Business Operations Associate

Rune; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base and strategic owner­-

Job summary

Rune is seeking a Business Operations Associate to help scale our global build-out of modular data centers at solar sites. You’ll work across operations, legal, people, and facilities, handling high-priority projects from KPI scorecards to office setup and vendor onboarding.

You’ll design processes, ensure compliance across jurisdictions, and keep the office running—driving efficiency, data accuracy, and timely decision-making in a fast-paced, early-stage company.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years in operations, consulting, or a generalist role at a startup or fast-moving team.
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, or a related field.
• Ownership of ambiguous problems and delivering outcomes.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and follow-through.
• Sound judgment on what matters most and what can wait.
• Clear, direct written and verbal communication with teammates and vendors.
• Strong working knowledge of Google Workspace or Microsoft Office.
• Discretion with confidential financial, legal, and employee information.
• Energized by early-stage building and being relied on to make things happen.

Responsibilities

• Own operational projects end to end, from defining the problem to implementing the solution to handing off ownership.
• Support corporate and regulatory compliance across every jurisdiction Rune operates.
• Lead KPI reporting: gather inputs, design the scorecard, and prepare leadership-ready reports.
• Design lightweight processes and systems to support data collection and scale-up.
• Keep the office and team running: workspace, IT, security, vendors, and logistics.

Skills

Ownership

Detail oriented

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, or related field

Tools

Google Workspace

Microsoft Office

Job description

Location: Mountain View, CA This role is located in Mountain View, CA and not open to remote work.

About Rune

Every solar and wind power plant is a latent data center. Rune connects wasted power to the compute that needs it. Solar plants generate electricity the grid can't take: clipped by inverters, curtailed by operators, gone before it ever reaches a meter. Meanwhile, AI needs more power than new construction can deliver in time. Rune deploys hardware, software, and financial solutions to put this power to work. We build modular micro data centers that install directly at solar sites, bypassing the traditional grid entirely and turning stranded power into compute. We're backed by Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures, and Lowercarbon Capital.

The Role

Rune is building physical infrastructure across multiple states and countries, and every new site, partner, and hire adds to the operational surface area of the company. The Business Operations Associate stays ahead of that growth: building the compliance, reporting, and administrative backbone Rune runs on, and taking on the high-priority projects that sit between functions. You'll work across operations, legal, people, and facilities, often in the same day. Some days that means developing and refining the company’s KPI scorecard. Other weeks it means standing up a new office, supporting diligence for financing, or designing a process so a growing team can move faster.

Key Responsibilities

• Own operational projects end to end, from defining the problem to implementing the solution to handing off clean ownership, across areas like office build-outs, vendor selection, and reporting requests.
• Support the business operating infrastructure of the company: corporate and regulatory compliance across every jurisdiction where Rune operates
• Lead company KPI reporting: gather inputs across teams, design the scorecard, and prepare clear, decision-ready reporting for leadership.
• Design lightweight processes and systems across the organization to support improved data collection and scale-up of the company
• Keep the office and team running: workspace, IT and connectivity, security and access, vendors and subscriptions, and logistics.

Ideal Qualifications

• 1–3 years in operations, consulting, or a generalist role at a startup or fast-moving team; bachelor's degree in business, finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• A record of taking ownership of ambiguous problems and getting them to done without waiting to be told how.
• Highly organized, with strong attention to detail and the follow-through to keep many deadlines moving at once.
• Sound judgment on what matters most and what can wait, and comfort making calls with incomplete information.
• Clear, direct written and verbal communication with teammates, vendors, and outside advisors.
• Strong working knowledge of Google Workspace or Microsoft Office, especially spreadsheets; quick to pick up new tools.
• Discretion with confidential financial, legal, and employee information.
• Energized by early-stage building and by being the person others rely on to make things happen.

What We Offer

• Competitive base and strategic ownership in what we believe will be one of the largest infrastructure build-outs of the decade.

Rune is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.