Chief Operating Officer - Industrial Scale-Up Leader

ARGO- People Strategy; Porto; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Performance bonus

Direct exposure to investors

Chance to build the operating backbone

High-impact scale-up environment

Job summary

Seamoretech is seeking a senior COO to lead the operational scale-up of its proprietary technology for brine and wastewater treatment. You will work directly with the founders to build the operating system enabling repeatable, margin-conscious delivery across customers, suppliers, and industrial sites.

The role requires hands-on leadership with a track record in physical operations, multidisciplinary teams, and translating commercial commitments into reliable technical, financial, and

Qualifications

• Requires proven experience in launching, commissioning, or significantly improving a physical operation or industrial project.
• Ability to design and implement SOPs, operational routines, and delivery processes with measurable improvements.
• Direct involvement in pricing strategy, scoping, negotiations, delivery terms, and change management.
• Experience managing budgets, CAPEX/OPEX trade-offs, project economics, or P&L-related decisions.
• Proven track record of building and leading multidisciplinary teams in fast-growth environments.
• Established relationships across industrial ecosystems (customers, suppliers, EPCs, utilities).
• Experience supporting fundraising, investor reporting, or board-level updates.

Responsibilities

• Lead the first industrial deployments and commissioning activities, delivering against scope, timing, budget, safety, and customer expectations.
• Establish repeatable operating processes, SOPs, governance, and cadence for scale-up.
• Structure supply chain, procurement, supplier qualification, and management for critical equipment and materials.
• Translate commercial commitments into reliable delivery plans, including scope, responsibilities, interfaces, risks, and change control.
• Create visibility over CAPEX, OPEX, project economics, cash impact, and margins at project and company level.
• Build the operation team, decision routines, and reporting discipline to scale from first units to multiple deployments.
• Support customer, supplier, and partner negotiations to ensure contract commitments are deliverable and financially sound.

Skills

Execution & Commissioning

Industrialisation

Commercial Negotiation

Financial & P&L Acumen

Team Leadership

Industrial Network

Fundraising/IR

Job description

Seamoretech is seeking a senior COO to lead the operational scale-up of its proprietary technology for brine and wastewater treatment. You will work directly with the founders to build the operating system enabling repeatable, margin-conscious delivery across customers, suppliers, and industrial sites.

The role requires hands-on leadership with a track record in physical operations, multidisciplinary teams, and translating commercial commitments into reliable technical, financial, and