About Element 84 

Element 84 is here to help accelerate and scale projects that have a positive impact on people and the planet. We solve challenging problems across a wide range of industries, but our super power is cloud-based geospatial data processing, remote sensing, and Earth science systems. We were founded by husband-and-wife engineers in 2010 and have grown into a skilled group of practitioners building high-performance systems for the biggest corporate and government clients in the world. Our main office is located in Alexandria, VA but we support a large remote workforce from Michigan to Texas and Pennsylvania to California.

A Few Other Things You Should Know

1. Element 84's values are: We Invest in Each Other, We are Reliable, and Our Work Benefits our World.
2. Element 84 works on meaningful projects that are challenging—from a technical, people, and team perspective. We make an impact on large projects through our leadership and expertise, both formal and informal.
3. Element 84 pays well but we care more about working on projects that matter.
4. Element 84 values life outside of work. We offer parental leave for everyone and support each other through family challenges like medical problems, adoptions, and new babies.
5. Element 84 has had a flexible work schedule since our founding in 2010.
6. Element 84 has made a commitment to diversity. We expect the entire team to share that same commitment. 

About You

You are curious about the world, are constantly learning, driven to lead (formally or informally), and have a strong work ethic. You're interested in solving impactful problems in science, medicine, and other projects that have a societal good. You can work independently or with a team, prioritize your projects, and be effective without micromanagement.

Element 84 is growing and our business processes need to scale with it! This position will report directly to the President (Tracey Pilone) and assist with updating those processes like recruiting, onboarding, financial reporting, business model development, diversity best practices and project monitoring as well as working with key projects and clients.  Growing companies have constantly changing needs, so the candidate for this role will need to be ready to change with them.  A strong generalist with enthusiasm for tackling problems head on would be a great fit.  If you are interested in launching your own business in the future this will be an excellent opportunity for you to help a business operate day to day.  

General duties and projects will include:

• Working with accounting to improve financial reporting and projections
• Implement new processes to ensure contractual compliance as new projects are on-boarded, including working with the Information Security Lead
• Assist in developing and implementing client management processes
• Manage company level administrative tasks and strategy including business insurance strategy 
• Assist the president in development of presentations
• Ongoing business process analysis and improvement 
• Communicate, explain, answer details to further goals established by the President
• Potential to help launch & oversee small subsidiaries 
• Selection of new and streamlining of existing business process software including time tracking, benefits administration, budget tracking and accounting.

You'll care about writing. Our team is remote and written communication is essential. In addition to caring about a well-crafted email and a succinct conference abstract, you understand that good writing is good design and engineering.

Please submit your information, resume and cover letter if you are interested in this permanent position in the Washington, DC metro area.  Remote candidates welcome, ET time zone candidates preferred. 

Here are things we've worked on recently to give you an idea of how you might spend your day:

• Assessing our current recruiting process for updates and scaling; paying attention to the candidate and internal E84 experience
• Finding out if it's ok to discuss a particular project outside of the company, working with the team to figure out what they want to say and the customer for approval
• Draft a presentation for Tracey for the team about E84's finances

Here are the guidelines we're looking at to gauge experience and skillset:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in business operations or management.
• 4 + years of experience in a business process role
• Working knowledge of government contract provisions
• MS Office Suite, Google Suite, Atlasssian Suite (Jira, Confluence)
• History of working with confidential information

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with a technical team 
• History of working with government contracts

This position may be governed by a federal contract which requires the applicant to be a U.S. Person who is eligible to obtain any required Export Authorization.

Benefits

Paying attention to who we are as a company–people, family members, friends, and colleagues–is our primary focus at Element 84. There are lots of ways to run a company and for us, it's wanting to come to work, being around people we enjoy, taking on big things with people you trust, and sharing our achievements as a team.

• You’ll get credit when things go right and we’ll have your back when things go wrong.
• We only take on work that is challenging and right for us. There are projects we will turn down and the team has a say.
• We may be a small company, but we have big company benefits meant to support the idea that we're here for the long term and happiness comes from much more than where you work. 
• We have an extraordinary retention rate because we hire extraordinary people. We hope that’s you.

Element 84 is an equal opportunity employer, with a company culture that values diversity.

We embrace inclusivity and believe that diversity of thought, perspective, and experience helps us reach higher and think bigger. Element 84 is committed to hiring the best person for the team and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.