Responsibilities
- Managing legal and corporate administration, including contracts, compliance documentation and company reporting
- Manage the UK Operations team
- Maintaining IP records and coordinating with external advisers
- Supporting with some logistical challenges as they arise
- Implementing and owning our inventory and resource planning systems
- Supporting people and talent processes, and building strong working relationships with our technical teams
- Supporting finance operations, including grant administration, procurement and requests from investors and partners
- Leading facilities and capital projects, including lab and office development, health and safety and office management
- Supporting the IT team with security, resilience and supplier requirements
- Owning marketing, PR and events operations, including website, media, agency management and international trade shows
- Providing ad hoc support to the leadership team on presentations, reporting and research
- Proactively identifying opportunities to improve how the business operates
Requirements
- 5+ years in operations, business operations or an executive generalist role, with ownership of planning, implementation and results
- Experience managing a small Operations team
- Experience working across a UK/US start-up structure
- A track record of delivering to fixed external deadlines, such as building projects, events and equipment shipping
- Strong written communication, with the ability to produce polished external copy and slides
- Comfort using AI tools to work efficiently across a wide remit
- Quick to learn unfamiliar subjects, and clear about when to bring in specialists
- Comfortable managing a varied portfolio of workstreams and prioritising effectively
Nice to Have
- Have experience in hardware, deep-tech, semiconductor or lab-based start-ups
- Have managed trade compliance or international shipping for technical equipment
- Have led facilities or capital projects from start to finish
- Have implemented inventory or resource planning systems
- Have run international events or managed PR and marketing agencies
