Senior Operations Manager

ATOMS Careers page; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, &

401(k)

Equity)

Sick Time & Paid Holidays

Team lunches at the office

Job summary

ATOMS is seeking a Senior Operations Manager to lead depot-level operations in our Dallas market. You will manage a team of Operations Managers and frontline staff to deliver safe, reliable, and cost-efficient service with a focus on standardization and continuous improvement.

In this onsite role, you will own market P&L inputs, drive efficiency, and collaborate with Recruiting, Growth, Finance, HR, and Strategy.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive, hands-on operations leadership experience in fleet, rideshare, logistics, or another high-volume service environment.
• 3+ years leading people managers responsible for sites, depots, or facilities and large frontline teams (100+ employees).
• Proven track record developing frontline managers into independent operators.
• Multi-site or multi-facility operating experience with the ability to enforce a single standard.
• Proven ownership of cost performance against a budget with balance of growth, efficiency and quality.
• Measurable results improving operation metrics such as throughput, cost, safety or quality.
• Experience in safety-critical operating environments, including incident response and regulatory or labor compliance.
• Data-driven operator with fluency in performance metrics, forecasting and planning tools.
• Experience in high-growth, fast-changing environments; hands-on leadership with daily on-site engagement.
• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience leading multi-site operations.

Responsibilities

• Standardize depot-level execution and continuous improvement across your market.
• Develop and mentor Operations Managers and Associates; build bench strength.
• Manage fleet availability, maintenance, and uptime.
• Ensure driver shifts are fulfilled based on forecasted supply hours.
• Maintain safety standards, incident response, and day-to-day compliance.
• Monitor cost performance against the approved budget and drive reductions where appropriate.
• Own depot performance and improve occupancy, NVA rates, and cancellations, where applicable.
• Lead playbooks and training to enable rapid expansion to new depots and markets.

Skills

Operations leadership

Fleet operations

Data-driven decision making

People development

Budget management

Multi-site experience

On-site leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Atoms is building the machines that power the next era of progress.

Over the last decade, software has transformed the digital world. But the physical world, where food is made, minerals are mined, goods are moved, and industries are run, remains far less intelligent, far less efficient, and far more constrained. We’re changing that.

Atoms builds Physical AI— real-world robots for the industries that move civilization forward, starting with food, mining, and transport. Our systems are designed to understand, predict, and control the real world with precision, turning complex physical operations into something more reliable, more scalable, and more productive.

This work requires more than robotics. It requires deep integration across hardware, software, AI, operations, manufacturing, and real estate. We don’t just build machines in a lab. We deploy them into real environments, operate them, learn from them, and improve them until they work at scale.

We are roboticists, engineers, operators, and builders. We believe the next great technology companies will not only transform information, but the physical systems that shape everyday life.

If you want to work on hard problems with real-world impact, join us.

About the role

The Senior Operations Manager (Sr. OM) is the operational leader accountable for how well every depot in their market runs. You will lead a team of depot-based Operations Managers and the frontline organization beneath them; Operations Associates, Shift Supervisors, Service Agents, and Lead Drivers. Ensuring we consistently deliver a safe, exceptional, and reliable experience for members and drivers alike.

The mandate is optimization before expansion. Your first job is to make the depots you already have run better: tighter execution, more consistent performance depot to depot, lower cost per hour of supply, and fewer surprises. Growth follows a market that runs well, and you will help make yours ready for it, but a strong Sr. OM is measured first on the operation in front of them.

Your manager owns market P&L structure, strategy, and expansion decisions. You are expected to be a strong and well-informed voice in those conversations, bringing depot‑level evidence your manager cannot see from above. You will also partner closely with Recruiting, Growth, Finance, Human Resources, and Strategy. Success in this role requires sharp business acumen, strong people leadership, technical and data fluency, and a builder mindset with a relentless drive for excellence. This is a high‑impact leadership role with visibility across Atoms and a direct path to higher‑level opportunities.

What you’ll do

• Standardize depot‑level execution and continuous improvement across your market
• Operations Manager and Operations Associate development, performance, and bench strength
• Fleet availability, maintenance, and uptime
• Responsible for ensuring Driver shifts are fulfilled based on forecasted supply hours
• Safety standards, incident response, and day‑to‑day compliance execution
• Cost performance against the approved budget
• Own depot performance: Be fully accountable for the operational, safety, and customer experience performance of every depot in your market, and for continuous improvement against it. In Uber‑partnership markets that means utilization, breakage, vehicle readiness, grounded percentage, cost control, and supply hours; in Atoms markets, occupancy, no‑vehicle‑available (NVA) rates, and cancellations.
• Develop independent Operations Managers and Associates: Build a bench of leaders who own their depots outright. Set clear performance expectations, run a consistent coaching and review cadence, delegate real decisions with real consequences, and progressively remove yourself as the escalation point. Your OMs and OAs should be able to diagnose a problem, choose a fix, and deliver a result without needing direction to do it.
• Hold depots to one standard: Define and enforce a consistent operating standard across every location in your market, so member experience, safety, and cost performance do not vary by depot or by shift.
• Think deeply, act decisively: Continuously analyze depot and market performance to identify root causes, challenge assumptions, and take swift action grounded in clear, evidence‑based insight rather than instinct.
• Deliver against the market budget: Own cost performance for driver labor and Operations & Support staff against an approved budget, forecast expenses accurately, and identify cost reductions that do not compromise the quality of the experience. Partner with your Director on how that budget is built and where the targets land.
• Own fleet performance: Own fleet availability, maintenance, and uptime across your depots — ensuring grounded vehicles do not limit supply hours, utilization, or revenue growth.
• Own safety and compliance execution: Hold accountability for driving‑behavior standards, incident response, and risk exposure in your market. Partner with Human Resources to uphold all labor policies and legal requirements, maintain accurate documentation, and keep your market fully compliant at all times.
• Contribute to market strategy: Bring depot‑level insight into the manager’s strategy, budget, and expansion planning, and translate the resulting plan into execution your teams can deliver.
• Build for what comes next: Turn what works in your market into repeatable frameworks — playbooks, cadences, and training that support change adoption locally and travel to new depots and markets as we grow.

What we’re looking for

• 7+ years of progressive, hands‑on operations leadership experience in fleet, rideshare, logistics, or another high‑volume service environment.
• 3+ years leading people managers. Including managers accountable for their own site, depot, or facility and large frontline teams (100+ employees).
• A demonstrated track record of developing frontline managers into independent operators who deliver without close supervision.
• Multi‑site or multi‑facility operating experience, with the judgment to hold distributed locations to a single standard.
• Proven ownership of cost performance against a budget, with strong instincts for balancing growth, efficiency, and quality.
• Measurable results improving an existing operation, throughput, cost, quality, safety, or all four not only running one in steady state.
• Demonstrated experience in a safety‑critical operating environment, including incident response and regulatory or labor compliance.
• Data‑driven operator with fluency in performance metrics, forecasting, and the tools that inform operational planning and decision‑making.
• Experience in high‑growth, fast‑changing environments, comfortable navigating shifting priorities without losing momentum.
• A hands‑on leader who earns credibility through direct involvement and execution, not just oversight. This is a fully onsite leadership role requiring daily engagement with teams and operations.
• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience leading multi‑site operations.

At Atoms, you’ll work on one of the defining challenges of our time—bringing automation into the physical world to drive real, lasting impact. We exist to uncover valuable unknown truths and turn them into progress, which means constantly pushing beyond what’s known and building what doesn’t yet exist. The work is ambitious and often challenging, but it’s grounded in a shared sense of purpose and a team committed to seeing it through together. Our work only matters if it serves others, and we know that meaningful progress depends on the trust of the people we serve and the strength of our team—so we invest in both, creating an environment where you can do your best work and grow.

What else you need to know

This role is based in our Dallasoffice. Atoms is a company driven by invention and continuous change - we are constantly reimagining our industries, building new products, and refining how we operate. We do our best work together. That’s why all of our office‑based teams work onsite, five days a week.

The base salary range for this role is $110,000 - $140,000 per year.

Actual compensation will be determined on an individual basis and may vary depending on experience, skills, and qualifications.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package. You may also be eligible for equity awards.

Benefits Summary (USA Full-Time Exempt Employees):

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account / Health Savings Account Options
• 401(k)
• Equity
• Sick Time, Unlimited Flexible Time Off, and Paid Holidays
• Team lunch in our SoMa office every Tuesday and Thursday

Benefits are subject to change at the company's discretion.
Atoms accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

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