Business Operations Associate New York City

Ambient AI, Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in AI-powered physical security is seeking a Business Operations professional to tackle high-impact challenges. This role involves partnering with various teams to drive operational excellence and improve efficiency. Candidates should have strong analytical skills and a relevant degree, with opportunities to impact nearly every aspect of the business.

Benefits

Stock options

Comprehensive health + welfare package

Flexible time off

Latest tech and swag

Qualifications

• 2+ years in management consulting, investment banking, or a similarly analytical role.
• Ability to distill complex issues into structured frameworks and action plans.

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute key projects impacting functional effectiveness.
• Develop and track key company KPIs to drive execution.
• Identify and evaluate new business opportunities.

Skills

Analytical

Financial Modeling

Presentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree from a top-tier university

Job description

Ambient.ai is a unified, AI-powered physical security platform that helps enterprise organizations reduce risk, improve security operation efficiency, and gain critical insights. Seven of the top 10 U.S. technology companies and multiple Fortune 500 organizations across various industries leverage Ambient.ai to unify their security infrastructure and significantly enhance their security posture.

The Ambient.ai platform applies AI and computer vision intelligence to existing sensor and camera infrastructure to monitor and detect threats continuously in real-time. Ambient.ai does this while simultaneously decreasing false alarms by over 95%, allowing security teams to focus on legitimate threats. With Ambient.ai, companies can do more with less and prevent security incidents before they happen.

We were founded in 2017 by Shikhar Shrestha and Vikesh Khanna, experts in artificial intelligence from Stanford University who previously built iconic products at Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Dropbox. We are a Series-B company backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Allegion Ventures, SV Angel, Y Combinator, and investment angels like Jyoti Bansal, Mark Leslie, and Elad Gil.

Named on the YC Top Companies List 2021, 2022, 2023, and the Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Stars 2020, we are turning the impossible into the inevitable. We always seek passionate people who enjoy solving the most challenging problems with cutting-edge AI/ML.

Position Overview:

The Business Operations team is focused on solving some of Ambient.ai’s most high-impact business challenges and laying the foundation for our next phase of growth.

In this role, you will initially partner with our Revenue teams (Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success) to drive analytical rigor and operational excellence. Over time, the scope will expand to include key projects across Product, Finance, and broader company operations, offering the opportunity to impact almost every aspect of the business.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and execute key projects that impact functional effectiveness, operations, and long-term success

• Serve as a value-added partner to senior leaders and functional teams

• Develop and track key company KPIs to drive execution and surface opportunities for operational improvement

• Design, implement, and optimize complex business systems, processes, and workflows to improve efficiency and scalability

• Identify and evaluate new business opportunities, strategic initiatives, and partnerships for Ambient.ai

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from a top-tier university

• 2+ years in management consulting, investment banking, or a similarly analytical role

• Strong analytical, financial modeling, and presentation skills

• Ability to distill complex issues into structured frameworks and action plans

• Ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment with a high degree of autonomy

• Ability to build productive and positive relationships across the organization at all levels

Why join us:

• We are creating an entirely new category within a 180+ billion-dollar physical security industry and looking for team members who are also passionate about our mission to prevent every security incident possible

• We have an impressive customer roster of F500 companies, including Adobe, SentinelOne, and TikTok

• Regular Full-time employees receive stock options for the opportunity to share ownership in the success of our company

• Comprehensive health + welfare package (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, EAP, Legal Services, 401k plan)

• We offer flexible time off to rest and recharge, including Winter Break (time off between Christmas and New Year’s for most roles, depending on customer demand)

• The latest tech and awesome swag will be delivered to your door

• Enjoy a full range of opportunities to connect with your awesome co-workers

• We love to hike, are foodies, and love music! Check out our most recent Ambient Spotify Playlist

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We take a market-based approach to pay here at Ambient.ai, and pay may vary depending on multiple factors. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, level, market conditions, and internal parity.

Base salary is just one component of our total rewards package. As a fast-growing start-up, our regular employees are also granted stock options, and an opportunity to succeed when Ambient.ai succeeds. As a young start-up with product market fit, our stock upside is substantial, and a large part of our total rewards strategy.

The pay scale below represents the starting base salary range we expect to pay for this position, and is subject to change*:

New York: $130,000 - $150,000

*From time to time, we may decide to make an offer to a candidate that is either leveled below or above this role based on skills, experience, and interview performance.

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