About Us
Iron Ox is reimagining the modern farm, utilizing robotics and AI to grow fresh, consistent, and responsibly farmed produce for everyone. Our experienced team of growers, plant scientists, engineers, and innovators are passionate about deeply understanding and developing this new wave of technology to feed an ever-growing population.
Our mission at Iron Ox is dedicated to addressing some of the most significant issues in food security, now and in the future. We’re focused on sustainable, scalable food production for a changing climate and an ever-growing population.
Iron Ox is looking for a Senior Business Operations Analyst with excellent product sense, analytical expertise, and interpersonal skills to own the models and analysis for our indoor hydroponic greenhouse farms and produce portfolio. You’ll enable the organization to make data-driven decisions by providing product insights and analysis to help drive business initiatives.
As a member of the Product team, you will influence and define what analytics means for the company. You will collaborate across the organization with plant science, engineering, sales, finance, and operations teams to conduct in-depth quantitative analyses that guide strategic decisions. You’ll spend your time building models and tools to gain and provide insight into the business. Your insights will help to inform our understanding of our profitability and productivity, and will help the product team advocate for our internal and external customers.
What You'll Do
Business & financial modeling of greenhouse facilities, sales, and our product portfolio
Build and own models, research, and analysis for greenhouse throughput, operations, automation, and facility design
Market research analysis of product seasonality, customer trends, sales, and business opportunities
Work with product management to understand business and stakeholder requirements to scope and drive high impact projects
Contribute to our team and company data culture by sharing an understanding of our internal and external products and by being a data analysis champion
Help departments design and analyze experiments that provide actionable insight and a deeper understanding of our products
Collaborate with stakeholders to build models that provide insight into project roadmap, product selection, and overall business strategy
Define and monitor key metrics that help drive business goals
What You'll Bring
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
5+ years of experience as a Product or Financial Analyst, preferably at a startup, management consulting, or in finance
Experience in modeling unit economics, cost of goods, gross & operating margin with an eye toward optimization and continuous improvement opportunities
Experience building analytics tools and models for internal stakeholders
Expertise building data visualization tools to convey actionable insights to product managers and business leaders
Passion for problem-solving, critical thinking, and data analysis with a focus on practical business results
Strong communication, listening, presentation skills, and interpersonal skills
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with all levels of the organization
Resourceful and willing to roll up your sleeves
Nice-to-Haves
Experience with agriculture, produce, and farming
Experience with robotics and factory automation
At least 1 year of experience in tech working at a startup
What We Offer
Iron Ox is a small startup with a big dream. You’ll be a part of a team founded on transparency, creativity, and impact on our mission to feed people
Competitive compensation and meaningful equity package
Medical, vision, and dental insurance
401K
We are a mission-driven and well-funded startup, backed by the likes of YCombinator, Pathbreaker Ventures, and Crosslink Capital. We are headquartered in San Carlos, CA with our primary production greenhouse facility located in Gilroy, CA.
Iron Ox is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Please note: Iron Ox does not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing vendors, including recruitment agencies and/or search firms. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Iron Ox employees, or any other company location. Any submittals without a prior signed agreement will become property of Iron Ox.
