Purpose of the Role
Business Manager, CTO Office
Location: Milton Park, Oxfordshire, UK
Reporting to: Chief of Staff, Technology Office
Shape the Future of Sustainable Technology
At Agratas, we're powering the future of sustainable energy through the design and manufacture of next-generation battery technologies. As part of the Tata Group, we are building a world-class battery business that will support the global transition to electrification and net-zero mobility.
To help us achieve this ambition, we are seeking an exceptional Business Manager, CTO Office to join our Technology Organisation in Oxford. This is a rare opportunity to work at the heart of a growing global business, partnering directly with the Chief Technology Officer and Chief of Staff to drive efficiency, governance, and operational excellence across a fast-paced technology function.
About the Role
The CTO Office is a small, high-impact team responsible for enabling the successful execution of Agratas' technology strategy. Supporting senior technology leaders operating across multiple countries and time zones, the team plays a critical role in coordinating priorities, driving governance, and ensuring smooth organisational operations.
As Business Manager, you will act as a trusted partner to the CTO and Chief of Staff, providing executive-level support while helping to coordinate strategic initiatives across the wider technology organisation. This highly visible role requires exceptional organisational capability, commercial awareness, sound judgement, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic and rapidly evolving environment.
You will be a natural relationship builder, comfortable engaging with stakeholders at all levels, including executive leadership, board representatives, and international visitors.
Key Responsibility Areas
Executive and Leadership Support
- Manage the CTO's complex calendar, ensuring priorities are aligned and schedules are optimised.
- Coordinate executive meetings, board engagements, strategic reviews, and leadership events.
- Prepare high-quality briefing packs, presentations, agendas, reports, and meeting materials.
- Track actions, commitments, key decisions, and follow-up activities arising from leadership meetings.
Governance and Operational Excellence
- Maintain governance processes, reporting frameworks, action trackers, and communication channels.
- Support the effective flow of information across the technology organisation.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, consistency, and decision-making.
- Ensure governance activities are delivered to a high standard and within agreed timelines.
Travel and International Coordination
- Manage complex domestic and international travel arrangements for senior leaders.
- Create detailed itineraries and oversee all travel logistics.
- Act as the primary point of contact for overseas visitors, including C-suite stakeholders.
- Coordinate travel, accommodation, site access, transportation, hospitality, catering, and visitor experience activities.
Financial and Procurement Support
- Manage executive expense processes and collaborate with Finance on reporting and approvals.
- Act as a SAP Ariba champion, supporting employees with procurement and ordering processes.
- Coordinate with procurement and finance teams to resolve non-standard purchasing and operational challenges.
Project and Event Management
- Support strategic projects, leadership initiatives, and team events.
- Independently coordinate workshops, offsites, leadership meetings, and special projects.
- Provide operational oversight to ensure successful delivery of key organisational priorities.
Job Context
What You'll Bring
Essential Experience
- Significant experience supporting C-suite executives, senior technology leaders, or executive leadership teams within a complex organisation.
- Experience operating in fast-paced, high-growth environments where priorities shift frequently.
- Proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.
- Experience working across global organisations, cultures, and multiple time zones.
Skills and Capabilities
- Outstanding organisational and planning skills with a proactive, solutions-focused mindset.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce executive-level presentations, reports, and briefings.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to engage effectively at all levels.
- High levels of discretion, professionalism, and sound judgement when handling sensitive information.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, and related collaboration tools.
- Experience using travel management, visitor management, procurement, and expense systems.
Personal Attributes
- Highly adaptable and resilient.
- Calm under pressure and comfortable managing ambiguity.
- Naturally collaborative with a strong customer-service mindset.
- Proactive, resourceful, and always one step ahead.
- Passionate about enabling leaders and teams to perform at their best.
Why Join Agratas?
At Agratas, you'll have the opportunity to help build a business from the ground up while contributing to one of the world's most important technological transitions. You'll work alongside talented colleagues, influence senior leaders, and play a pivotal role in supporting the growth of a global technology organisation.
If you thrive in a fast-moving environment, enjoy operating at the centre of strategic decision-making, and are looking for a role where you can make a meaningful impact, we'd love to hear from you.
At Agratas, we believe that diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds strengthen our innovation and help us build a better future. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Our commitment to inclusion is embedded in our culture, our values, and the way we work together. We actively encourage applications from individuals who may be underrepresented in our industry and are dedicated to ensuring a fair, transparent, and inclusive recruitment process.
