Director of Operations

Location: Leeds, UK

Salary: £37,500 – £50,000 basic + performance-based bonus

Join Raw Selection – An Executive Search Firm. Raw Selection is not your average executive search firm. We’re a high-performance team obsessed with de-risking executive recruitment for Private Equity firms and their portfolio companies. We’re on a mission to become the global leader in Private Equity Executive Search—and we need an operational heavyweight to make that mission scalable. This isn’t about maintaining the status quo. It’s about building infrastructure, streamlining systems, and ensuring our engine runs clean while we double, then triple in size. You’ll be the right-hand partner in operations to the founder, working closely to engineer the systems and culture that enable Raw Selection to grow to £10 Million and beyond.

What’s in It for You?

• Ownership & Impact – You’ll have full responsibility and autonomy for operations with a focus on both strategic and hands-on implementation.
• No Bureaucracy – We’re not a corporate dinosaur, and you won’t be stuck in endless approval loops; time is crucial and we are on a mission.
• Partnership – Work side by side with the founder and Managing Partner Alex Rawlings.
• High-Performance Culture – Work with an ambitious team that supports and pushes each other.

The Mission

The mission of the Head of Operations is simple – own operations and drive growth. This means:

• Bandwidth – Create significant bandwidth for the founder to be able to execute.
• Data Driven Decision Making – Creating the reports and dashboards to drive fast and accurate decision making focused around growth.
• Document & Automation – Ensuring every workflow is documented, automated if possible and most importantly scalable.
• Building the infrastructure – Build the framework for a £10M revenue company before we get to it.
• Efficiency & Automation – Finding ways to automate, delegate, and optimise marketing tasks.

What We’re Looking For

Must-Haves

• 5+ years of experience in operations
• Execution & Strategy Balance – You can do the hands-on work and build the strategy.
• Worked in fast growth services companies
• Ability to connect operations directly to business growth.
• A track record of problem-solving and delivering exceptional results.
• A desire to challenge the status quo.

Who Thrives Here?

• Passionate & Obsessed – You love what you do and constantly level up your skills.
• Strategic & Analytical – You question why things are done, suggest improvements, and track performance.
• Self-Driven & Organised – You don’t need micromanaging and have a structured approach.
• Overachiever – You exceed expectations and have a track record to prove it.
• Lifelong Learner – You read, study, and apply.
• High Attention to Detail – You care about quality; you do not leave things half-done.
• Happy to make mistakes – You are aware you won’t make progress without making mistakes; this is a big part of our culture, making and learning from mistakes.

Ready to Take Ownership & Drive Growth?

If you’re a high-performing, commercially minded head of operations… Apply now or send your CV and a short intro to Ami.Wilson@Raw-Selection.com. Let’s build something big together.