Senior Business Operations Associate (Tapestry)

About Tapestry

Tapestry is X's ambitious project to revolutionize the electric grid. We are a passionate team of software engineers, power systems experts, and clean energy enthusiasts driven by a shared urgency to overcome the grid's limitations that hinder growth and climate change mitigation. Our mission is to make the world's electric grid fully visible, enabling everyone, everywhere, to access clean, affordable, and reliable energy. We collaborate with global partners to develop AI-powered tools that empower grid professionals to build and manage a carbon-free and secure electricity system.

Currently incubating at X, Alphabet’s innovation lab, we are now building the team that will scale Tapestry for more global impact. We are looking for people who are passionate about revolutionizing the energy sector to join us at this critical growth stage. You’ll have the chance to be part of a rapidly growing team that has the agility and impact of an early stage company, while building on world-class technology created at Alphabet. Learn more about Tapestry here.

About The Role

Tapestry’s Business Operations team installs, supports, promotes the strong business practices we need to both grow and scale. We lead planning, reporting, and optimize Tapestry's operational rhythms. Additionally, we drive critical special projects across the company that advance Tapestry's strategic goals and execution.

In this role, you will wear multiple hats, and will own various analytical and operational initiatives. You will work closely with Tapestry’s executive team to estimate market sizes, build economic models, and facilitate decisions with leadership.

You are enthusiastic and a self-starter, wanting to design new and enhance existing processes; scoping, designing, and implementing new and scalable processes to support growth. You are an excellent team player and you can partner with any function and level to deliver value, always starting with intelligent and empathetic questions. You have expertise in the world of electric grids and are passionate about solving its bottlenecks.

How You'll Make a 10X Impact

• Build and manage materials for Tapestry’s board of directors within Alphabet and other external stakeholders
• Lead critical analysis to evaluate Tapestry's performance and guide capital allocation, financial efficiency, and governance.
• Work with Tapestry’s communications team on internal and external-facing representations of company priorities, strategy, and impact
• Support comprehensive market sizing, competitive and regulatory analyses, and value chain mapping for Tapestry's products.
• Collaborate with product managers and Finance to review economic models.
• Present findings to Tapestry teams and executives to inform and guide strategy.
• Work cross-functionally to scale Tapestry's systems, including prioritization, delivery, building, metrics-based operations, and decision-making.
• Partner with Legal, Policy, Privacy, Marketing/PR, Operations, and other teams to mitigate non-technical risks for Tapestry.
  
  

What You Should Have

• 5 years of relevant experience in the electricity industry at a developer, grid operator, utility, consulting group, a growing start-up, or other grid ecosystem player.
• A strong track record in a relevant role within management consulting, corporate development, finance, data and analytics, investment banking, or a similar environment, including proven project management experience.
• Demonstrated experience in communicating complex business and quantitative analyses. You can effectively translate "from spreadsheet to slidedeck" to present compelling insights to operational, financial, and executive stakeholders.
• Ability to build business models from the ground up, based on independently sourced research.
• A genuine passion for the energy space.
• A track record of participating in and building a strong culture of learning and experimentation.
  
  

It’d Be Great If You Also Had These

• Understanding of software development processes.
• The ability to thrive in ambiguity, setting your own goals and effectively delivering in a rapidly changing environment.
• A knack for influencing without direct authority, collaborating effectively with technical and cross-functional teams outside your direct reporting line to achieve results.
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills, combined with impeccable business judgment, leadership capabilities, and the ability to communicate persuasively with senior management.
• Strong attention to detail, project management, and organizational skills.
• A fast learner with the capacity to quickly grasp a wide range of different technologies and industries.
  
  

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $148,000 - $245,000 bonus equity benefits. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.