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Kela is a secure, open platform enabling rapid integration of commercial and military systems for Western defense, designed and battle-tested by Israeli innovators.
As Internal Operations Lead, you will own the internal infrastructure, resources, and services enabling Kela's teams and projects to operate effectively. This role spans facilities, demonstration sites, vehicles, insurance, travel, equipment, permits, vendor management, budgeting, and organizational planning.
You will work cross-functionally to understand team needs, plan ahead, allocate resources, manage budgets, and build infrastructure and processes supporting organizational growth. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading Kela's internal operations including infrastructure, resources, services, and processes
- Managing a team of Facilities & Operations Managers and embedded Operations personnel across projects
- Collecting cross-company requirements from project teams and ensuring necessary infrastructure and resources are in place
- Building and managing budgets for facilities, fleet, equipment, physical assets, travel, insurance, and internal services
- Managing vendor and service provider relationships
- Coordinating with authorities and military organizations to support field trials, demonstrations, and organizational activities
- Identifying operational gaps and independently building practical, lean solutions and processes
This is ideal for someone comfortable owning diverse internal functions, managing people and resources, and solving problems where established playbooks don't exist. The role requires both strategic thinking and operational execution in a defense technology environment.
