Two senior operators (one with a finance and systems leaning, one legally qualified) plus the deal ops team underneath them will support you. Hiring, training, performance, and the hard calls about who's good enough ultimately sit with you.

Systems

The operations function end to end: launching and closing investments on Odin, handling post-close governance all the way to exit, and the operating systems that run this.

Automation

The automation roadmap. You're the person who identifies the pain, automates fixes, and brings product/engineering only into the things that genuinely need significant engineering work. Before it gets to them you’ve already made the process as simple and fast as possible.

Hard calls and high stakes

You decide what we say yes and no to when we get asks from commercial. Working with the commercial team so we only take on what's scalable, profitable and worth doing.

You also handle high-value deals, edge cases that fit no process, escalations that need judgement rather than a playbook. You ensure they’re handled fast and we delight our customers.

Setting the bar

You set the cultural bar for the team and ensure we solve the root issues rather than putting out fires.

What we're looking for

Management experience

You've directly managed teams of 5+ for at least 3 years, including senior ICs.

In the details and extremely on top of things

You understand every single aspect of the system end to end. You close loops, you chase, you push hard to get things done.

You reason from first principles

Although you’re in the details and on top of execution, you also zoom out. You look at any process the way a good PM looks at a product: What's the job? Why are we doing this at all? What's the smallest, simplest system that achieves the goal?

A lot of what happens in fund admin is inherited convention, an industry "given", or a constraint of some third party. You should find it physically difficult to accept any of that.

AI-pilled

You've built significant operations automations with AI, and you know that the future of financial services is basically very small teams running large numbers of agents.

Brutally Honest

We do not have time for English politeness. You tell people when their work isn't good enough and you want the same back from others.

Big plus: prior experience in regulated financial services

Not a requirement, we care more about the traits above and

How we work

There are five things we care about deeply.

Reason from the ground up

You’re innately curious. You understand what's true, build from that, and trust no expert by default.

Speed begets speed

We work fast. Speed compounds, it's the best form of defensibility, and it's energising to be around. If you work slowly, or tolerate slow work around you, you do not belong at Odin.

Take ownership

Do not wait for permission to do things. Find the answer, force the thing into existence and hold others to a high standard.

Truly excellent customer service

Be a stickler for detail in every single interaction a customer has with us, and always strive to make this experience better.

Brutal honesty

If work doesn't meet the bar, people need to hear it, and the right people want to.

This role is probably not for you if

• You'd rather build product than operate it. Product instinct is required in this role, but a product career is not what this is;
• You prefer close management of your responsibilities;
• You are risk-averse;
• You want a 9-5;
• You take yourself too seriously;
• You want to work for a company that raises lots of VC money (status-driven) rather than one that’s extremely capital efficient and focused on building a profitable giant that has a positive economic impact (wealth-driven).

Salary

£120,000 - £150,000 base, plus a meaningful equity grant. We're flexible on the mix of cash and equity.

Hiring process

Three stages, usually inside two weeks, with detailed feedback within 24 hours of each one.

Working at Odin

We're a London-based team. This role works closely with the founders, product and the wider ops team, and the speed we run at makes that much easier in-person. At least three days a week in the office.

Benefits

• Health: Private health insurance (Vitality), paid sick leave including support for pregnancy loss and fertility treatments, and access to Spill for mental health support.
• Wellness: £1,000 annual budget for health, therapy or fitness.
• Parental Leave: Enhanced maternity, adoption, paternity and partner leave.
• Pension: 4% employer contribution with salary sacrifice options.
• Time Off: 25 days annual leave, 2 wellness days and flexible bank holidays (33 days total).
• Work From Anywhere: Up to 6 weeks per year working from anywhere globally.
• Birthday Leave: An additional day of leave.

Ready to apply?

If you're interested in joining our team at Odin, apply here ↓