Founder's Associate, IONATE

• You'll be highly organised and quick to get up to speed. You may come from management consulting or a similar environment where you've learnt to work across several domains at once, walk into a meeting at short notice, pick up context fast, and still produce high-quality materials
• You’ve felt real execution pressure. You know what it’s like to have more work than time - and you get it done anyway
• Commercially sharp. You don’t need to be an engineer or understand the technology at a technical level, but you can read into energy markets, weigh up a competitor’s claims, and judge whether a value proposition holds up
• You take the detail seriously. A meaningful part of this role is operational, and you see that as part of doing the job well, not a distraction from it

Desirable

• IONATE is scaling from around 50 to 100 people across multiple geographies. Matthew, the CEO, is stretched across every part of the business. He needs a right hand – someone who can look across business units and external stakeholders, organise priorities strategically, and protect his time for the work only he can do
• Work directly with Matthew day-to-day as his right hand - learn his role in depth and remove the blockers that slow him down
• Own Matthew’s time - keep him focused on the handful of priorities only he can drive, and handle or delegate the rest
• Act as a strategic thought partner - analyse market data and dynamics, understand what drives investors and customers, and bring your own point of view
• Prepare for and sit in on his meetings, including with major global investors and multinational partners, so he goes in fully briefed on what was said and committed to last time
• Drive follow-through from every meeting - write it up, align with Matthew, and get actions in front of the right people
• Act as the filter between Matthew and the wider team - manage what lands on his calendar and decline on his behalf when something doesn’t need him
• Turn long reports and documents into sharp executive summaries, flagging only what needs his attention
• Write documentation and build presentations tailored to the different audiences a CEO needs to reach
• Own the operational detail - coordinating meetings across commercial partners, investors, and internal teams