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The Role
Partners with the CEO and executive leadership to shape company strategy, lead strategic planning and cross-functional initiatives, improve organizational effectiveness, and drive execution. Oversees operating cadences, OKRs, forecasting, reporting, board and investor materials, resource allocation, and performance analytics. Collaborates across operations, R&D, sales, marketing, finance, and HR to align priorities, improve decision-making, and support strategic partnerships and fundraising.
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RETHINK MANUFACTURING
The only way to ignite change is to build the best team. At Bright Machines, we’re innovators and experts in our craft who have joined together to manufacture the AI and data center infrastructure at the edge. We believe unifying software, intelligent automation, and data is the answer to delivering quality and flexibility at scale. We deliver products to meet the demands of today while continuously investing in our Bright Factory model to take advantage of what comes next.
Working with us means you’ll have the opportunity to make lasting, impactful changes for our company and our customers. If you’re ready to apply your exceptional skills to a brighter way of manufacturing AI infrastructure, we’d love to speak with you.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Chief of Staff at Bright Machines partners directly closely with the CEO and executive leadership team to drive high-impact initiatives across the organization. In this role you will be a strategic and operational leader partner to the executive leadership team, driving cross-functional initiatives, accelerating strategic priorities, and boosting organizational effectiveness. You’ll play a key role in shaping company direction, facilitating decision-making, and ensuring that the business executes efficiently and cohesively at scale.
- Partner closely with the CEO and executive leadership team to shape and articulate overall company strategy, including long-range planning resource allocation, and prioritization of major initiatives.
- Lead and manage strategic planning processes, including OKR’s, quarterly priorities, and cross-organizational alignment.
- Oversee key projects that cut across functions (e.g., operational transformation, new business initiatives and partnerships).
- Work with executive leaders (Operations, R&D, Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, etc.) to ensure integration of strategic plans into functional execution.
- Facilitate effective communication across teams to break down silos and promote organizational clarity.
- Drive the rhythm of the business, including business reviews, forecasting processes, and reporting cadence.
- Support preparation of materials for Board of Directors, investors, and fundraising.
- Identify challenges and opportunities in the operating model and propose solutions to enhance alignment and execution.
- Lead or participate in initiatives that improve processes, forecasting, or decision frameworks across the company.
- Develop analytical models to support strategic planning, resource allocation, and company performance.
- Support investor relations, external communications, and strategic partnerships in collaboration with Marketing and Finance teams.
- Support preparation of materials for Board of Directors, investors, and fundraising.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
- 8+ years in a strategic, operational, or business planning role. Ideally in high-growth technology, SW, robotics, automation, or top tier consulting firms. (at least 3 years post MBA).
- Top tier consulting firm experience preferred (Bain / BCG / McKinsey)
- Proven track record leading strategic cross-functional programs or initiatives from ideation to execution.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills; comfortable with complex, ambiguous environments.
- Experience building operating cadences, KPI frameworks, forecasting processes, and performance dashboards.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to craft executive-level presentations and narratives.
- Credibility working with senior leaders, with high emotional intelligence, discretion, and sound judgment.
- Bachelor’s degree required (preferably engineering, or a related field). An MBA or comparable advanced degree is preferred.
WHAT YOU WILL BRING
- Experience at a high-growth technology, robotics, automation, or deep-tech company.
- Prior experience in manufacturing, automation, or AI infrastructure.
- Familiarity with investor relations and the fundraising process.
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAD
BE EMPOWERED TO CHANGE AN INDUSTRY
Bright Machines is a next-generation, AI-enabled manufacturer focused on data center infrastructure production. Bright Machines uses its proprietary AI-based robotics and software to assemble AI infrastructure hardware products (i.e., data center servers) for hyperscalers, neoclouds, and leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to reduce their time to revenue. With its Bright Factory model, Bright Machines builds higher quality data center infrastructure at scale, addresses increasing market demands for computing power due to the surge of AI, and answers the call to the U.S. national mandate to reshore manufacturing.
Bright Machines is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, and has an integration center in Guadalajara, Mexico. The company has been recognized as one of Forbes’ AI 50, awarded “Best AI-based Solution for Manufacturing” by AI Breakthrough, named a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum, and highlighted by several other leading technology and innovation organizations.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of experience in a strategic, operational, or business planning role
- At least 3 years of experience post-MBA
- Proven track record leading strategic cross-functional programs or initiatives from ideation through execution
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills
- Experience building operating cadences, KPI frameworks, forecasting processes, and performance dashboards
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level presentations and narratives
- Ability to work credibly with senior leaders using discretion, sound judgment, and emotional intelligence
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in engineering or a related field
- Experience at a high-growth technology, robotics, automation, or deep-tech company
- Experience at a top-tier consulting firm such as Bain, BCG, or McKinsey
- MBA or comparable advanced degree
- Experience in manufacturing, automation, or AI infrastructure
- Familiarity with investor relations and fundraising processes
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The Company
What We Do
We deliver intelligent, software-defined manufacturing by bringing together our flexible factory robots with intelligent software, production data and machine learning. Our growing, global team of more than 300 robotics, software and manufacturing industry veterans believe building physical things should be as seamless and simple as creating digital products. Our software-defined manufacturing platform helps customers innovate faster to meet the growing demands of a new era of manufacturing.
