Tiger Recruitment
EA, Operations & Office Manager
Get notified of more jobs like this · No spam, ever
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
EA & Operations | Tech Start-up | Central Cambridge | 5 days office based | £55,000 - 75,000 DOE
(Will wait one month maximum for notice)
Our client is a fast-growing and ambitious deep tech start-up based in Cambridge. They are backed by investors and are beginning to raise for their seed round. The business is scaling quickly from a founding team of 3 to 5, with ambitions to reach 100 people within two years. This is a rare ground-floor opportunity to join an ambitious, well-funded start-up and help shape how it operates from the very beginning.
The Role
You'll be the first operational hire, working directly with the co-founders to bring order, structure and momentum to a fast-moving environment. No two days will look the same, and you'll need to be equally comfortable managing a chaotic calendar as you are choosing how the new office should be designed.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Key Responsibilities
- Full diary and calendar management for the co-founder, including complex, frequently changing schedules around extensive travel
- Extensive logistics and meeting coordination
- Liaising with the company's external accountancy firm and managing invoices
- Leading the design and set-up of a brand new office, including meeting booths, furniture and equipment
- Ordering and managing office supplies
- Supporting the onboarding of incoming hires, including a new C-suite member and developers
- General EA and business support to the co-founder and wider leadership team
- Project management across ad hoc operational initiatives as the business scales
About You
- Proven experience in a similar EA, Office Management or Operations role, ideally within a start-up or fast-scaling business
- Highly proactive by nature. You'll need to anticipate needs before being asked and take ownership without waiting for direction
- Comfortable working in a fluid, fast-changing environment with genuine ambiguity
- Excited by the opportunity to build something from scratch, including shaping a brand new office space
- Based within easy reach of Cambridge, close to the train station
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
What's on Offer
- The chance to join a well-funded, high-growth start-up at the very beginning of its journey
- Genuine scope to shape processes and ways of working as the business scales
- Full-time, in-office role in central Cambridge, 5 days per week
REF: JRM/ 215516
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London