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Senior Business Operations Analyst

Ursa Major

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Compensation
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Location
Washington, DC
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Security clearance

Job overview

The Senior Business Operations Analyst serves as a strategic partner to the President, connecting financial, operational, and strategic efforts across the company. The role leads high-impact projects, turns complex information into decision-ready insights, and supports leadership decisions to grow the business. It also prepares materials for leadership, board, customer, and partner engagements and identifies business bottlenecks and opportunities.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Financial AnalysisAnalytical SkillsFinancial ModelingData AnalysisPresentation SkillsPriority ManagementJudgmentDiscretionCommunicationManagement ConsultingInvestment BankingCorporate StrategyHigh-Growth OperationsDefenseAerospaceManufacturing

Qualifications

5+ Years ExperienceU.S. PersonAbility to Obtain Security Clearance

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

The future of aerospace and defense starts here.

Ursa Major was founded to revolutionize how America and its allies access and apply high-performance propulsion, from hypersonics to solid rocket motors, satellite maneuvering and launch. We design and deliver propulsion and defense systems that solve the most urgent and critical national security demands.

The Role

The Senior Business Operations Analyst serves as leadership's right hand, connecting financial, operational, and strategic efforts across the company. You’ll take on a wide range of high-impact, one-off projects, turning complex information into clear, decision-ready insights that help the President make faster, more accurate calls to grow the business.

What You’ll Do

  • Act as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to the President

  • Lead cross-functional projects spanning finance, operations, and strategy

  • Gather, analyze, and synthesize data into concise briefings, dashboards, and recommendations

  • Drive priority initiatives from scoping through execution and follow-up

  • Prepare materials for leadership meetings, board discussions, and key customer and partner engagements

  • Identify bottlenecks and opportunities across the business and push for resolution

  • Keep the President’s agenda focused on the highest-leverage decisions

What You Bring

  • 5+ years in management consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy, or a high-growth operating role

  • Strong financial and analytical skills, with comfort building models and working with messy data

  • Ability to distill complexity into clear, compelling presentations

  • Proven record of managing multiple priorities and delivering with minimal direction

  • Excellent judgment, discretion, and communication skills

  • Defense, aerospace, or manufacturing experience is a plus

  • Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance (if applicable)

Classification: Full-time Exempt

Benefits Include: (Please note, Interns are not eligible for benefits)

  • Unlimited PTO - Vacation, Sick, Personal, and Bereavement

  • Paid Parental and Adoptive Leave

  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

  • Tax Advantage Accounts (HSA/FSA)

  • Employer Paid Short and Long Term Disability, Basic Life, AD&D

  • Additional Benefit Options Including Voluntary Life and Emergency Medical Transport

  • EAP Program

  • Retirement Savings Plan - 401k with Company Match

How To Apply: Interested candidates are encouraged to apply by filling out the application below and clicking "Submit Application". This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will remain open until filled or adjusted based on the volume of applicants.

NOTE: Research suggests that women and BIPOC individuals may self-select out of opportunities if they don't meet 100% of the job requirements. We encourage anyone who believes they have the skills and the drive necessary to succeed here to apply for this role.

Must be a U.S. Person (this includes U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents).

Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance.

We’re an equal-opportunity employer. You will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

No outside recruiters, please.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,052 open Business Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$134–198K/yr1,418 salary ranges
  • US median$20–27/hr127 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 30 open Business Operations jobs in Washington, D.C. and 2,052 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington, D.C.
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Business Operations postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (1,681 postings).
Education
489 of the 2,052 open Business Operations jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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