Chief of Staff in Leeds

Chief of Staff to the CEO

Location

Leeds HQ (office-based, with significant potential for external travel)

Type

Full‑time

Role Overview

Asset Cool is in an intense period of growth with an active funding round, a fast‑expanding commercial pipeline, and a deep R&D program spanning parts, chemistry, robotics, software and drones.

The Chief of Staff will curate all of this and help the leadership team roll out frontier technology against an ambitious commercial and technical vision.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a close working partner to the CEO, converting his priorities into structured plans with clear owners, timelines and follow‑up.
• Lead time‑critical, cross‑functional management that span parts, chemistry, robotics, engineering, commercial, operations and R&D.
• Coordinate fundraising activity and broader investor relationship management, including board and investor deck preparation, data room ownership, diligence follow‑up, investor updates and board meeting preparation.
• Take ownership of specific friction points between teams – for example, between engineering leads or across R&D workstreams – with delegated authority to bring the right people together and get to a resolution on a project‑by‑project basis.
• Prepare briefing materials, agendas and decision papers for leadership meetings, ensuring discussions end with clear decisions and accountable owners.
• Build lightweight operating rhythms (planning cycles, KPI reviews, regular leadership check‑ins) that help the business scale without adding unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Act as a sounding board for the CEO on strategic and commercial decisions, bringing structured thinking and an outside perspective to big calls.
• Required Skills & Experience
• Expert, demonstrable experience in a high‑growth company, ideally venture‑backed or private‑equity‑backed, in a Chief of Staff, strategy consulting, or senior startup operations role with direct exposure to a CEO or founder.
• Demonstrable experience leading complex, cross‑functional projects with multiple stakeholders and no single natural owner.
• Experience coordinating fundraising activity, board reporting, investor relations and investor materials.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, with the ability to take complex, messy information and turn it into clear recommendations for a CEO and leadership team.
• High comfort with things that aren’t fully figured out yet – able to build just enough structure to keep the business moving without adding unnecessary process.
• Strong relationship‑building skills and a confident, resilient communication style, with the credibility to win over senior technical and commercial leaders without formal authority over them.
• Good business judgement and comfortable working with data to frame trade‑offs and inform decisions.
• Productive, practical use of AI tools to improve analysis, coordination, communication and leadership‑level operating cadence.
• Preferred Skills & Experience
• Experience in a deep‑tech, hardware, robotics or engineering‑led business, or another sector with comparably technical R&D operations.
• Background in similar positions, management consulting or a similarly rigorous, analytically‑driven environment.
• Direct experience working through a funding round (equity or debt).
• Prior experience operating at a similar company stage (post‑Series A, scaling fast, building out core operating processes for the first time).
• Experience operating in a venture‑backed, private‑equity‑backed, deep‑tech or similarly high‑growth environment.

Benefits

• Work directly with the CEO on an ambitious vision to roll out frontier technology across the power grid.
• Join a rapidly growing business developing advanced robotics, coatings, chemistry and data‑led grid technology.
• Operate at the centre of a high‑growth company with real deployments, major investors and board‑level exposure.
• Competitive salary, office‑based collaboration at Asset Cool’s Leeds HQ, and significant potential for external travel.

We’re proud to be an equal‑opportunities employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

We’re committed to building an inclusive, supportive workplace where everyone can thrive, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

If you have a disability or any specific requirements and need adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, just let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate your needs.

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