About the Role

Lycan is looking for a Business Development Operations Manager to serve as the strategic engine behind our national expansion — turning vision into action, and action into scale.

Role Overview

This role bridges strategy and execution, ensuring that every dealership launch, production rollout, and business unit activation runs on time, on budget, and with impact. You'll work directly with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to operationalize growth plans across the country.

Primary Objectives

1. Operationalize National Expansion Initiatives: Translate dealership, retail, and production growth plans into executable, trackable field operations.

2. Enable Successful Partner Launches: Ensure every new Lycan partner — whether a dealer, regional investor, or facility operator — launches smoothly, efficiently, and with high ROI.

3. Streamline Execution of Strategic Projects: Own the operational setup and day-to-day follow-through of key growth projects (production runs, facility builds, equipment delivery, etc.).

4. Build Scalable Systems & Processes: Create tools, templates, and playbooks that turn messy execution into repeatable, scalable systems.
   

Key Tasks and How to Do Them

• Project Manage Dealership and Facility Setups: Coordinate cross-functional workstreams (supply, finance, legal, ops) to launch partners on schedule.

• Own the National Deployment Tracker: Maintain real-time dashboards that track progress of every expansion effort across the country.

• Lead Execution of Growth Experiments: Pilot new dealership formats, retail ideas, and production workflows with field teams and report learnings.

• Serve as a Growth Enabler for Regional BDRs: Provide the tools, approvals, and back-end support that lets field staff close deals and launch faster.

• Manage Internal Documentation & Playbooks: Turn best practices into templates, Notion pages, SOPs, and checklists for use by all growth teams.

• Coordinate Equipment & Inventory Mobilization: Work with logistics and supply chain to ensure every new location has what it needs to go live.
  

Earning & Growth Opportunities

This is a high-leverage, high-visibility role with direct access to Lycan’s senior leadership. Beyond your salary, you'll earn:

✓ Bonuses for Successful Rollouts

Tied to dealership launch performance, facility go-live timelines, or new partner activations.

✓ Promotion Path to Strategic Leadership

Including roles such as National Expansion Director, Retail Operations Head, or VP of Business Operations.

✓ Equity or Profit Share for Major Growth Programs

Especially for rollout formats or frameworks you create that become national standards.

✓ Opportunity to Shape the EV Industry

Your operational systems will power the mobility revolution across the country.