Robotics Operations Lead: Vendor & Logistics

Watney; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Watney is seeking a Business Operations Lead to relieve engineers of non-technical tasks such as vendor contracts, site leases, and logistics. You will own cross-functional work that currently falls to whichever team has time, with no fixed job description yet defined.

This role is about enabling engineers to focus on core robotics work. The candidate will operate as a generalist in a fast-moving, small company, driving ambiguity to resolution and building foundational processes for Watney’s

Qualifications

• Operated as a generalist in a small, fast-moving company.
• Owned vendor contracts, site leases, or cross-functional projects with ambiguity.
• Able to take ownership of a problem with no clear owner and drive to resolution.

Responsibilities

• Build operating processes including vendor management, site leasing, and spend.
• Take ad hoc vendor, contract, and logistics work off engineering and technicians.
• Own cross-functional projects that don’t fit neatly into one team.

Skills

Generalist experience

Vendor management

Contract oversight

Site leasing

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Watney is seeking a Business Operations Lead to relieve engineers of non-technical tasks such as vendor contracts, site leases, and logistics. You will own cross-functional work that currently falls to whichever team has time, with no fixed job description yet defined.

This role is about enabling engineers to focus on core robotics work. The candidate will operate as a generalist in a fast-moving, small company, driving ambiguity to resolution and building foundational processes for Watney’s