Spacex
Business Operations Manager, Supply Chain Resilience (Starlink)
Bastrop, TX. Posted a month ago
The role
This person will architect end-to-end strategies to secure global and domestic supply chain corridors for Starlink. They will analyze data, build first-principles models, and partner with engineering to eliminate single-source dependencies.
What you will do
- Own Starlink Supply Chain Resiliency and architect the end-to-end strategy to secure global and domestic supply chain corridors and production continuity
- Rally the entire program around supply chain resilience as a primary KPI
- Decouple from high-sensitivity regions by quantifying the rest-of-world frontier
- Engineer the executive contingency playbook to safeguard operations during supply and geopolitical emergencies
- Build first-principles models to identify critical-path choke points and quantify TTS and TTR metrics
- Partner with hardware and manufacturing engineering to support design-out strategies
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, computer science, data science, physics, or other quantitative field
- 4+ years of experience in engineering, manufacturing, product management, operations, FP&A, consulting, banking, or entrepreneurship
- 4+ years of experience in Excel or programming
- Must be available to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- Willingness to travel to customer sites, other SpaceX locations, and events as needed
Nice to have
- Evidence of exceptional ability, especially within an ambiguous environment
- Quantitative dual degree in engineering field and economics or business field and/or equivalent professional experience
- Demonstrated success driving tangible impact/influencing within a broader organization
- Extreme sense of urgency and ownership; bias toward action and automation
- Ability to read and interpret income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements
- Strong proficiency in SQL and Python; ability to handle large datasets independently
- Excellent analytical modeling skills (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Tableau, Looker)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly with senior business leaders
Before you apply
- Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from
About the company
SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. Starlink is a large satellite constellation providing broadband internet to millions of users worldwide.