CEO

The Company

Our client is a new start-up, part of a leading european spatial group. One company of the group developed an innovative payload concept for monitoring vessel traffic which has high potential to generate major revenues in the maritime safety & security sector

The Position

To realize this vision, the group is looking for a dedicated individual who can convincingly represent the role of a CEO, take the lead in the further development of the business model, execute the fund raising outside the group and lead the business.

• Vision & Mission:
  • Together with the group management, define the future vision and the overall strategy of the company from development to market entry to scale
  • Define and complete the funding round needed to launch the initial service
• Finance:
  • Lead and develop all strategic clients and partners relationship with government institutions in the space business (ESA, European Commission, Luxembourg Space Agency, ...) and the maritime domain.
  • Attract new investors and get the support from governmental institutions to fuel the company's growth
  • Owning the operational budget and managing burn rate
  • Managing competition and threats in the marketplace, with constant evaluation of the financial structure, capital strategy and strategic objectives
  • Represent the start-up to customers, partners, investors and the public with high level professionalism and persuasiveness
  • Prospect potential governmental and private sector clients with the support of the Business Development department
• Governance
  • Build and lead the Team and make sure that all departments are aware of and work towards the main company goals
  • Create a motivating work environment and a high-performance company culture for all employees
  • Regularly communicate the company strategy and make sure that all employees contribute to the company goal

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will be a tech entrepreneur and mentor with love and passion for space or maritime:

• True founder mindset; hands-on, driven, resilient with experience in founder successful startups
• Customer centric business mindset and proven experience in fund raising
• Proven experience in building successful managing tech teams and the ability to work in a multinational project team
• Understanding the interconnections between business strategy, market reality and technological and system design choices
• Great communication skills
• Quality people management skills
• Willing to lead a business based in Luxembourg
• Fluency in English
• EU citizen or LU work permit mandatory

Potential candidate value-adding assets:

• High quality network in the maritime and space world
• Fluency in German
• Demonstrate innovative and out-of-the-box thinking
• Understand how to build a digital data product, know how to develop customers and grow a company

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