Strategic Operations Manager

Include but are not limited to:

• Own research about specific product components and related market landscapes.
• Identify and evaluate potential partners, and help shape the approach and partnership strategy for each.
• Support special strategic projects as needed (JDA process, partner comparables, market intelligence).
• Consolidate board and partnership decks and other content from different C-level executives into single cohesive presentations.
• Interact with senior leadership and corporate counsel as needed to prepare term sheets, financial models and documents for strategic partnerships in multiple areas.
• Track multiple business deals and work with senior leadership to close contracts.

• Work closely with the CEO to capture action items in meetings and manage follow-up.
• Manage and triage the CEO's email to ensure projects stay on track.
• Schedule and coordinate meetings and special events.
• Track and reconcile receipts/expenses and payables and manage reimbursements.

• Serve as primary point of contact for the building and coordinate with building management on all issues.
• Order lab chemicals and supplies and track MSDS sheets.
• Receive, log, and secure all incoming deliveries; coordinate all outgoing shipments.
• Build company table tennis brackets and encourage inter-functional team participation.
• Execute and reconcile purchase orders and assist accounting resources as needed.
• Track procurement/shipping issues and resolve billing discrepancies with vendors.

• Track vendor and partner action items and follow up to ensure timely completion.
• Coordinate contracts, documents, and NDA execution as needed.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or related field required, MBA preferred.
• 2–5 years of relevant experience in operations, administrative support, procurement/purchasing, or office coordination.
• 2-5 years of experience in detailed market research and/or strategic projects preferred
• Experience supporting senior leadership or C-suite executives a plus.
• Research and analytics experience using advanced AI and direct outreach a plus.
• Experience in a fast-paced startup or tech environment highly preferred.

• Self-starter with a proactive mindset and strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent researcher, able to learn and analyze quickly.
• Strategic thinker with strong organizational skills, able to manage and track multiple projects simultaneously.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communicator.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build positive relationships, including with external vendors and partners.
• Flexible and adaptable, comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Reliable, responsive, and able to take initiative with little direction.
• Innate willingness to proactively contribute to the growth of a demanding, innovative and irreverent corporate culture.
• Freakishly punctual and able to tenaciously and graciously manage upwards while working with creative and strong executives.
• Trustworthy and discreet with confidential information.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and virtual collaboration tools (Zoom, Teams).
• Comfortable representing the company professionally with external suppliers and partners.

• High visibility working directly with CEO and senior leadership at a fast-growing company.
• Networking across the Endeavour ecosystem and beyond.
• Ability to create and move into senior business functions not yet defined or assigned.
• Work with us to grow the company and you’ll interview your full-time replacement for whatever duties you are least interested in within 18 months.
• Travel domestic and international a possibility depending on partnership strategies pursued and candidate desires.

A fast-paced, entrepreneurial culture focused on innovation.

A flexible, autonomous work environment.

A culture of respect, learning, and excellence.

Experienced, highly talented experts as team peers.

Growth and travel opportunities.

A team of change-makers having a significant impact on people and the planet.

TAF Carbon develops ultra high end carbon based materials that compete with “ordinary materials” in the construction market and beyond.

Our team of passionate change-makers want to leave the world better than the way we found it and work towards a future of Better Materials Everywhere.

TAF Carbon prides itself on hiring talented, highly motivated people because that’s what our mission requires.

To work at TAF Carbon is to know that you are part of something special—something bigger than yourself.

Today, we’re deploying solutions that are game changing, scalable and profitable, taking on challenges based on the needs of our clients and partners and of local and global economies.

At TAF Carbon we combine the best of what technology and the natural world can offer in developing a truly game changing material.

Are you ready to #JoinTheJourney?

​​​​ Position : Strategic Operations Manager Full-Time or Part-Time : Full-Time Reports to : CEO, TAF Carbon

Contact: recruiting@endeavourii.com