Senior Business Operations Partner in London

Overview

About OLIX

OLIX is growing faster than any technology in history and the explosion in demand has created a massive infrastructure gap; we can no longer build chips or power stations fast enough to keep up. The industry is still leaning on a ten-year-old hardware blueprint that has reached its limit. A new paradigm that is faster and more efficient will be the biggest economic opportunity of the next century and create the most important company of the next decade. OLIX is building this next paradigm; the Optical Tensor Processing Unit (OTPU) achieves performance and energy efficiency that is impossible to match from existing chips.

The Role

At OLIX, speed is existential. We’re building the infrastructure for frontier AI, and doing that well requires every part of the company (hardware, software, people, finance) to move with precision and zero drag. We want every teammate focused on their highest-impact work, not lost in manual processes, context-switching, or outdated tools. This role exists to change that.

The Business Operations Partner will design, build, and scale the systems that make OLIX operate at 10× efficiency. You’ll treat internal teams as your customers, understanding their workflows, mapping friction points, and using automation, AI, and well-designed systems to make things "just work." Your job is to remove obstacles before others even notice them, and to create a foundation that lets OLIX scale from 50 → 150 → 300+ without losing velocity. If you love diving into messy workflows, finding hidden bottlenecks, and turning them into elegant, self-service systems, you’ll thrive here.

Responsibilities

• Hunt for bottlenecks, friction points, manual work, and unnecessary cognitive load across all functions - from People and Finance to Engineering, Labs, and Operations.
• Work with teams to map workflows, deeply understand their pains, and co-create solutions that actually get used.
• Build AI-powered and automated workflows that remove the burden of repetitive tasks and free teams to focus on high-impact work.
• Identify opportunities to collapse multi-step processes into seamless, user-friendly experiences.
• Treat each team as a customer. Understand their goals, constraints, and edge cases.
• Prototype quickly, iterate with real users, and only ship systems that create measurable value.
• Champion simplicity; if it’s not intuitive, it’s not done.
• Drive projects from first principles through rollout with minimal disruption and maximum impact.
• Work closely with stakeholders across functions to coordinate changes, align timelines, and ensure teams adopt new workflows.
• Lead by example in your own use of AI, automation, and system tooling.
• Decide when to build vs. buy balancing cost, complexity, and long-term scalability.
• Create a coherent systems architecture so that tools talk to each other and data flows automatically.

Skills & Experience

• Strong capability in workflow automation platforms (Zapier, Make, n8n, or similar).
• Hands-on experience with databases, APIs, data modelling, and basic scripting (Python/JS ideal).
• Ability to create internal dashboards, reporting flows, and lightweight internal apps.
• Comfort evaluating and integrating third-party tools.
• A bias for building things that scale cleanly and are easy for others to maintain.
• Deep understanding of AI use cases across business operations, and an insatiable curiosity for what’s changing as new models emerge.
• Ability to translate AI capabilities into practical tools, workflows, and automations.
• Excellent project management skills to be able to run cross-functional initiatives without chaos.
• Comfort getting your hands dirty and shipping quickly. A sharp eye for eliminating complexity and designing for simplicity.
• Ability to flex your approach to match the working style of each team.
• Treat your internal partners as customers, measuring success by their adoption and delight.
• Product design instincts: understanding real problems, co-creating solutions, and iterating to deliver actual value.
• A belief that the best system is the one people actually use.

Compensation & Equity

• Competitive Salary: commensurate with your experience, skills, and location.
• Equity & Ownership: Meaningful stock options. You’re not just joining the mission; you’re owning a piece of it.
• Proximity Bonus: We value your time. To minimise your commute and maximise your life, we offer a £24k annual Living-Local Bonus if your residence is within 20 minutes of the office.

Health & Wellbeing

• Premium Healthcare: Comprehensive BUPA medical and dental cover, including Medical History Disregarded (MHD), for complete peace of mind.
• Time Off: 25 days of annual leave, plus all UK public holidays.