Founder's Associate
£40,000 - £60,000 / Full-time / On-site / London
The electricity grid is running on 130-year-old technology. While the world has poured attention and money into renewables, EVs, and AI data centres, the infrastructure that everything connects back into has been left behind.
IONATE is fixing that. Founded seven years ago by a neuroscientist and an electrical and control systems engineer, we are building the hardware-software backbone to bring energy systems into the 21st century – making them smart, more reliable, and capable of handling what's coming next.
The tech has been proven. Early commercial projects are going live across Portugal, Spain, the Nordics, Austria, and the UK. The US market is pulling hard. A Series A of $17M closed in 2025.
The technology risk has been removed. Now it's about execution.
Why This Role Exists
IONATE is scaling from around 50 to 100 people across multiple geographies. Matthew, the CEO, is stretched across every part of the business. He needs a right hand – someone who can look across business units and external stakeholders, organise priorities strategically, and protect his time for the work only he can do.
What You'll Do
- Work directly with Matthew day-to-day as his right hand - learn his role in depth and remove the blockers that slow him down
- Own Matthew’s time - keep him focused on the handful of priorities only he can drive, and hand
