Founding Operations Manager

Oho Group; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Oho Group in Sheffield is seeking an entrepreneurial operator to join its founders as the business enters a new growth phase. You’ll help shape how the company runs, bringing structure to a fast-moving environment and ensuring priorities, people and resources are aligned to move the business forward.

This broad role offers influence across commercial and technical decisions, with the freedom to build processes from the ground up and to own challenges across teams as the company scales.

Qualifications

• Experience in a startup, scale-up or growing business delivering tangible results.
• Background in operations, business management or programme delivery.
• Ability to work across commercial and technical teams.
• Strong judgement and commercial awareness; able to make decisions.
• Practical, adaptable approach in evolving processes.

Responsibilities

• Translate founders' ambitions into practical plans and measurable outcomes.
• Bring structure to activities with clear priorities and visible progress.
• Connect commercial objectives with engineering capabilities.
• Identify inefficiencies and implement growth-supporting processes.
• Own challenges across teams and keep the business moving.

Skills

Startup experience

Operations background

Cross-functional collaboration

Commercial awareness

Problem solving

Job description

The Opportunity

An early‑stage technology company developing advanced hardware solutions is looking for an entrepreneurial operator to work alongside its founders as the business enters its next phase of growth. You’ll help shape how the company runs, bringing structure to a fast‑moving environment and making sure the right priorities, people and resources are in place to move the business forward. It’s an opportunity to have a broad influence on the direction of the company, rather than owning just one function.

What You’ll Do

• Work with the founders to translate the company’s ambitions into practical plans and measurable outcomes.
• Bring structure to business activities, ensuring priorities are clear and progress is visible.
• Connect commercial objectives with engineering capabilities, helping the team focus on what matters most.
• Identify inefficiencies, improve how the business operates and introduce processes that support future growth.
• Take ownership of challenges as they arise, working across teams to find solutions and keep the business moving.

What You’ll Get

• A close partnership with the founders, with a voice in how the business develops.
• The freedom to shape operational strategy and build processes from the ground up.
• Exposure to a broad range of commercial and technical decisions.
• The opportunity to play a meaningful role in building an early‑stage technology company.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience in a startup, scale‑up or growing business where you’ve helped turn business objectives into tangible results.
• A background in operations, business management, programme delivery or a similarly broad role.
• The ability to work across commercial and technical teams, bringing people together around shared goals.
• Strong judgement, commercial awareness and the confidence to make decisions, challenge assumptions and take ownership.
• A practical, adaptable approach to solving problems in an environment where processes are still taking shape.