[Hiring] Senior Strategy and Operations Manager @remove

Role Description

We are looking for a senior professional to lead strategy and operations at remove, managing our talent and running the engine that keeps us moving. You will work very closely with our two co-founders, manage our program managers, and be the person who makes sure the right things get done, well and on time, as we grow our impact in new ways and into new regions at a pivotal stage of our organization.

What you will own

• Strategy
  • Lead strategic thinking, be a sounding board to the co-founders, and the person who "writes the strategy down" and plans for its execution.
  • Prepare and run strategy days, offsites and team meetups.
  • Own key strategic documents and shape important external documents.
• Planning and Operations
  • Develop and own our roadmap and workplans. Keep everyone accountable to shared goals and spot early and proactively when plans need to change.
  • Own our operating rhythm: recurring meetings, brainstorms, 1:1s, team updates, retros and milestone planning.
  • Develop and improve the processes and documentation the team relies on, including program SOPs and team policies.
• People and team
  • Line-manage our program managers: debottleneck daily operations, set priorities, manage workload, coach the team, manage development plans, etc.
  • Lead hiring and onboarding for new team members and external support, and plan team capacity as we grow.
  • Look after team health and ways of working in a fully remote, multicultural team.
• Fundraising operations
  • Run the process behind the co-founders’ fundraising efforts.
  • Maintain and develop core materials such as our decks, concept notes and one-pagers, and draft or coordinate grant applications.
  • Own impact reporting content and contribute to funder reports.
• Strategic projects & programs
  • Scope & lead strategic initiatives from idea to delivery, alongside recurring work.
  • Oversee our programs and systems as we expand.
  • Oversee our entity’s brand and communications.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience, including roles where you ran strategy, operations and/or a PMO for a leadership team.
• Experience supporting fundraising or business development, e.g. pipelines, proposals and reporting.
• A track record of managing people well, ideally in small remote teams.
• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to build structure where there is none.
• Resourcefulness and agency; ability to see what needs doing and do it without waiting to be asked.
• Excellent communication, writing and synthesis skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to inspire and persuade diverse groups.
• Ability to work autonomously in a remote workspace, meeting deadlines and managing several work streams simultaneously.
• Adaptability, curiosity and eagerness to keep learning in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to speak and write in English fluently.
• Willingness to travel locally or occasionally regionally/globally, if necessary.

Requirements

• A university degree (MSc. preferred) in a relevant field (e.g. environmental science, engineering, sustainability, business administration).
• Experience in and a strong passion for climate action, carbon removal or the wider sustainability field.
• Experience with accelerators, startups or entrepreneurship programs.
• Experience with foundations or philanthropic funding.
• Experience working in or with partners in the Global South.
• A coaching or facilitation background.

Benefits

• A flexible and remote-first workplace.
• An impact-driven role as part of a mission-driven team and organisation working with entrepreneurs globally.
• A unique opportunity to experience and shape strategy for a future billion-dollar industry in its early days.
• Exposure to a great network and community of CDR innovators and experts.
• A learning budget to develop yourself.
• Flexible holidays and biannual team off-sites.

Company Description

remove is a non-profit organisation with a mission to enable innovators globally to realize the "net" in net zero. remove has established premier global startup accelerator programs focused solely on Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) across Europe, India, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, funded by leading climate foundations and philanthropic partners such as The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment and Postcode Loterij Fonds.