Head of Business Operations

ReOrbit; Helsinki; Presencial; EUR 120 000 - 190 000; Tempo integral

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Resumo da oferta

ReOrbit is seeking a highly driven Head of Business Operations to translate strategy into measurable outcomes, working with the CEO and leadership team. You will drive critical initiatives, improve operating rhythms, and ensure decisions become action in a fast-growing, international tech environment.

This high-ownership role requires handling multiple priorities across functions, with a focus on dashboards, KPIs, and scalable processes to support growth. Helsinki-based with global impact.

Qualificações

• 8+ years in business operations, strategy, management consulting, or similar high-ownership roles.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.
• Experience driving cross-functional initiatives from concept to execution.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management with senior leaders.
• Experience working closely with senior executives while remaining hands-on.
• Strong commercial and financial understanding.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and demanding timelines.
• High ownership, discretion, and integrity.

Responsabilidades

• Work closely with CEO and management to translate strategy into priorities and actionable plans.
• Drive strategic, cross-functional initiatives from definition through delivery.
• Track company objectives, milestones, and KPIs; flag issues proactively.
• Prepare analyses and recommendations for key decisions.
• Ensure leadership decisions become clear actions and are followed through.
• Improve operating cadence, processes and ways of working as the company scales.
• Identify bottlenecks and work with leaders to resolve them.
• Establish dashboards, reporting, and routines for transparency and accountability.
• Coordinate initiatives across Engineering, Delivery, Commercial, Finance, People and others.
• Support development and implementation of scalable business processes.
• Act as execution partner to the CEO on top priorities.
• Prepare materials for leadership and board discussions.
• Follow up on commitments across leadership.
• Support management reviews and planning cycles.
• Take ownership of special projects from the CEO.

Conhecimentos

8+ years exp in ops/commercial roles

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional leadership

Executive collaboration

Communication skills

Financial acumen

Ambiguity navigation

Ownership mindset

Problem-solving

Descrição da oferta de emprego

ReOrbit is looking for a highly driven and execution-oriented Head of Business Operations professional to work closely with our CEO and leadership team.

As our Head of Business Operations, you will operate at the intersection of strategy, execution, and operations, helping translate company priorities into measurable outcomes. You will work across the organisation to drive critical initiatives, improve our operating rhythm, solve complex business problems, and ensure that key decisions turn into action. This is a high-ownership role for someone who thrives in a fast-growing, international technology company and is comfortable navigating multiple priorities and stakeholders.

It's an exciting chance to join a dynamic start‑up, with the opportunity to make a real impact, to reach our goal of pushing the boundaries of space data transfer.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Executive Management to translate company strategy into clear priorities and actionable execution plans.

• Drive strategic and cross-functional initiatives from definition through to delivery.

• Track company-level objectives, milestones, and KPIs, identifying areas that require attention or intervention.

• Prepare analysis and recommendations to support key business and operational decisions.

• Ensure that decisions and priorities from leadership discussions are translated into clear actions and followed through.

• Improve the company’s operating cadence, processes, and ways of working as the organisation scales.

• Identify operational bottlenecks and work with functional leaders to resolve them.

• Establish and maintain dashboards, reporting, and management routines that improve transparency and accountability.

• Coordinate initiatives across Engineering, Delivery, Commercial, Finance, People, and other functions.

• Support the development and implementation of scalable business processes.

• Act as an execution partner to the CEO on selected strategic and operational priorities.

• Prepare materials, analysis, and decision briefs for leadership and board-level discussions.

• Follow up on critical commitments and actions across the leadership team.

• Support management reviews, strategy sessions, and company planning cycles.

• Take ownership of special projects and initiatives assigned by the CEO.

• Establish clear ownership, timelines, and success metrics for key company initiatives.

• Monitor execution against company objectives and proactively flag risks, blockers, or delays.

• Drive structured follow-up across functions while maintaining clear ownership with the relevant functional leaders.

• Help strengthen decision-making, accountability, and execution discipline across the organisation.

Skills and Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in business operations, strategy, management consulting, corporate development, programme management, or a similar high-ownership role.

• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.

• Demonstrated experience driving complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept to execution.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across different functions and levels of seniority.

• Experience working closely with senior executives while remaining comfortable operating hands‑on.

• Strong commercial and financial understanding.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity, changing priorities, and demanding timelines.

• A high level of ownership, discretion, and integrity.

• Ability to simplify complex problems and drive them towards clear decisions and execution.

• A proactive and pragmatic mindset, with a strong bias towards action.

What does ReOrbit do?

ReOrbit builds the foundation for the next generation of space applications by transforming satellites into truly intelligent, interconnected platforms, defined by software. Our satellite design philosophy revolves around the idea that satellites must network, communicate with each other and thus improve mission efficiency. How can this be achieved? Thanks to a flexible software‑first architecture, where all these aspects are dealt with upfront in the mission concept, as integrated functionalities.

ReOrbit’s top‑notch team of software engineers and system architects develop in‑house software, procure hardware from the best‑in‑class suppliers, and seamlessly integrate the components to create flexible and secure satellites. Today, we are a rapidly growing company building a very strong multidisciplinary team to support our activities. We are headquartered in Helsinki, Finland with a subsidiaries in Bristol, UK, Bariloche, Argentina and Bengaluru, India.

Working at ReOrbit

At ReOrbit, we are focused on building a strong team as we believe nothing can be accomplished without innovative, humble and curious minds working together on a common goal. We’re all about fostering an inclusive, dynamic environment where equality and diversity are our strength.

We offer

• Challenging but rewarding environment – you will thrive if you are always reflecting on how to make things better. Your ideas will be heard.

• Ambitious and supportive network of people, who are motivated to change the space industry, bringing expertise from both classic and new space .

• Benefits such as lunch vouchers, events, parties, occupational health care andadditional health insurance- but most importantly a possibility to be a part of a unique and diverse team, connected by similar mindset and sense of humor.

• We like to spend time together! You can choose activities whichever is to your liking – runOrbit, climbOrbit; become ping pong or board games champion.

• We support relocation and integration into Finnish society.

Join us in our journey of building software enabled satellites for secure communications
and, thus, creating the most compelling in space data flow company of the new space era.

The Company may require a security clearance for certain positions. Any such security clearance will be conducted in accordance with applicable law and the Company's relevant policies