Associate Chief of Staff, Submer
Transformation, EMEA
Travel across EMEA
Cooling & automation for data centers
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Cooling & automation for data centers
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
Travel across EMEA
101-200 employees
Company mission
To create sustainable, efficient, and planet-friendly data centers and other energy-intense environments.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Strategy, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in project management, business operations, strategy consulting, or a similar role, ideally within a fast-paced environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with proficiency in data analysis and reporting tools
- Proven ability to manage high-impact projects simultaneously while ensuring high-quality execution
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex information to senior leadership
- Demonstrated success in working cross-functionally to drive initiatives, ensure alignment, and meet business goals
- A proactive, resourceful mindset with the ability to anticipate challenges and provide solutions
- Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus
What the job involves
- We are looking for a high-caliber Associate Chief of Staff to be based in Barcelona to help drive our execution capabilities on the ground and align global strategy with local delivery
- We are seeking a highly organized and strategic Associate Chief of Staff to join our Transformation Department
- In this critical role, you will act as a trusted advisor, providing high-level support to senior leadership while driving organizational change, optimizing processes, and enhancing strategic initiatives
- Your ability to manage cross-functional collaboration, handle multiple high-priority projects, and synthesize complex data to inform key decisions will be crucial to our success
- As the Associate Chief of Staff, you will be the linchpin in executing and ensuring the success of transformative initiatives
- Your organizational and analytical expertise will help drive impactful business outcomes and contribute to our long-term strategic goals
- Strategic partnership & execution: Collaborate with the Transformation Department and senior leadership to ensure the execution of high-priority initiatives, aligning them with overarching business objectives
- Project management: Oversee project timelines, deliverables, and performance metrics, ensuring accountability and progress tracking throughout the execution of key projects
- Data-driven insights: Conduct thorough research and data analysis to provide actionable insights that inform and support leadership decision-making
- Process optimization: Identify opportunities for process improvements across departments, working to enhance operational efficiency and organizational effectiveness
- Cross-functional collaboration: Act as a bridge between departments to align business goals and facilitate collaboration, ensuring smooth execution of transformation efforts
- Executive support: Prepare executive-level reports, presentations, and briefings to communicate project status and support leadership’s strategic decision-making
- Communication management: Manage internal and external communications, ensuring clarity, consistency, and alignment across all stakeholders
- Thought leadership: Contribute to shaping and refining the company’s transformation strategy, bringing fresh insights and innovative ideas to the table
Application process
- Start: ASAP
Our take
Developments in the AI sector have increased the strain on data centres and chips, generating more heat from their processes than ever before. Cooling methods using air and water are not keeping pace with the amount of energy needed to support AI. Submer is on a mission to build data centres and processing plants that are as sustainable as they are efficient.
Submer’s eco-friendly product for data centres and chip processing is built from a coolant of non-flammable, biodegradable and synthetic liquid that physically acts in the same way as water. The racks for servers are stored and operate from within a smart container which further lessens the heat produced by data centres. Submer’s range of products even allows for the coolant to be reused via a heat exchanger.
It’s an inspired solution for an increasingly pressing problem. Data centres are going nowhere, yet the vital need for greener energy solutions puts pressure on these industries. It’s unsurprising then that Submer has raised considerable funding that is being channelled into the expansion of its product. Server component manufacturers are even beginning to build their products to be compatible with Submer’s, indicating the eagerness with which the industry is welcoming the solution.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2024
$55.5m
SERIES C
Jan 2022
$34m
SERIES B
Total funding: $109.5m
Company HQ
Rubí, Spain
Leadership
Patrick Smets
(CEO)Former COO of the company. Was previously an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, CEO at GEM One and worked for Belgian Defence.
Daniel Pope
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously Director of Architecture and Integration EMEA at Ingram Micro Cloud and Principal Solution Architect at Odin. Was also Senior Solution Architect at Parallels and was a CEO and CTO at Datahouse Internet.
Pol Valls Soler
(Co-Founder & CFO)Previously CPO at FXStreet, Workshop Professor and Key Account Manager at La Salle Technova Barcelona and was Co-Founder at Joiner.
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