42a216639614

## Job description

Last Energy seeks a Business Operations Lead to run the day-to-day operational backbone of the company — vendors, facilities, insurance, compliance calendars, and office infrastructure. This role will act as a right-hand to leadership across a broad operational portfolio. This role will work across operations, IT, legal, finance, and security to keep the company running smoothly, and must be comfortable with both process-building and hands-on field work.

## Key Duties & Responsibilities

- Run the weekly operations standup (ops, IT, compliance, accounting) and own the office manager's task management
- Oversee the team coordinating vendor management: corporate services, office leases/facilities, travel vendors, and related providers
- Spin up and directly manage external service providers for administrative projects, ensuring continuity in transfers between service providers or internal teams
- Own the insurance program and program renewals in partnership with the legal team
- Maintain the non-legal corporate compliance calendar and renewal calendar (permits, licenses, facilities-related filings)
- Oversee IT on policy drafting, hardware/software procurement, training, and compliance
- Work with the Head of Security to maintain building security for office spaces, visitor management, safety protocols, and access control
- Lead space growth planning and the real estate portfolio, including lease negotiation (in partnership with legal) and space build-out
- Partner with legal and finance to improve approval matrices and controls
- Partner with legal/compliance to roll out new policies and procedures
- Partner with People Ops on new hire logistics, including desk setup and building access
- Oversee physical asset and equipment inventory in partnership with IT and manufacturing teams
- Build and maintain dashboards to track operations KPIs, project budgets, and equipment inventories
- Oversee special projects as needed; must be comfortable with field work and getting hands dirty
- Own event logistics for both internal and external-facing events
- Act as right hand to the C-Suite, supporting other duties as assigned
- Other duties as assigned

## Qualifications

- 8+ years of experience in business operations, office/facilities operations, or a similar function, ideally in a high-growth environment
- Proven experience managing vendors, service providers, and facilities or real estate projects
- Familiarity with insurance programs, compliance calendars, and corporate renewals
- Comfort overseeing IT policy, procurement, and physical security in partnership with specialist teams
- Strong project management skills; able to coordinate many workstreams and stakeholders simultaneously
- Data-oriented; experience building dashboards and tracking operational KPIs
- Hands-on, resourceful, and willing to do field work when needed
- Based in Austin, TX (or open to relocation)

## About Last Energy

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Last Energy develops and deploys micro modular pressurized water reactor (PWR) power plants using a full-service, factory-built model to deliver clean, reliable, on-site baseload electricity for industrial customers and utilities.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture Capital-Backed, Series C)
- **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, USA (also has an office in Washington, D.C.)
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Founded by the Energy Impact Center (EIC), led by Bret Kugelmass [lastenergy.com/about](https://www.lastenergy.com/about)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Nuclear power generation, clean energy infrastructure, climate technology
- **Target customers**: B2B – data centers, energy-intensive industrial facilities, utilities seeking behind-the-meter or on-premises baseload power [lastenergy.com](https://www.lastenergy.com/)
- **Mission**: “How to deliver abundant, reliable energy fast enough to support modern industry and economic growth” [lastenergy.com/about](https://www.lastenergy.com/about)

## Products & Services
- **PWR-20**: A 20 MWe micro modular nuclear reactor based on proven pressurized water reactor technology. The plant is fully factory-fabricated, uses proprietary steel containment, and is designed for rapid on-site assembly. Last Energy acts as designer, owner, operator, and independent power producer, selling power under long-term purchase agreements [lastenergy.com](https://www.lastenergy.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total disclosed funding raised is **$324 M**; latest round was a **$101 M Series C** completed on July 18, 2025 [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/265186-36)
- **Notable Investors**: AE Ventures, Astera Institute, Chaucer Global, Dysruptek, Endowment Arm [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/265186-36)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - 60 employees and growing [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/265186-36)
  - 15 active patents, with several recently filed for containment structures [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/265186-36)
  - Company status is “Generating Revenue” [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/265186-36)
  - Active hiring for key operational roles in Austin, TX [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/last-energy)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Full-service delivery model**: Last Energy designs, builds, owns, and operates its plants, removing the need for customers to develop or finance nuclear assets.
- **Proven reactor technology**: Uses standard PWR technology (not novel) combined with factory modularization to reduce construction time and cost.
- **Proprietary steel containment**: Patented containment structures improve safety and simplify siting.
- **Behind-the-meter IPP structure**: Power purchase agreements provide stable revenue while customers get reliable, carbon-free baseload power without capital outlay.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling the deployment of micro modular reactors to meet soaring electricity demand from AI, data centers, and industrial reshoring.
- Expanding factory production capabilities to accelerate time from order to operation.
- Growing its portfolio of power purchase agreements with utilities and large energy consumers.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Dynamic and passionate team that blends fresh perspectives with seasoned expertise” — described as a fast-growing international team united by a mission to solve one of the hardest problems in energy [lastenergy.com/careers/jobs](https://www.lastenergy.com/careers/jobs)
- **Work policy**: Roles are currently on-site in Austin, TX or Washington, D.C. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/last-energy)
- **Impact**: Opportunity to work on the “most important challenge of our lifetime” with tangible progress toward global clean energy goals.
- **Engineering culture**: Hands-on work with hardware, nuclear systems, and modular manufacturing; strong patent activity indicates a culture of innovation.

## Sources
1. [lastenergy.com](https://www.lastenergy.com/)
2. [lastenergy.com/about](https://www.lastenergy.com/about)
3. [lastenergy.com/careers/jobs](https://www.lastenergy.com/careers/jobs)
4. [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/265186-36)
5. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/last-energy)

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