13 of 13 Permanent Head of Operations Jobs in the South East

Head of Customer Operations Location : UK, Fully Remote Contract : Permanent, Full-Time Salary : £80,000 About the Head of Customer Operations role: Nobul is excited to be partnering with an award-winning SaaS company, who are currently recruiting for a Head of Customer Operations to join their team. This is a … crucial leadership role, focused on building scalable, best-in-class Onboarding and Support functions that will be essential to our next phase of growth. As a senior leader reporting directly to the CEO, you will be responsible for two business critical functions: Customer Onboarding and Customer Support. They are looking for an inspiring leader who thrives on turning operational … challenges into structured, high-performing systems and is motivated by building the foundation for customer loyalty and retention. What you’ll do as the Head of Customer Operations: Develop and own the strategic vision for the Onboarding and Customer Support teams. Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of 11 dedicated professionals, fostering a culture of More ❯

Head of Operations & Finance- AI Series A Scaleup London Up to £120k We’re partnering with a high-growth AI company whose technology is already transforming global heavy industry — deployed in live production environments and making billions of dollars’ worth of decisions every year. They’re now looking for an exceptional Head of Operations & Finance to join the senior leadership team and help steer the business through rapid growth and international expansion. The Role This is a hands-on, high-impact position leading both operational and financial strategy as the company scales from seed to Series A and beyond. You’ll play a central role in forecasting, planning, and execution — ensuring … control, ensuring resources are deployed effectively. Oversee capacity planning and operational processes across complex enterprise projects. Manage investor relations and fundraising materials, supporting board and investor communications. Oversee people operations, including payroll, contracts, and performance processes. Lead international operations — managing insurance, visas, tax, and entity administration as the business expands globally. About You We’re looking for someone More ❯

Head of Operations & Finance- AI Series A Scaleup London Up to £120k We’re partnering with a high-growth AI company whose technology is already transforming global heavy industry — deployed in live production environments and making billions of dollars’ worth of decisions every year. They’re now looking for an exceptional Head of Operations & Finance to join the senior leadership team and help steer the business through rapid growth and international expansion. The Role This is a hands-on, high-impact position leading both operational and financial strategy as the company scales from seed to Series A and beyond. You’ll play a central role in forecasting, planning, and execution — ensuring … control, ensuring resources are deployed effectively. Oversee capacity planning and operational processes across complex enterprise projects. Manage investor relations and fundraising materials, supporting board and investor communications. Oversee people operations, including payroll, contracts, and performance processes. Lead international operations — managing insurance, visas, tax, and entity administration as the business expands globally. About You We’re looking for someone More ❯

Head of Operations & Finance- AI Series A Scaleup London Up to £120k We’re partnering with a high-growth AI company whose technology is already transforming global heavy industry — deployed in live production environments and making billions of dollars’ worth of decisions every year. They’re now looking for an exceptional Head of Operations & Finance to join the senior leadership team and help steer the business through rapid growth and international expansion. The Role This is a hands-on, high-impact position leading both operational and financial strategy as the company scales from seed to Series A and beyond. You’ll play a central role in forecasting, planning, and execution — ensuring … control, ensuring resources are deployed effectively. Oversee capacity planning and operational processes across complex enterprise projects. Manage investor relations and fundraising materials, supporting board and investor communications. Oversee people operations, including payroll, contracts, and performance processes. Lead international operations — managing insurance, visas, tax, and entity administration as the business expands globally. About You We’re looking for someone More ❯

Head of Operations – Early Stage Tech Start-up | London £50,000 – £100,000 + Stock Options 📈 Progression Path to Senior Leadership/Future COO 🏡 Hybrid – 2–3 days/week in London office Are you a builder who loves getting stuck in, solving problems, and scaling things that matter? This is an opportunity to join a well … a high-growth phase — and need someone to own and scale their operational engine . 🌟 The Role You’ll be the person who sets up and runs the backbone of the business . From customer support to finance ops to internal systems — you’ll build, optimise, and eventually scale out these functions. This is a hands-on role where … you’ll shape strategy while rolling up your sleeves to make things happen. This is perfect for someone who’s set up operations inside an early-stage startup and is ready to have a real impact. 🔧 What You’ll Do Build and own core operational functions — from customer support to finance and reporting. Set up and streamline customer onboarding More ❯

Head of Operations – Early Stage Tech Start-up | London £50,000 – £100,000 + Stock Options 📈 Progression Path to Senior Leadership/Future COO 🏡 Hybrid – 2–3 days/week in London office Are you a builder who loves getting stuck in, solving problems, and scaling things that matter? This is an opportunity to join a well … a high-growth phase — and need someone to own and scale their operational engine . 🌟 The Role You’ll be the person who sets up and runs the backbone of the business . From customer support to finance ops to internal systems — you’ll build, optimise, and eventually scale out these functions. This is a hands-on role where … you’ll shape strategy while rolling up your sleeves to make things happen. This is perfect for someone who’s set up operations inside an early-stage startup and is ready to have a real impact. 🔧 What You’ll Do Build and own core operational functions — from customer support to finance and reporting. Set up and streamline customer onboarding More ❯

Head of Operations – Early Stage Tech Start-up | London £50,000 – £100,000 + Stock Options 📈 Progression Path to Senior Leadership/Future COO 🏡 Hybrid – 2–3 days/week in London office Are you a builder who loves getting stuck in, solving problems, and scaling things that matter? This is an opportunity to join a well … a high-growth phase — and need someone to own and scale their operational engine . 🌟 The Role You’ll be the person who sets up and runs the backbone of the business . From customer support to finance ops to internal systems — you’ll build, optimise, and eventually scale out these functions. This is a hands-on role where … you’ll shape strategy while rolling up your sleeves to make things happen. This is perfect for someone who’s set up operations inside an early-stage startup and is ready to have a real impact. 🔧 What You’ll Do Build and own core operational functions — from customer support to finance and reporting. Set up and streamline customer onboarding More ❯

At Havenwise, we’re on a mission to make energy cheaper and easier for people. We’re starting with heat pumps, the single biggest consumer of energy for households. Our first product is an app for homeowners to easily control their heat pump. In the background, our ML algorithms continuously optimise the heat pump’s operation and ensure users … save 50% on their heating bill. That’s hundreds of pounds per year. Our product is live with various large heat pump manufacturers, and the number of users grows every day. Controlling heat pumps is just the beginning and we have ambitious product and growth plans. We’re backed by a group of fantastic investors via a … recent £1m pre-seed round, giving us firepower and a long-term view to build Havenwise into a rocket ship. Your role As our Head of Operations, you’ll build the backbone of the company. You’ll own Havenwise’s core operations, from customer onboarding and support to finance. You’ll set these up, run More ❯

At Havenwise, we’re on a mission to make energy cheaper and easier for people. We’re starting with heat pumps, the single biggest consumer of energy for households. Our first product is an app for homeowners to easily control their heat pump. In the background, our ML algorithms continuously optimise the heat pump’s operation and ensure users … save 50% on their heating bill. That’s hundreds of pounds per year. Our product is live with various large heat pump manufacturers, and the number of users grows every day. Controlling heat pumps is just the beginning and we have ambitious product and growth plans. We’re backed by a group of fantastic investors via a … recent £1m pre-seed round, giving us firepower and a long-term view to build Havenwise into a rocket ship. Your role As our Head of Operations, you’ll build the backbone of the company. You’ll own Havenwise’s core operations, from customer onboarding and support to finance. You’ll set these up, run More ❯

Are you a progressive, agile Business Operations professional looking for a meaningful impactful role in a high-growth company? Handle are excited to be working with an early stage creative startup developing cutting edge technology in the entertainment space. Joining at an exciting point of their growth trajectory at just 20 employees, with plans to double headcount in … right infrastructure and culture to help then scale with purpose, clarity, and structure. This is both a strategic and hands-on role where you'll lead the full spectrum of operations, from people and HR to office management, admin, and finance support. You'll work closely with leadership to build and refine the systems, processes, and culture that … will underpin their growth. You'll be the go-to for everything that keeps the business running smoothly: managing onboarding and team experience, overseeing office and digital operations, coordinating budgets and vendors, and making sure they're compliant and well-organised The expectation of this role is for it to level up quickly as the business grows and More ❯

Overview We build AI technology for the heavy industries. We are a real-world AI company: our AI systems are in factories right now making billions of dollars of decisions per year. We are growing rapidly through the seed-series A stage, being on track to increase bookings 5x YoY. We aim to take most of our … and across the whole technology stack to iterate quickly in a fun, high-trust, but intense environment. Role We are now looking for a world-class candidate to lead Operations and Finance. This is a critical role as we scale from a team of <10 to >20, aggressively expand in the US across multiple industries, and deploy our … recent $10m funding round. Some of the things you will do: Continuously forecast our finances, reconcile them with performance, and use this to inform all major decision making including hiring and fundraising. Help with our complex capacity planning and staffing needs: how to staff simultaneous complex enterprise projects when the scale is growing constantly Build and maintain a budget More ❯

Overview We build AI technology for the heavy industries. We are a real-world AI company: our AI systems are in factories right now making billions of dollars of decisions per year. We are growing rapidly through the seed-series A stage, being on track to increase bookings 5x YoY. We aim to take most of our … and across the whole technology stack to iterate quickly in a fun, high-trust, but intense environment. Role We are now looking for a world-class candidate to lead Operations and Finance. This is a critical role as we scale from a team of <10 to >20, aggressively expand in the US across multiple industries, and deploy our … recent $10m funding round. Some of the things you will do: Continuously forecast our finances, reconcile them with performance, and use this to inform all major decision making including hiring and fundraising. Help with our complex capacity planning and staffing needs: how to staff simultaneous complex enterprise projects when the scale is growing constantly Build and maintain a budget More ❯

Head of HR Technology & Operations - McLaren Racing (Hybrid, 4 days onsite) Are you a strategic HR Tech leader with deep expertise in Workday and a passion for enabling high-performance teams through world-class systems and operations? Do you thrive in fast-paced, performance-led environments where the technology behind the scenes makes all the difference … If so, this could be the role for you. Your Mission Lead and evolve McLaren's HR Technology and Operations function. Transform the employee experience through automation, insight, and digital enablement. Shape and execute our HR systems strategy to drive performance across the business. Enable our leaders, managers and people team to make data-led decisions by optimising and … The Ideal Person A senior HR tech leader with proven experience owning and evolving HR systems in a complex, dynamic organisation. Deep expertise in Workday and a strong understanding of how to maximise its value across the employee lifecycle. A team leader with a track record of building capability, delivering change, and embedding high standards. Thrives in a More ❯