Head of Operations, Orbital
£105-117.5k
+ Ownership in the company through options
4 days a week in office (Farringdon, London)
AI LegalTech for Real Estate
Posted today
AI LegalTech for Real Estate
21-100 employees
Posted today
£105-117.5k
+ Ownership in the company through options
4 days a week in office (Farringdon, London)
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make property transactions radically more transparent, quick and easy to transact.
Role
Who you are
- Bring raw horsepower, strong judgment, and a bias to action
- Are excited by ambiguity and comfortable building processes from scratch
- Have experience in at least one of the following:
- 3–4 years at a leading consulting firm (e.g. BCG, Accenture, EY, PwC or similar), working across a range of business and operational challenges; and/or
- Head of Operations experience at a scaling SaaS company (Series B+)
- Know you don’t want the traditional consulting partner track and instead want to own outcomes inside a scaleup
- Are a natural relationship-builder who works effectively across technical and non-technical teams
- Are hands-on, pragmatic, and focused on shipping real improvements — not perfect slide decks
- Are high-potential and eager to take on increasing ownership and responsibility as the company scales
What the job involves
- As Head of Operations, you will build and run the operational engine of Orbital as we scale. This is a hands-on leadership role for a high-potential operator who thrives on execution and takes ownership in a fast-moving environment
- This role blends classic B2B SaaS operations with the realities of an AI-first scaleup, where operational excellence, security, and strong internal rhythms are critical to success
- This role reports directly into the COO
- You will own and scale core operations across the business, with particular focus on building strong foundations and enabling fast, responsible growth
- Own operational legal workflows including contracts, policies, and external counsel management
- Manage legal agencies today, with scope to support the future hire of a General Counsel
- Own security posture, compliance readiness, and internal IT operations
- Manage external vendors and agencies across infosec and IT
- Lay the groundwork for future hires including a Security / Infosec Lead and IT Manager
- Drive how Orbital becomes an AI-first business internally, embedding AI into workflows, decision-making, and internal processes across the organisation
- Partner with stakeholders on AI governance, risk considerations, and data practices as the company scales
- Own the core business operations cadence including planning, prioritisation, and execution support
- Build and maintain business reporting, dashboards, and operational metrics that inform leadership decision-making
- Own the company OKR process end-to-end, ensuring clear goals, accountability, and follow-through across teams
- Drive strong internal operating rhythms and cross-functional alignment
- Drive clear, consistent internal communications that keep teams aligned, informed, and moving fast
- Line-manage the Office Manager and own the day-to-day operational environment
- Build scalable office, tooling, and workplace processes that support a high-performing team
- This is an execution-first role: you will be expected to operationalise strategy quickly and effectively
- You will be trusted to run initiatives end-to-end, working closely with the COO and leadership team
- You will have the space and mandate to parachute into priority business problems, helping solve key challenges as they arise and firefighting when needed to keep the company moving fast
- Over time, you’ll help shape the future operating model and build out a small, high-impact operations function
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Legal reasoning requires smart and experienced law professionals, and collating information and data takes up their valuable time. That's why Orbital has used foundational AI models to build an assistant for law professionals. The company builds SaaS solutions that transform how property professionals work by leveraging cutting-edge Generative AI and LLM technologies.
The company's products aggregate geospatial, property, and legal data from diverse sources to provide an unprecedented view of legal risk attached to properties. This provides real estate lawyers and property professionals with a one-stop-shop for property due diligence, allowing a vastly more transparent and efficient process whilst providing a better quality of service to clients.
Orbital's AI solutions are already used by thousands of lawyers and commercial property professionals across the UK and the US. It plans to grow its presence in the US and scale its team to achieve this objective. There is a huge opportunity to transform the way that property, the world's largest asset class, is transacted and bring it into the 21st century.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Meet the team
7 people
Kieran Pattison, Senior Customer Success Manager
Our mission
To ensure clients love working with us and see maximum value from their investment. If our customers are successful, everyone wins.Insights
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2023
$10.1m
SERIES A
Jul 2020
$4.5m
SEED
Total funding: $16.2m
Company benefits
- Matched pension contributions and equity options
- Flexible working hours and location; access to 30+ Boutique Workplace offices in the UK
- 25 days paid holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Professional equipment and a £1,000 p/a personal learning and development budget
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- All-company off-sites, Deliveroo Wednesdays and team socials
- Generous parental leave and salary sacrifice nursery fee scheme through Yellownest
- Extra day annual leave when you move house
- Generous parental leave and salary sacrifice nursery fee scheme through Yellownest
Company values
- Question or Commit - Embrace debate and move forward
- Power to our People - Stubborn on vision, flexible on approach
- Bold and ambitious - Aim high, challenge the status quo
- Eat that frog! - Take on the hardest, most impactful work first
Company HQ
Farringdon, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Edmond Boulle
(Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer)Prior to co-founding Orbital Witness, Ed worked with high growth startups in the UK aerospace industry. He qualified as a barrister with and holds a law degree from Oxford University.
Will Pearce
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Research Analyst - Space Team at London Economics for 4 months and Business Strategy Analyst at Satellite Applications Catapult for 2 years.
People progressing
Naomi joined as Office Manager with varied experience across ops and events. Quickly promoted to Ops Manager, then Chief of Staff, she ensures we have everything needed to reach our ambitious goals.
Aisha, ex-M&A lawyer at Clifford Chance, transitioned to sales at Tessian. At Orbital Witness since 2019, she was promoted to head of BD & CS, now CRO, driving business growth.
People breakdown
35%
65%
Female
Male
Last updated on 11 February 2025
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Orbital
Aisha Tummon (Chief Revenue Officer)
- We are proud to nurture a diverse team and inclusive, caring working environment.
- We value diversity of thought and particularly encourage applications from those who are underrepresented in tech.
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