Head of Operations

CarbonChain; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading climate tech company is looking for a Head of Operations to oversee company-wide execution and strategic alignment. In this role, you will translate company strategy into operational plans while ensuring efficient processes across various departments. Candidates should have at least 7 years of experience in business leadership and a strong track record in improving operational efficiency. The position comes with generous benefits including 28 days of annual leave and a learning allowance.

Benefits

28 days of annual leave

Home office set up allowance of 500

2000 annual learning allowance

Private healthcare

Generous parental leave policy

Team lunches once a week

Subsidized gym classes

Office gym and cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience in operations strategy or business leadership.
• Strong background in building and scaling processes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Translate company strategy into operational plans and measurable goals.
• Build scalable processes and drive continuous improvement.
• Support talent strategy and champion company culture.

Skills

Operational strategy

Cross-functional team management

Financial acumen

Excellent communication

Entrepreneurial mindset

Job description

About Us

The worlds most pressing problem requires the worlds best talent to fix it and here at CarbonChain were bringing together a superstar team to tackle decarbonization head on. Were lean scrappy and determined to make a massive impact by helping the worlds biggest emitters drive commercial wins by reducing their emissions. We see the climate challenge as a transformative opportunity for the global economy and a rewarding career opportunity for those willing to take on the challenge in a rapidly growing market.

Our People

CarbonChains people are passionate about solving huge challenges are driven by personal and mutual success and take extreme ownership for their individual part of getting us to world-changing results. We live and breathe our values every day and pride ourselves on creating a positive inclusive and world-class environment for our talent to develop. Weve got MBAs and PhDs and experience leading huge initiatives and teams at some of the worlds best companies and scale-ups but we know that theres a lot we dont know and were hoping you can help fill that gap.

About the Role

As Head of Operations you will be the operational backbone of the business owning company-wide execution ensuring strategic alignment and building the systems and processes that allow us to scale. Reporting directly to the CEO you will partner with leadership across product engineering sales and customer success to drive efficiency performance and growth.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Strategy & Execution

• Translate company strategy into operational plans KPIs and measurable goals.
• Partner with the CEO and leadership team on company OKRs board reporting and investor communications.

Business Operations & Process Optimization

• Build scalable processes across finance people legal and compliance.
• Drive continuous improvement to remove bottlenecks and increase cross-functional efficiency.
• Implement and manage business systems (CRM project management finance tools etc.).

People & Culture

• Support talent strategy hiring processes and performance management.
• Champion company culture as we scale ensuring employee engagement and retention.

Financial & Growth Operations

• Partner with finance to manage budgets forecasts and business analytics.
• Support fundraising activities due diligence and board preparation.
• Ensure metrics-driven decision making across go-to-market and customer success.

Risk & Compliance

• Manage vendor contracts legal processes and compliance requirements.
• Build risk management practices appropriate for a fast-scaling startup.

Requirements

• 7 years of relevant experience in operations strategy or business leadership ideally in a fast-scaling Series AC tech company.
• Strong background in building and scaling processes with a track record of improving operational efficiency.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority.
• Financial acumen : comfort with budgets forecasts and key SaaS metrics.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Entrepreneurial mindset : thrives in ambiguity builds structure from scratch and executes with urgency.

Nice-to-Have

• Prior experience in SaaS fintech climate tech AI.
• Exposure to fundraising investor relations or board management.
• Previous role as an early employee or operator at a high-growth startup.

What We’re Offering

• CarbonChainers receive a ton of great benefits including :
• 28 days of annual leave
• Home office set up allowance of 500
• 2000 annual learning allowance
• Private healthcare
• Generous parental leave policy
• Team lunches once a week in the office
• Subsidized gym classes office gym and cycle to work scheme.

We’re striving to build a diverse team and we would love to hear from applicants from backgrounds less frequently represented in technology be that in terms of gender race or professional background.

CarbonChain values diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds.

If you think your skills and experience match what we’re looking for and you’d like to join the next Climate Tech industry unicorn please get in touch!

Employment Type: Full-Time

Vacancy: 1