Job Description
Our client is a highly successful data science company, which develops sophisticated and specialist mathematical solutions. Their artificial intelligence has led on global-first achievements across many industrial, commercial and academic settings.
Following a long period of steady, unprecedented growth, they are looking to appoint an Operations Director to play a vital role in shaping the company’s readiness for this growth. The overall thrust of the role is to promote end-to-end excellence for internal and external customers, embracing project delivery, quality management and business efficiency. This is strongly a hands-on role where you will be an active contributor to all projects, requiring a lived-experience of both strategic and practical sides to operations.
It is an executive role, reporting to the CEO and requires a strong background that combines strategic and operational management as well as implementation. You will manage a small team and be a key contributor at exec group meetings as part of the senior leadership team.
Key responsibilities include:
1. Optimise the operational strategy and processes to meet growth in size, capabilities and impact
2. Collaboration with the CEO and executive group, to align operations with business strategy
3. Develop and implement efficient operational systems, policies and procedure...