Cyngn

Strategic Operations & Data Analyst

Cyngn

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Salary

💰 $105,000 - $115,000 per year

Job Level

JuniorMid-Level

About the role

  • Embed data-driven decision making across all departments.
  • Define KPIs with functional leaders and ensure consistent tracking.
  • Develop dashboards, reports, and performance monitoring systems for real-time visibility
  • Collaborate with engineering and operations to improve data pipelines and processes for quality and integrity.
  • Train managers and teams to interpret and apply data to strategy and execution.
  • Conduct market and competitive analyses, including comparable company and precedent transaction research.
  • Build and maintain financial models to support M&A, partnerships, product launches, and long-term planning.
  • Evaluate inbound and outbound strategic opportunities, including acquisitions and joint ventures.
  • Translate complex data insights into clear, actionable recommendations for executives.
  • Lead ad hoc strategic projects requiring quantitative rigor and operational understanding.
  • Partner with senior leadership to assess trade-offs and prioritize initiatives.
  • Stand up and lead the company-wide data-driven decision program.
  • Define KPIs for every business unit and operationalize real-time tracking.
  • Build and maintain dashboards and reporting that provide executive visibility.
  • Improve data quality and integrity by collaborating on pipelines and processes.
  • Enable teams through training on interpreting and applying data to execution.
  • Develop market/competitive analyses and robust financial models for corp dev.
  • Become the bridge between technical and business teams to turn insights into action.
  • Company-wide KPIs defined and actively used in decisions.
  • Executives have clear, real-time visibility into performance.
  • Corporate development pipeline is organized, evaluated, and decision-ready.
  • Strategic opportunities assessed with rigorous, data-backed models.
  • You’re the go-to partner for operational metrics and strategic finance.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field.
  • 2-4 years of experience in corporate development, strategy, consulting, investment banking, or analytics roles.
  • Background in finance, consulting, corporate development, strategy, or analytics.
  • Strong financial modeling and market analysis capability.
  • Familiarity with data/BI tools; comfortable working with technical teams.
  • Excellent communication; ability to distill complex data into executive insights.
  • MBA or Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Data Science, or a related field.
  • Experience in autonomous vehicles/robotics/industrial tech.
  • Hands-on with modern BI/analytics platforms.
  • Prior corporate development or M&A transaction experience