Special Projects Manager, Operations

The role

You will take problems from Operations leadership and carry them to a finished result. This includes managing physical sites, infrastructure, equipment procurement, and organizational processes.

What you will do

• Lead site work end to end including evaluating space and managing build-outs
• Own site strategy for a growing fleet including storage, charging, and service access
• Keep facilities running including utilities, maintenance, and vendor relationships
• Procure devices, tools, safety equipment, and site infrastructure
• Evaluate options on cost, reliability, and lead time
• Maintain an inventory of company assets
• Run the device and account lifecycle for the field team
• Run initiatives from Operations leadership to completion
• Build plans including scope, sequence, dependencies, timeline, and budget
• Identify recurring friction and design processes, tools, or documentation

Required qualifications

• 3+ years in operations, program or project management, chief of staff, facilities, procurement, or a comparable generalist role
• Record of taking ambiguous problems from first mention to fully resolved without supervision
• Experience managing external vendors, contractors, or service providers
• Comfort with numbers and commercial terms
• Strong writing
• A reliable system for tracking commitments
• Willingness to work onsite in Atlanta, including regular presence at our airport facility
• Ability to pass federal background checks
• Ability to receive and maintain an airport security badge
• Valid U.S. driver's license

Nice to have

• Experience opening, building out, or relocating a physical site
• Experience supporting a frontline, hourly, or shift-based workforce
• Familiarity with aviation, logistics, manufacturing, construction, or field operations
• Experience at an early-stage or high-growth company
• Experience administering devices, carrier accounts, or SaaS tools
• Comfort building lightweight tools

About the company

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy. It is a Series A company backed by venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving.