Business Operations & Governance Manager
Role Overview
The Business Operations & Governance Manager translates Organicco's strategic and commercial priorities into coordinated business delivery.
The hands-on management role supports the company's move from technology development and pilot activity into commercial manufacture and deployment.
Works with the Founder & CEO and teams across engineering, commercial, finance and manufacturing, as well as external professional advisers.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role purpose
The Business Operations & Governance Manager translates Organicco's strategic and commercial priorities into coordinated business delivery.
The hands-on management role supports the company's move from technology development and pilot activity into commercial manufacture and deployment.
Works with the Founder & CEO and teams across engineering, commercial, finance and manufacturing, as well as external professional advisers.
Location and working arrangements
- Location is Slough/Uxbridge, with reasonable UK business travel.
- Working hours are 37.5 hours per week.
- Contract is permanent and full-time.
Cross-functional delivery
- Lead business-critical projects from planning through implementation, with clear objectives, milestones, responsibilities, dependencies and reporting.
- Coordinate teams, suppliers and advisers; translate priorities into delivery plans and track actions across workstreams.
- Identify and coordinate responses to delivery issues and escalate material risks.
- Facilitate meetings and document decisions, actions and responsibilities.
Customer, partner and commercial delivery
- Coordinate customer and partner onboarding after commercial agreement and support implementation and delivery.
- Align contractual, technical, manufacturing, financing, logistics and operational requirements.
- Coordinate due diligence information and support major engagements with clear planning and follow-through.
- Translate customer requirements into internal actions and delivery priorities.
Governance, systems and improvement
- Develop operational governance and maintain action, risk, issue and dependency registers.
- Coordinate management reporting and prepare operational updates for the CEO and Board.
- Document decisions and commitments and coordinate input from legal, financial and other professional advisers.
- Review processes, establish workflows, internal controls and procedures, and support adoption of CRM, project management and document control systems.
- Improve handovers, escalation and reporting; address recurring bottlenecks and promote structured continuous improvement.
International operations
- Coordinate relationships between UK operations and developing international activities, including India where applicable.
- Support communication, handovers and accountability across locations and coordinate operational interfaces with international suppliers and partners.
Salary
- Salary is market-competitive and commensurate with experience; no amount or cadence is stated.
Requirements
- Ability to operate confidently across senior stakeholders, technical teams, customers, partners and external advisers while maintaining delivery ownership.
- Ability to lead cross-functional projects and coordinate activity across engineering, commercial, finance, manufacturing, suppliers and professional advisers.
- Ability to develop practical governance, reporting and management processes for a growing business.
- Location is Slough/Uxbridge with reasonable UK business travel.
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