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Associate, Dealer Operations
Harbinger
Operations
Garden Grove, CA, USA
USD 100k-120k / year + Equity
Posted on Jan 17, 2026
About Harbinger
Harbinger is an American commercial electric vehicle (EV) company on a mission to transform an industry starving for innovation. Harbinger’s best-in-class team of EV, battery, and drivetrain experts have pooled their deep experience to bring a first-of-its-kind EV platform to support the growing demand for medium-duty EVs and Hybrids. Harbinger: Familiar Form, Revolutionary Foundation.
Role Overview
The Associate, Dealer Operations will play a critical role in supporting Harbinger’s dealer network and internal sales organization by managing operational processes, improving dealer workflows, and ensuring consistent execution across the dealer lifecycle.
This role sits within the Sales Operations team and acts as a connective layer between Sales, Dealer Development, Customer Success, Finance, and Operations. You will help drive operational excellence, ensure accurate data flow, and remove friction for our dealers and field sales team.
Key Responsibilities
Dealer Support & Enablement
- Serve as a primary operational point of contact for dealers, supporting day-to-day needs and inquiries
- Assist with dealer onboarding, training coordination, and documentation
- Maintain dealer program guidelines, SOPs, and resource materials
- Help track dealer performance metrics and operational health
Sales & Order Operations
- Support vehicle order processing, configuration validation, and internal handoffs
- Ensure accurate data entry and documentation in CRM and internal systems
- Assist with contract routing, approvals, and compliance tracking
- Coordinate with Finance and Logistics on order status, invoicing, and delivery milestones
Process Improvement
- Identify inefficiencies in dealer workflows and propose scalable solutions
- Help document and standardize dealer-facing processes
- Support rollout of new tools, systems, and dealer programs
Reporting & Data Management
- Maintain clean dealer records, pipeline data, and operational dashboards
- Generate recurring reports on dealer activity, order status, and performance
- Support leadership with ad-hoc analysis and insights
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with Sales, Dealer Development, Marketing, Product, and Customer Success
- Support new market launches and dealer expansions
- Help manage internal communications related to dealer programs and changes
Qualifications
Required
- 3-5+ years of experience in sales operations, dealer operations, customer operations, or related roles
- Strong organizational and process-oriented mindset
- Experience working with CRM systems (HubSpot preferred)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- High attention to detail and follow-through
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment
Preferred
- Experience supporting dealer networks, franchise models, or B2B partner programs
- Background in automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, or manufacturing
- Advanced Excel / Google Sheets skills
- Experience with order-to-cash workflows
- Familiarity with contract or compliance processes
What Success Looks Like
- Dealers feel supported, informed, and operationally enabled
- Orders move smoothly through internal systems with minimal errors
- Sales teams experience less friction and faster turnaround times
- Dealer data is clean, accurate, and actionable
- Processes become more scalable as the dealer network grows
Key Benefits & Perks:
- Comprehensive Health, Dental & Vision (HDV) – 100% employee covered
- Early-stage Stock Options
- Robust Retirement Savings (401k, HSA, FSA)
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) & Parental Leave
- Annual Vacation Bonus
- Wellness & Fertility Benefits
- Cell Phone Stipend
- Complimentary Meals & Stocked Kitchens
California Pay Range
$100,000—$120,000 USD
Equal Opportunity
Harbinger is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Harbinger is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at info@harbingermotors.com.
Candidate Data Privacy
Harbinger may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Harbinger may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.
Harbinger may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our HR, legal, and finance teams, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Harbinger affiliates; and (iii) Harbinger’s service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.
Harbinger may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.
Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services. Any unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted in response to our job posting shall be considered the property of Harbinger and are not subject to payment of referral or placement fees if any such candidate is later hired by Harbinger unless you have a signed written agreement in place with us which covers the applicable job posting.