Chief of Staff

Rivan; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

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Relocation support

Unlimited time-off

In-person HQ Bermondsey

Job summary

Rivan Industries is seeking a Chief of Staff to design and execute key projects and prepare the organisation to scale. You will help build team, communication and information frameworks across the company for the next 100 people, stitching technical and non-technical departments together as the company approaches Series B and commercial expansion.

This role requires shaping organisational architecture, culture, and rapid up-skilling, while coordinating across fundraising, recruitment, and

Qualifications

• 5-6+ years professional experience.
• Bachelor’s or Masters in related field (preference to engineering).
• Experience and aptitude for brilliant first-principles thinking and strategy.

Responsibilities

• Designing our organisational architecture and culture to scale, including department structure and data flow.
• Design and execute strategic projects across fundraising, recruitment, commercial execution, product IP, and government engagement; connect engineering, manufacturing, commercial, financial and deployment across key projects.

Skills

First-principles thinking

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in related field

Job description

Rivan Industries is a vertically integrated synthetic fuel company designed to decarbonise industries you can’t electrify. We aim to make synthetic fuel cheaper than fossil fuels and sustain life on earth by keeping the CO 2 locked underground.

We’re looking for a Chief of Staff to help design and execute key projects and set-up the organisation to scale. We’re a highly technical team building one of the most impactful technologies this century, and see this role as a lynchpin to connect all the dots.

This will take the form of building team, communication and information frameworks across the company for the next 100 people, stitching technical & non-technical departments together, and preparing for Series B and commercial expansion.

The role

• Designing our organisational architecture and culture to scale
  • Department, hierarchy, and responsibility structure
  • Information and data flow across the organisation – how can we make this seamless?
  • Design and implement rapid up-skilling framework where we see team bottlenecks
  • Amplification of our culture across all areas of the business
• Design and execute strategic projects
  • Across fundraising, recruitment, commercial execution, product IP, and government engagement
  • Connect engineering, manufacturing, commercial, financial and deployment across key projects

Core skills

• 5-6+ years professional experience.
• Bachelor’s or Masters in related field (preference to engineering)
• Experience and aptitude for brilliant first-principles thinking and strategy

Specifics

• Significant share options as part of the early team
• In-person work at our HQ in Bermondsey, South-East London – flexibility considered based on personal circumstances
• Extensive relocation support, including £6000 per year extra to live close to our HQ
• Unlimited time-off

We encourage exceptional applicants from all backgrounds to apply for this role, even if they do not meet all the requirements listed.