--- title: 'Management Associate at General Matter' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/management-associate-general-matter-los-angeles-bj4h5ba3kcgz' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-06' --- # Management Associate at General Matter - **Company:** General Matter - **Location:** Los Angeles, CA - **Posted:** 2026-07-31 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/generalmatter/jobs/5146296008 ## Job description ## About the Company General Matter is enriching uranium in America. Our mission is to restore our country’s ability to make nuclear fuel. Our fuel will help power AI, manufacturing, and other critical industries. It will power our next generation of reactors. Ultimately, it will power our national ambitions. We were incubated by Founders Fund, like Anduril and Palantir before us, and we are backed by top tier investors. Our lean, world-class team of engineers and operators is applying a first-principles approach to solving the problem of nuclear fuel production. We are a mission-driven company with a culture of urgency, accountability and transparency. ## About The Role We are seeking a Management Associate to work directly with department heads and senior leaders to help drive execution across the organization. This role sits within Strategic Operations, supporting leadership on a wide range of operational challenges — from coordinating complex initiatives and managing leadership workflows to helping solve problems related to budgeting, scheduling, resourcing, and supply chain execution. You will operate as a hands-on partner to leaders, ensuring priorities move forward and critical work stays coordinated across teams. The role is intentionally broad and offers exposure to how leadership teams make decisions and run complex organizations. This position is ideal for high-slope early-career operators who want to develop strong operational judgment, gain exposure to leadership decision-making, and take ownership of important organizational work. ## Responsibilities - Partner directly with department heads to help coordinate and execute leadership priorities. - Manage complex workflows including scheduling, meeting preparation, and follow-ups to ensure leaders operate effectively. - Support cross-functional initiatives by tracking progress, resolving coordination challenges, and ensuring teams stay aligned. - Help leaders work through operational problems spanning budget, staffing, scheduling, procurement, and supply chain coordination. - Prepare materials, analyses, and briefings to support leadership decision-making. - Identify operational bottlenecks and help improve internal processes as the organization scales. ## Basic Qualifications - 2+ years of professional experience in roles requiring strong analytical and operational thinking. - Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects, priorities, or workflows. - Strong organizational and communication skills. - Ability to operate in fast-paced environments with evolving priorities. - High level of judgment, discretion, and ownership. ## Preferred Skills and Experience - Cross-team initiatives stay coordinated and move forward despite complexity. - Leadership meetings and planning sessions are well-prepared and productive. - Operational challenges are surfaced early and resolved quickly. Additional Requirements - Willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed - This position is based in Los Angeles, CA and requires being onsite full-time – hybrid and remote work will not be considered ## Equal Opportunity Employer General Matter is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with General Matter is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status. ## Compensation and Benefits The base salary range for this role is $80,000–$140,000 annually. Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, and internal equity. Please note that the stated salary range is an estimate and may be adjusted based on market conditions, business needs, or other factors. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan. ## About General Matter ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Nuclear energy – uranium enrichment, nuclear fuel supply chain - **Target customers**: Nuclear power plant operators (civilian reactors, small modular reactors, microreactors), data center operators, industrial manufacturers, and government/defense entities - **Mission**: “Restore US leadership in nuclear fuel” and “make the cleanest, safest form of baseload energy the most affordable” [generalmatter.com/mission](https://generalmatter.com/mission/) ## Products & Services - **Low Enriched Uranium (LEU)**: Enrichment of uranium to 3-5% U-235 for existing US civilian reactors (supplying ~20% of US grid power) - **High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU)**: Enrichment to 5-20% U-235 for next-generation small modular reactors (SMRs) and microreactors - **Enrichment as a Service**: Novel, scalable, cost-competitive enrichment technology to fill the critical gap in the US nuclear fuel cycle (conversion → enrichment → deconversion/fabrication) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: Currently hiring for 64+ roles across engineering, construction, legal, and operations; actively building enrichment capacity - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Described as backed by “institutions” and “generational companies” – specific names not publicly available [generalmatter.com/careers](https://generalmatter.com/careers/) - **Growth Signals**: Aggressive hiring across multiple disciplines; establishing a physical presence in Los Angeles (HQ) and Paducah, Kentucky (construction/manufacturing); addressing a critical national security gap (US currently performs <1% of global enrichment) ## Competitive Advantages - **Domestic enrichment technology**: Novel, proprietary enrichment process designed to be cheaper, more reliable, and scalable compared to foreign state-backed competitors - **National security moat**: Sole US-focused enrichment startup aiming to break dependence on Russian and Chinese supply chains - **Talent pool**: Attracts high-caliber individuals from nuclear engineering, technology, finance, and special operations backgrounds - **First-mover in HALEU**: Positioned to fuel the next wave of advanced reactors and behind-the-meter power for AI data centers ## Strategic Focus - **Scale domestic enrichment capacity**: Build and operate enrichment facilities in the US (Los Angeles and Paducah) - **Support AI and manufacturing growth**: Provide reliable, emissions-free baseload power for compute and industrial expansion - **Enable advanced reactors**: Supply HALEU for SMRs and microreactors, opening new markets in remote and austere environments - **Strengthen US energy independence**: Restore US leadership in nuclear fuel production ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: High standards, extreme ownership, copious autonomy, deep trust, zero politics – described as “work with the best across nuclear, tech and finance” [generalmatter.com/careers](https://generalmatter.com/careers/) - **Work environment**: On-site roles in Los Angeles, CA (engineering, nuclear, legal) and Paducah, KY (construction, procurement); no remote/hybrid options explicitly stated - **Notable perks**: Mission-driven work with national impact; opportunity to solve a critical energy and security challenge; flat organization with high agency - **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on control systems, embedded software, simulation, DevOps, and nuclear safety engineering; also seeks creative minds and numbers savants ## Sources 1. [generalmatter.com](https://generalmatter.com/) 2. [generalmatter.com/careers](https://generalmatter.com/careers/) 3. [generalmatter.com/mission](https://generalmatter.com/mission/) 4. [generalmatter.com/technology](https://generalmatter.com/technology/) 5. 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