Director of UK Operations

About Topos Research UK and Topos Institute Topos Research UK is an entrepreneurial, dynamic charity start-up in the UK (inc. 2024) with a parent charity start-up, Topos Institute in the US (inc. 2019). We are a non-profit research institute dedicated to realising a world where the systems that surround us benefit us all, so that society can better cooperate on critical issues - the climate crisis, pandemic responses, agricultural modelling, global access to education, and more - through interconnected systems that consider holistic impacts. We develop new tools for collective inquiry and modelling, enabled by a combination of novel foundational mathematics, open-source software engineering, and meaningful collaboration with domain specialists. The Opportunity We seek a strategic Operations Director to lead the successful scaling of our rapidly growing UK operation. This is a pivotal, creative leadership role reporting directly to our Board of Trustees, with day-to-day collaboration with board representative Brendan Fong (Topos UK Trustee and Topos USA CEO). Current State: 1-year-old entity with £500k annual revenue 6 talented staff (research scientists, software engineers, postdocs) 3 planned new staff members within the next 6 months Two major grants: £600k (1-year) and £1.2M (2.25-year) Projected FY26 revenue: £1M The Challenge: You''ll be our first senior operations hire, responsible for establishing the systems and culture that will enable Topos UK (and Topos as a ..... full job details .....