Operations Manager UK

At Electrogenos, we’re building technology to make green hydrogen competitive at scale. We focus on reducing the cost and complexity of hydrogen production so it can replace fossil-based alternatives across real-world applications. We’re an early-stage team working at the intersection of electrochemistry, manufacturing, and deployment.

We are looking for an Operations Manager to be the CTO’s right hand and the person who makes Electrogenos run day-to-day. You will manage the office, support the founders, coordinate with suppliers and partners, and help keep our funded R&D projects on track. As the company grows, so will this role.
This is not a back-office admin job. You will be embedded in a small, fast-moving technical team — sitting alongside scientists and engineers, understanding what they need, and making sure the operational side of the company works so they can focus on the technology. You will also be part of the wider global operations team, coordinating with colleagues across the business on commercial, administrative, and strategic priorities. You’ll have direct access to the founders from day one.
We don’t expect you to arrive knowing everything. If you’ve never prepared a grant claim or maintained safety records, we’ll teach you. What we need is someone sharp, organised, and independent with a good sense of personal responsibility — the kind of person who figures things out, follows through, and doesn’t wait to be told what to do next.

You’re a few years into your career and looking for a role with real ownership and variety. Maybe you’ve been a research group administrator who kept a PI’s lab and grants running while they focused on the science. Maybe you’ve been an operations assistant at a startup who ended up being the person everyone relied on to keep things moving. Maybe you’ve been a coordinator in an R&D organisation where your job was making sure nothing got dropped.
The common thread: you’re the person who follows through. You send the reminder, chase the input, update the tracker, and close the loop — not because someone told you to, but because that’s how you’re wired. You’re drawn to science and technology even if it’s not your background, and you want to be close to the action, not behind a reception desk.
You want a role that grows with the company. What starts as keeping operations running and being the CTO’s right hand becomes leading operations for a scaling deep-tech business.