Strategy and Operations

Giga Energy

$100K — $120K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
  • 2-4+ years in management consulting, investment banking, or similar rigorous environment
  • Experience in crafting polished, executive-level presentations
  • Strong project management capabilities with a focus on cross-functional completion
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficient problem-solving skills, adept at navigating incomplete information
  • Willingness to travel extensively, often on short notice
  • Ability to relocate to Houston, TX

Responsibilities

  • Act as the CEO's strategic and operational assistant, solving complex issues
  • Own cross-functional projects from definition to closure on the CEO's behalf
  • Create board decks and executive presentations with clear narratives
  • Prepare the CEO for meetings, synthesizing materials and tracking follow-ups
  • Travel with or ahead of the CEO to represent Giga at various locations
  • Manage complex scheduling and travel logistics across offices
  • Research and analyze strategic questions, providing actionable recommendations
  • Stand in for the CEO in selected internal meetings to ensure follow-through

Benefits

  • Subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Equity options in a high-growth startup
  • 401(k) plan with 4% employer match
  • Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
  • Parental leave benefits
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA) for healthcare and dependents
  • Commuter benefits available
  • Opportunities for in-person collaboration during team events
Full Job Description
What you'll do

Giga Energy's CEO moves fast across fundraising, customer deals, plant/site operations, and board management, and needs someone who can move with him. As Strategy & Operations under the CEO, you'll operate as his right hand: part executive partner, part operator, part fixer. One day you're building the board deck, the next you're on a plane to a customer site, the next you're running point on a cross-functional technical project. This is a rare opportunity with significant career growth, for someone early in their career to work directly with the CEO, tackling urgent, real business challenges.
Where you'll work

This role is based out of our Houston office and works in lockstep with the CEO in person, the job doesn't work remotely. We'll support relocation for the right person. Expect to travel frequently and often on short notice to other Giga offices (San Francisco, Long Beach), customer sites, investor meetings, and industry events.
Responsibilities
  • Act as the CEO's strategic and operational right hand - solve complex problems, run research and analysis, prep for high level meetings so his time goes to the highest-leverage work
  • Own cross-functional projects end-to-end on the CEO's behalf: define the problem, drive the workstream, chase down the people who need to move, and close the loop
  • Build board decks, investor materials, and executive presentations that turn messy inputs into a clear, compelling narrative
  • Prepare the CEO for meetings, board sessions, and external engagements; synthesizing background material, drafting talking points, and tracking follow-ups to completion
  • Travel with or ahead of the CEO to represent Giga at customer sites, manufacturing facilities, and industry events
  • Manage complex, fast-changing scheduling and travel logistics across time zones and offices, no task considered too big or too small
  • Research and analyze ad hoc strategic questions - market dynamics, competitor moves, operational bottlenecks - and turn findings into a clear recommendation, not just a summary
  • Stand in for the CEO in select internal meetings, ensuring decisions are captured and followed through on
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 2-4+ years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, or a similarly rigorous, high-output professional environment
  • Demonstrated experience building polished, executive-ready presentations (PowerPoint or GSuite)
  • Strong project management skills, with a track record of driving cross-functional work to completion without hand-holding
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex or ambiguous information into a clear point of view
  • Strong problem-solving skills and comfort operating with incomplete information
  • Willingness and ability to travel extensively, often on short notice
  • Ability to relocate to and work in-person from Houston, TX
Bonus Points
  • Prior consulting, banking, or strategy experience in the energy, power, or industrial infrastructure sectors
  • Experience directly supporting a CEO, founder, or senior executive
  • Experience in a high-growth startup environment

How We Work

We value people who take ownership, raise risks early, communicate directly, and follow through. Incomplete information is part of the job. Make the best decision you can, document it, and adjust as the facts change. Move quickly on reversible decisions and take more care when security, safety, financial, employee, or customer risk is involved.
Benefits
  • Subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Equity (options) in a rapidly growing startup
  • 401(k) with 4% employer match
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Parental leave
  • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Commuter benefits, where applicable
  • Opportunities to collaborate in person at periodic team and company on-sites

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