Head of Business Operations

The role

You will own the company coordination engine by setting goals, measuring progress, and maintaining alignment. You will lead annual and quarterly strategic planning and manage the operating cadence.

What you will do

• Lead the company through annual strategic planning
• Translate the CEO's strategy to quarterly goals for each department
• Orchestrate company-wide annual and quarterly planning
• Own the operating cadence including monthly and quarterly business reviews, annual review, and company town halls
• Ensure every team has clear metrics, initiatives, and owners
• Partner with Engineering and Product to define metrics and build tracking systems and dashboards
• Surface what is off track early
• Find gaps in the plan and lead cross-functional special projects
• Partner with the CEO and Head of Finance & Operations on board reporting
• Think about what BizOps looks like in the age of AI & agents

Required qualifications

• 5 to 8+ years in BizOps, strategy and operations, or Chief of Staff roles
• Built a planning and review cadence from scratch
• Strongly analytical (SQL, spreadsheets, BI tools)
• Write clearly and can turn messy inputs into board-ready material

Nice to have

• RevOps or Sales Ops experience
• Series B/C experience
• Domain background: Enterprise SaaS, industrial, or technical B2B

About the company

Axion builds AI that helps manufacturers in automotive, aerospace, medical devices, and industrial equipment detect and resolve product quality and safety issues. The company is about 100 people and growing fast.