We are partnered with a venture-backed deep-tech hardware company entering a major scale-up phase.
This is a CFO role owning capital strategy, fundraising, and financial discipline in a complex environment spanning manufacturing, government programmes, and commercial contracts.
Key focus areas:
Lead large-scale equity and debt fundraising (incl. government-backed financing)
Establish a single source of truth for company financials, forecasting, and cash
Own cost structure and unit economics in a hardware/manufacturing business
Manage financial aspects of government contracts, R&D funding, and commercial revenue
Build and lead a lean finance function (Controller + external partners)
Ideal for a venture-backed CFO with experience in deep tech, hardware, or advanced manufacturing, comfortable operating across capital markets, government funding, and international growth (US/Canada).
Gram Partners have partnered with a venture-backed, dual-use deep-tech company who are hiring their first CFO at a pivotal growth stage.
This is a strategic, front-office CFO role for a finance leader with experience in late-stage venture-backed businesses, ideally having taken a company from late stage through to exit.
Key focus areas include:
Capital raising and investor relations
Financial strategy, modelling, and FP&A
SaaS / recurring-revenue economics
M&A and strategic transactions
Partnering closely with CEO and Board
Ideal background:
CFO or senior finance leader in a growth-stage tech company
Strong exposure to SaaS or recurring revenue models
Experience in deep tech, data, software, or advanced technology
Comfortable operating in complex, international environments
Location: Europe (flexible; relocation and visa sponsorship available)
This is a rare opportunity to help shape the next phase of a mission-driven deep-tech company and play a key role in its journey toward scale and exit.
An emerging leader in launch vehicle innovation is building the next generation of fully and rapidly reusable rockets, engineered to fly daily and radically reduce the cost, increase the cadence, and improve the reliability of getting to space. Their mission is rooted in the belief that a scalable space economy enables a more vibrant, sustainable, and equitable future on Earth.
As a Senior Structures Design Engineer, you’ll take ownership of complex structural subsystems-designing, analyzing, and seeing your hardware through from concept to flight. This is a highly hands-on role in a collaborative, startup-style environment, with a team that thrives on accountability, mission focus, and technical excellence.
What You’ll Be Doing:
Leading the structural design of the rocket across pressurized, primary, and thrust-bearing components
Taking full lifecycle ownership of your hardware (design, analysis, build, integration, flight)
Developing load paths, load cases, and conducting structural analyses (hand calcs to FEA)
Working side-by-side with manufacturing and test teams
Creating tools and design guidelines to improve development cycles
Mentoring junior engineers and contributing to a strong, empowered engineering culture
You’ll Need:
8+ years of experience in aerospace primary structures (with flown hardware)
Strong fundamentals and engineering judgment
Hands-on experience with CAD (NX preferred) and analysis tools (ANSYS preferred)
Ability to balance quick-turn calculations with high-fidelity simulations
Background in launch vehicles and/or cryogenic propellants is a plus
Proven mentorship experience and excellent communication skills
Bachelor’s degree in engineering
Why This Team:
Work on a mission-critical program pushing the boundaries of reusability
Own your work from idea to orbit in a fast-paced, low-ego environment
Join a company backed by significant funding and led by experts from top-tier space companies
Dog-friendly office, 401(k) match, stock options, paid parental leave, wellness perks, and more
A rapidly scaling commercial space-data company is seeking an exceptional Head of Government Sales to lead and expand U.S. government.
Recent multi-year contract wins with major U.S. government departments have significantly increased demand, and further spacecraft are already in development.
We’re looking for a true hunter who can navigate complex federal procurement environments, lead multi-year sales cycles, and win large strategic data contracts.
What you’ll do
Lead federal sales across civilian, defense, and intelligence agencies, including major science and security organizations.
Drive pipeline development and execution for large, multi-year satellite-data purchases and next-generation systems.
Navigate the full government procurement lifecycle — budgeting, program advocacy, solicitation, proposal, negotiation, and award.
What You Bring
A proven record of winning major U.S. government contracts (ideally $10M+).
Experience selling commercial satellite data, remote sensing, geospatial analytics, or related datasets into the federal space.
Deep knowledge of federal procurement processes (defense, civilian agencies, or IC).
Ability to build and lead complex, multi-agency sales pursuits.
Chief Executive Officer Location: California (Hybrid) Reports to: Board of Directors Stage: Post-Series A, Scaling Growth Phase
About the Company
Our client is a venture-backed robotics and AI company at a pivotal inflection point. The business has developed a category-leading autonomous mobile robot (AMR) platform that combines advanced AI with human-centric design. This solution is already deployed with global enterprises and is delivering measurable productivity gains and disruptive unit economics.
With a strong technology foundation, proven customer adoption, and significant growth potential across logistics, healthcare, automotive, and industrial sectors, the company is now focused on capital strategy and commercial scaling.
The Role
We are seeking a commercially-driven, visionary Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead the company through its next stage of growth. This individual will take ownership of fundraising, commercial expansion, and long-term strategic leadership, positioning the company as a category-defining automation leader in one of the world’s fastest-growing sectors.
Key Responsibilities
Fundraising & Capital Strategy
Lead upcoming growth funding rounds
Develop and execute long-term capital plans to support manufacturing and global deployments.
Commercial Growth
Scale enterprise sales, channel, and partnership strategies.
Drive adoption with global enterprise customers and expand into adjacent verticals.
Build and lead a high-performing commercial function across sales, marketing, and customer success.
Strategy & Operations
Define and deliver the long-term vision for automation leadership across industries.
Balance hardware and software revenue models (robotics-as-a-service, recurring revenue).
Drive operational excellence across supply chain, sales, and customer delivery.
Culture & Leadership
Lead a world-class technical team within a collaborative, customer-centric culture.
Act as the external face of the company with investors, customers, and partners.
Build on a strong engineering foundation to scale into a global commercial business.
Candidate Profile
Experience
Proven track record of raising $100M+ in capital within hardware, robotics, deep tech, or enterprise technology.
Executive experience as CEO, President, COO, or GM with full P&L responsibility.
Demonstrated success scaling hardware + software businesses, ideally within logistics, supply chain, or automation.
Experience leading complex enterprise sales cycles (6–12 months).
Background working with or selling into system integrators, supply chain operators, or enterprise customers.
Attributes
Highly commercial, thrives on building relationships and closing enterprise deals.
Visionary leader with the ability to inspire teams, customers, and investors.
Strategic operator with strong financial acumen and capital discipline.
Culturally adept at scaling world-class technical organizations without losing agility.
Why Apply?
Massive Market Opportunity – Logistics automation is a trillion-dollar global industry.
Proven Product-Market Fit – Validated deployments with global enterprise customers.
World-Class Team – Backed by leading investors and a highly respected technical founding team.
Disruptive Economics – Category-leading product with unmatched ROI.
Inflection Point – Product is ready, customers are paying, and the business is primed for scale.
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