Analyst, Strategy & Operations

Niron Magnetics is commercializing rare-earth-free magnet technology through advanced materials and manufacturing innovation. The Analyst, Strategy & Operations will support senior leadership through cross-functional project execution, quantitative analysis, market and competitor research, meeting coordination, and process management.

What you'll do:

• Take ownership of discrete work streams delegated by senior leaders, from first draft to finished product
• Prepare and format materials for investor, Board, customer, and government audiences
• Attend key internal and external meetings, capture decisions and action items, and drive follow-through to closure
• Serve as connective tissue across functions, chasing down the input, data, or answer that is blocking a decision
• Build and maintain spreadsheets, trackers, and simple models supporting fundraising, commercial pipeline, and operational reporting
• Conduct market, competitor, customer, and policy research and synthesize it into clear, decision-ready summaries
• Reconcile data across systems and documents, and flag discrepancies before they reach an external audience
• Turn messy, incomplete inputs into organized, accurate, well-structured outputs
• Maintain visibility on deadlines, deliverables, and owners across multiple concurrent work streams
• Build the lightweight processes, templates, and trackers that a fast-growing company needs and rarely has time to create
• Coordinate logistics for high-stakes meetings, site visits, and diligence processes
• Develop a working understanding of Niron's technology, manufacturing process, customers, and markets

What they're looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in an analytically rigorous field — economics, the sciences, pre-med, statistics, history, engineering, or similar. We care more about the rigor of the program and how you were trained to think than about the specific subject
• A strong academic record, including GPA, paired with meaningful involvement outside the classroom — extracurricular leadership, athletics, research, or work during school. We are looking for people who consistently take on more than the minimum and still perform
• 0 – 2 years of professional experience. Recent graduates are encouraged to apply
• Exceptional organization and attention to detail. You track your own commitments without being reminded, and nothing falls through
• Strong quantitative comfort. You can build a clean spreadsheet, sanity-check a number, and explain what it means
• Clear, concise writing. You can summarize a dense document or a long meeting in a paragraph
• Sound judgment and discretion. This role carries early exposure to confidential financial, customer, and strategic information
• A genuine bias to action and no sense that any task is beneath you. The most valuable person in a growing company is often the one who just picks it up
• Curiosity and speed of learning. You will be handed unfamiliar subject matter constantly and expected to get up to speed fast
• Full-time and on-site at our Minneapolis headquarters
• Internship or co-op experience in consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy, venture capital, a startup, or a manufacturing environment
• Strong Excel skills, including comfort with lookups, pivot tables, and basic modeling

Benefits:

• Equity position in Niron via stock option grant
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Mental healthcare benefits
• 401k plan with 6% company match
• Paid time off to take time for what you need in life
• Experience in a fun, high-performing, manufacturing environment set to change the world