Operating Partner
Operating Partner
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25-07-2025
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Were looking for a high-calibre Operating Partner to work shoulder-to-shoulder with OakNorths Co-Founder & CEO and Executive Leadership Team. This is a hands-on high-impact role designed for a strategic operator and business buildersomeone who thrives on complexity drives with urgency and has the horsepower to turn bold vision into tangible results.
You will take ownership of mission-critical initiatives build and lead high-performing cross-functional teams and deliver business value through the design optimisation and execution of scalable strategies products and operating models.
This is not a theoretical or advisory roleyoull be in the arena proactively solving problems leading change and accelerating OakNorths growth and impact.
What Youll Do:
- Drive Strategy Into Execution
- Translate CEO-level priorities into measurable high-impact initiatives.
- Lead end-to-end delivery of strategic projects across functions and geographies.
- Step into ambiguous spaces to create clarity drive momentum and land results.
- Identify assess and action new revenue and growth opportunities.
- Build Operating Leverage
- Architect and refine company OKRs performance KPIs dashboards and reporting rhythms.
- Design and scale high-efficiency business processes and systems across verticals.
- Build cross-functional operating muscle where gaps or bottlenecks exist.
- Drive the adoption of modern tech-enabled ways of working with a strong focus on leveraging GenAI automation and process optimisation to enhance efficiency and scalability.
- Accelerate Organisational Performance
- Own or turn around strategic verticals functions or special projects.
- Hire lead and mentor high-performing teams; inspire excellence and accountability.
- Improve how the Executive team functions: decision-making planning and alignment.
- Serve as an extension of the CEO in key forumsinternal and external.
- Partner at the Highest Level
- Be a thought partner to the CEO and Execs offering challenge and support in equal measure.
- With the CEO and Executive teama scalable operating rhythm across the company enabling alignment and execution at pace. Bring structure and accountability to cross-functional initiatives. Identify blind spots dive in and problem solve
- Filter and focus CEO input to ensure highest-leverage impact of their time and energy.
What you will need:
- 8 years experience in a top-tier strategy consultancy investment bank private equity firm or hyper-growth tech/fintech environment.
- Strong academic background in mathematics STEM Economics or a similarly rigorous and highly numerate field; must be highly numerate. MBA or equivalent experience preferred
- Exceptional problem-solving skills strong commercial acumen and relentless bias for action.
- Deep analytical abilitycomfortable with financial models dashboards and data-led decision making.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a knack for influencing across all levels.
Youll Thrive Here If You Are
- Impact-Driven: You focus on outcomes not activity. Youre known for shipping landing and scaling meaningful results.
- Analytical & Insightful: You interrogate data deeply and challenge assumptions thoughtfully.
- Strategic & Systems-Oriented: You see the big picture spot patterns and architect elegant solutions.
- Emotionally Intelligent: You work across stakeholders and functions with humility empathy and influence.
- Hands-On: You roll up your sleeves and get stuck into the detail when neededno task is too small.
- Adaptable & Resilient: You thrive in ambiguity and rebound quickly from setbacks.
- Growth-Minded: Youre constantly learning evolving and pushing boundaries for yourself and others.
Employment Type
Full-Time
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