Chief of Staff
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- The Chief of Staff is the connective tissue of Zero Gravity, working alongside the executive team across people, legal, compliance, finance, systems, and governance.
- The job is context: reading nuance, spotting problems early, and joining the dots across a fast-moving organisation. AI increasingly handles the doing, which makes that kind of judgement more valuable, not less.
- You'll own complex, high-stakes workstreams end to end, from shareholder agreements to ISO certification to some of our most sensitive situations, with real autonomy and trust.
- You'll drive Zero Gravity's AI transformation: the tools, infrastructure, and culture change that make adoption stick and keep us ahead of the curve as the technology evolves.
- You will own annual strategy design and quarterly OKR cycles — shaping company-wide priorities and reporting on progress to the whole organisation.
- Run the full employee/HR lifecycle end-to-end: contracts, leave, performance, people management, and the policy suite that underpins it all.
- Maintain compliance and keep Zero Gravity ahead of its legal and regulatory obligations.
- Lead engagement initiatives, internal comms, and AI upskilling programmes that shape how the team works and grows.
- Own financial planning rhythms: payroll, expenses policy, the health insurance scheme, asset register, and board-level financial reporting.
- Prepare board papers and minutes, manage shareholder comms, and administer the EMI options scheme — acting as the connective tissue between leadership and the board.
- Support fundraising directly, from investor materials to legal due diligence.
- Line manage our Operations team, setting clear priorities and developing their capability. Oversee their work on legal & compliance, data, internal systems & operations, office management, and safeguarding across the organisation.
- 🏃♀️ | Monthly Socials: Join us for fun team socials, completely on-the-house. Quarterly, we go big with sports days, BBQs, and more
- 💻 | Company MacBook: Get the latest Apple gear to stay ahead of the game
- 💂♀️ | Central London Office: Work from our beautiful Zero Gravity HQ in Barbican/Old Street, while enjoying flexible WFH options
- 📈 | Share options: Own a piece of Zero Gravity with our 'Zero Gravity For All' options scheme
- 🎄 | Christmas Shutdown: Enjoy 3 extra festive days off, plus 25 days of annual leave and 8 bank holidays
- 💳 | Zero Gravity Card: £500 annually to spend on your personal development with your very own Zero Gravity Card
- 🩺 | Private Healthcare: Extensive private health insurance, including dental, mental health support, and gym discounts
- Exceptional judgement — trusted to handle the organisation's most sensitive situations with maturity and discretion.
- Outstanding written communicator — clear and credible across board papers, legal agreements, and grant applications.
- A genuine generalist — as comfortable reviewing a contract as designing a review process or presenting to the board.
- Highly organised — structured thinking and rigorous tracking across many parallel workstreams.
- Straight-talking — willing to push back and say what you think in a room full of senior people.
- Comfortable with ambiguity — you figure it out, make a call, and move.
- Genuinely excited about AI — as a capability to build across an organisation, with your own view on where it's going.
- Apply via WTTJ
- Initial 30 minute interview
- Technical round to assess how you approach your work
- Values interview with Founder and other team members