Chief of Staff

Chief of Staff Fast-Growing Defence AI Company (West London)KEY POINTSFull time, 5 days a week on site in Brentford, West LondonRight hand to a founder building AI autonomy for air, ground and drone systemsOwn the operational world behind a scaling defence AI company, trials, events, clearances, partnerships, standing up HR and financeGenuinely varied, no two days the same, a real doer role not a process roleClearable to SC then DV (you do not need to be cleared already, but you must be clearable)Salary £65,000 plus share optionsRight to work in the UK required, no sponsorship available for this roleABOUT THE CLIENTWe are supporting a fast-growing defence AI company building autonomy across air, ground and drone systems, machine vision, edge AI and uncrewed platforms, working with the MOD and major defence primes. They have just closed new funding and landed a significant contract, and are scaling the team quickly.This is a genuinely exciting environment, small, ambitious, technically serious, and attacking one of the most important problems in modern defence. The founders want someone alongside them who can take things off their plate and run with them.THE ROLE, CHIEF OF STAFFThis is the founder''s right hand. Not a PA, not a pure operations manager, but the person who owns the CEO''s world and makes the company run day to day so the founders can focus on product and customers.You will run field trials, manage CAA and export and military clearances for drone systems, own ..... full job details .....