Etched
Operations
OperationsLead
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“Operations Lead at Etched. Skills: Business operations, Engineering operations, Technical program management. Own quarterly and annual planning rhythms. Lead strategic projects”
What You'll Achieve.
department function like a high-performing startup; clear goals; smooth execution; internal alignment; hiring, budgeting, performance tracking, and quarterly execution all run at the speed and precision required for first-of-its-kind hardware; ensure teams are scaling effectively
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5-8 years of experience in business operations, engineering operations, or technical program roles in fast-paced environments, Operations Strategy, Business Operations, or seasoned Chief of Staff background at Tier 1 startups or technical companies, Experience designing and managing complex, high-stakes timelines with cross-functional dependencies, High trust with senior engineers and executives, with the ability to influence without authority and drive decisions forward, aptitude for learning new software tools and building internal systems
Nice to Have
Driving recruiting results including sourcing strategy, comp design, and offer negotiation, Running performance review processes and org design projects in engineering-heavy orgs, Budget management and vendor contract oversight for R&D-focused departments, Working closely with technical founders or executives in an early or growth-stage company
What You'll Do.
Own quarterly and annual planning rhythms
Lead strategic projects
Track and manage budgets
Define and track cross-functional capability roadmaps
Build the demand model
and Board readiness material
Manage departmental hiring plans
Collaborate to manage early engineering risk buys
Align demand forecasts
Partner on org design
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
cross-functional coordination; Work closely with our VP of Platform Engineering; partner with functional leaders and talent teams; Collaborate with supply chain and platform teams; Work with Finance and Platform teams; Partner with engineering leads
Communication Scope
influence without authority
Process & Methodology
managing complex, high-stakes timelines, cross-functional dependencies
Full Job Description
About Etched Etched is building the world’s first AI inference system purpose-built for transformers - delivering over 10x higher performance and dramatically lower cost and latency than a B200. With Etched ASICs, you can build products that would be impossible with GPUs, like real-time video generation models and extremely deep & parallel chain-of-thought reasoning agents. Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history. Job Summary We're hiring an Operations Lead to serve as a high-impact business partner embedded within one Platform Engineering Team. This person will be responsible for helping the department function like a high-performing startup within a startup, with clear goals, smooth execution, and strong internal alignment. The role blends strategy, operational design, planning discipline, and execution. You'll work closely with our VP of Platform Engineering to ensure hiring, budgeting, performance tracking, and quarterly execution all run at the speed and precision required for first-of-its-kind hardware. This is not a project manager, EA, or Chief of Staff role. You will be a critical part of how Etched’s most important technical bets are made and executed. Key Responsibilities - Own quarterly and annual planning rhythms for the Platform team, including objective-setting, milestone tracking, and cross-functional coordination - Lead strategic projects that align departmental objectives to broader business needs - Track and manage budgets, vendor relationships, and operational overhead while ensuring technical teams remain focused and unblocked - Define and track cross-functional capability roadmaps: milestones, DRIs, success criteria - Build the demand model -- where engineering time is going, gaps vs. headcount, whether hiring closes these gaps, what to rescope if there’s a delta - Work closely with the Platform team to deve
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