--- title: 'Senior Business Operations Manager at Vannevar' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-business-operations-manager-vannevar-remote-h6qsr43fdbgp' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-14' --- # Senior Business Operations Manager at Vannevar - **Company:** Vannevar - **Location:** Remote - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-09-30 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-14 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/vannevarlabs/jobs/5244368007 ## Job description Vannevar builds AI systems for the Department of War's most consequential missions. We have 125 deployments across every branch and combatant command spanning our core platform and five distinct products. An an example of how we work, when major combat operations started with Iran, we fielded a new product supporting 24/7 operations and 9,000+ users in three months. How we build is our advantage: we deploy forward with the people who own the mission. Our engineers, product team, and CTO deploy forward to the point of friction, including visiting units in Ukraine. We focus on embedding directly with operational units supporting great power competition with China, combat operations with Iran, and counter-narcotics missions. ## About the role We’re looking for a Senior Business Operations Manager to join a small, high-impact team that works on the company’s most important operational and strategic problems. This is a high-ownership position where you’ll drive real outcomes across the company and help us scale effectively from day one. In your first six months, you’ll focus on two main priorities. First, you’ll partner with leaders in our mission and engineering teams to build our system for managing customer delivery (against 9-figures of deals) and to fill gaps in the capabilities we need to execute against our customer and product priorities. Second, you’ll build the core business and operational systems and lightweight processes that will help us scale. After that, you’ll help us source, attract, and onboard the key specialized and senior talent we need for our growth areas, and work more closely within a select customer/mission area to shape the business and operating model for one of the fastest growing parts of our business. The role offers extensive opportunity to work with executives and leaders across the company, and growth trajectories to lead Business Operations at Vannevar or move laterally to help lead another function or line of business. ## What you’ll do Customer delivery and commercial operations — Vannevar has scaled to win deployments with every US Military Service and Combatant Command and with international customers, other federal agencies, and more. Each deployment carries its own delivery obligations and service objectives, and many customers have distinct practices that impact how we can operate. You’ll work with our mission and engineering teams to build a practical system to ensure seamless and efficient delivery against these obligations. You’ll partner with finance and engineering to help us understand our cost structure and opportunities for improvement, reducing friction to improve our end-users’ experience and our business performance. Operational systems for the business — We’ve got rapid growth plans for 2027, and need business systems and processes that enable us to scale, collect core business and financial data, and avoid taxing our employees with burdensome tasks. You’ll build and tailor tools, processes, and AI agents to solve a prioritized set of business problems, which may span finance, customer delivery, recruiting, onboarding, HR, vendor/contract management, and other business areas. You’ll build these systems such that other functions can operate them indefinitely or they can run without you, so you can solve the next set of problems. Strategy for senior and specialized talent— Some of the most important roles for Vannevar’s next phase of growth are ones we haven’t hired before. You’ll help prioritize roles to meet ambitious customer, mission, and product goals, and work closely with senior leadership to develop tailored plans to identify, attract, and hire the right people. You’ll then partner with recruiting to execute those plans, bringing exceptional people to Vannevar and setting them up for success. Business and operating model for growth areas — Once you understand the company’s priorities, you’ll go deep on a single new and high growth customer/mission area. You’ll work with the teams there to understand the growth opportunity and think creatively about the business and delivery model to unlock the next phase of growth. You’ll need to build a deep understanding of the mission problems we’re solving and how customers can leverage our tools, and combine that with business and operational judgement. Special projects — Some of the most interesting work you’ll do here won’t fit into a neat category. We’re a fast-growing company with a deliberately lean internal team. Important problems regularly surface and need someone sharp to own them... these problems could look like analyzing a major strategic investment, designing infrastructure for tracking a strategic goal, or identifying why a key process is breaking down and building something better. ## What we’re looking for - ~5-10+ years of relevant work experience. You might come from a national security, management consulting, or high growth startup background — we want to see that you have experience executing and building new things. We’d love to see comfort with recruiting and building strong teams, scaling commercial and business operations, and supporting new business growth. - Ownership and Autonomy — You care about whether things actually work, not whether you followed the right process. You take responsibility for outcomes and don’t wait to be told what to do next. - Judgment — You figure out what the right problem is to work on, not just the one you were handed. You’re comfortable operating with ambiguity. You can decide when it makes sense to build something lightweight and fast, and when it’s worth investing more. - Speed and Efficiency — You know how to move quickly, and to build things (processes, tools, etc.) that allow others to move quickly too. You hate time taxes or unnecessary cost and find ways to squeeze that out of systems. - Plus: comfortable with designing AI agents for ongoing business processes; strong cross-functional project execution; know how to quickly build credibility with senior leaders. ## What we offer The salary range for this position is $185,000 - $230,000 + equity. Within the range, individual pay is determined by experience, relevant education, and/or training. We’re proud to offer competitive benefits that support our employees. Some key highlights of our benefits package include: - Health, dental, and vision insurance - Remote friendly with WeWork access - Unlimited PTO, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide off time at the end of each year - 401(k) match - Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends - Salary top-up during military reserve duty - Fully paid parental leave - Child and pet care reimbursement during travel Vannevar is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, even if you don't feel like you're a perfect fit. If you're passionate about contributing to our mission, we'd love to hear from you! ## IMPORTANT NOTICE We are committed to protecting the privacy of all applicants. Official emails from the company will come from an @vannevarlabs.com domain. Under no circumstances will a legitimate representative from our company contact you to request passwords, financial information, or other sensitive personal data. Please be vigilant of potential scams. ## About Vannevar ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Vannevar Labs builds next-generation AI-powered defense software for information dominance and decision advantage across the U.S. military and homeland security missions. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, total funding $91.5M) - **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, USA - **Founded**: 2019 - **Founders**: Brett Granberg (CEO) and Nini Hamrick (President) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Defense and Space Manufacturing; National Security Software - **Target customers**: U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community, Homeland Security – including combatant commands (INDOPACOM, SOCOM, AFSOC, etc.) and federal agencies. - **Mission**: Build 21st-century software that operates at the speed of modern conflict to give the U.S. and its allies battlefield information dominance and decision advantage. ## Products & Services - **[Decrypt](https://www.vannevarlabs.com/)** – Flagship product: a foreign text workflow platform that processes vast amounts of open-source intelligence (OSINT), translates languages (Mandarin, Russian, etc.), and surfaces critical patterns and insights for intelligence officers. SaaS deployed at the tactical edge. - **[Curator](https://research.contrary.com/report/vannevar-labs)** – (Beta) A translation and search-and-discovery tool built on top of Decrypt’s data pipeline. - **Unreleased Products** – At least two additional tools in beta (as of Nov 2024) focused on computer vision and/or NLP for battlefield applications. - **Forward Deployed Engineering** – Custom integration and mission support for specific units, often requiring security clearances. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not disclosed (last known post-Series B in 2023) - **Total Funding**: $91.5M - Seed (Apr 2019): $4.5M - Seed (Jan 2021): undisclosed amount, led by Costanoa Ventures and General Catalyst - Series A (Aug 2021): $12M, led by Costanoa Ventures and Point72 Ventures - Series B (Jan 2023): $75M, led by Felicis (with 7 investors) - **Annual Revenue**: Conflicting reports – [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/vannevar-labs) lists $25M; [Contrary Research](https://research.contrary.com/report/vannevar-labs) states revenue grew from $3.5M in 2021 to $80M in 2024, achieving profitability within three years. - **Key Customers & Partners**: U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Air Force Special Operations Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, National Air and Space Intelligence Center; partner with Databricks (announced Oct 2024). - **Notable Investors**: Costanoa Ventures, General Catalyst, Point72 Ventures, Felicis. - **Growth Signals**: Featured on Forbes AI 50 (2024 & 2025); headcount reportedly over 200 as of Dec 2025 (per Contrary); active in major joint exercises (Balikatan 2025, Talisman Sabre 2025); secured a $99M production contract from the Defense Innovation Unit in late 2024. ## Competitive Advantages - **Rare Proprietary Data** – Over one petabyte of adversarial, hard-to-access data that powers fine-tuned AI models not available to commercial firms. - **Tactical Edge Deployment** – AI systems designed to run at the edge, on low-bandwidth battlefield environments, ensuring real-time decision superiority. - **Rapid DoD Adoption** – Uses flexible Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements and DIU partnerships to bypass traditional procurement timelines. - **Cross-Domain Expertise** – Combines talent from elite military units (SEALs, Marines, Intelligence) with top tech companies (Google, Palantir, Scale AI, Amazon, Apple). - **Profitability at Scale** – Achieved profitability within three years – a rare achievement in defense tech. ## Strategic Focus - **Expand International & Homeland Security** – Growing footprint beyond all‑military to include Homeland Security, border security, and diplomatic economic security tools. - **Agentic AI Platform** – Building “armies of agents” that can autonomously steer fleets, detect threats, and keep missiles from flying, with human-in-the-loop oversight. - **Indo‑Pacific Deterrence** – Deepening capabilities for theater‑specific deterrence and partner‑nation data sharing. - **Talent Heavy‑Up** – Actively hiring for 28+ roles (as of mid‑2026) across engineering, mission, and operations, especially those requiring TS/SCI clearances. ## Why Work Here - **Mission‑Driven Culture** – Described as “a workplace like no other” where ex‑Googlers work alongside ex‑SEALs to build AI that protects American lives. Employees focus on “real‑world difference” rather than incremental consumer apps. - **Work Environment** – Hybrid / remote‑friendly, though many roles require on‑site presence in D.C., Honolulu, or other cleared facilities. Remote positions exist for those with existing clearances. - **Engineering Philosophy** – Emphasis on building agent‑based systems, working with rare datasets, and pushing AI to the tactical edge. Employees cite high compensation but note work‑life balance challenges (rating 2.7/5 on Glassdoor). - **Career Growth** – Rapidly growing organization with direct exposure to defense decision‑makers, opportunities to lead mission‑critical deployments, and a strong alumni network feeding into top defense tech (Palantir, Anduril, Scale AI). - **Security Clearance Required** – Most engineering and mission roles require (or sponsor) U.S. government security clearances (TS/SCI). This is a strong signal of deep‑end work. ## Sources 1. [vannevarlabs.com](https://www.vannevarlabs.com/) – Company website 2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/vannevar-labs) – LinkedIn Company Page (financials, headcount, reviews) 3. [research.contrary.com](https://research.contrary.com/report/vannevar-labs) – Contrary Research Report (funding details, revenue, products, headcount, customers) 4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/vannevarlabs) – Greenhouse careers page (open roles, job descriptions) 5. [vannevarlabs.com/careers/open-roles](https://www.vannevarlabs.com/careers/open-roles/) – Official open roles listing ## Other roles at Vannevar - [Mission Lead - Economic Security (Clearance Required)](https://feeny.ai/job/mission-lead-economic-security-clearance-required-vannevar-washington-hvg4m0sa4q63) — Washington, DC - [Senior Full-Stack Engineer - Product (TS/SCI Required)](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-full-stack-engineer-product-ts-sci-required-vannevar-new-york-h8g9064nyfn1) — New York, NY - [Mission Lead - SOF (Clearance Required)](https://feeny.ai/job/mission-lead-sof-clearance-required-vannevar-raleigh-9nx0pb3eat9g) — Raleigh, NC / Tampa, FL / Washington, DC - [Mission Lead - USV Software](https://feeny.ai/job/mission-lead-usv-software-vannevar-norfolk-sqx8zrd0frb3) — Norfolk, VA - [MBA Intern Summer 2027 (Mission Lead - Clearance Required)](https://feeny.ai/job/mba-intern-summer-2027-mission-lead-clearance-required-vannevar-remote-avzdxn94n0m6) - [Site Reliability Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/site-reliability-engineer-vannevar-san-diego-p9976d72d3t7) — San Diego, CA - [Backend Engineer, Security Platform](https://feeny.ai/job/backend-engineer-security-platform-vannevar-remote-gd6m1yp60vpm) - [Mission Lead - Tampa (Clearance Required)](https://feeny.ai/job/mission-lead-tampa-clearance-required-vannevar-tampa-xvmbqzgnd8e4) — Tampa, FL - [Mission Lead - Minneapolis (Clearance Required)](https://feeny.ai/job/mission-lead-minneapolis-clearance-required-vannevar-minneapolis-wbjzys1gy9my) — Minneapolis, MN - [Government Contracts Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/government-contracts-manager-vannevar-remote-a4ncnwmaa3mb)