Senior Business Operations Officer

Role Type Full-time | Permanent | Mid-level Senior

Silentium Defence is an award-winning Australian Defence technology company delivering world-leading passive radar and sensing solutions across Defence, space, critical national infrastructure and security markets.

As part of our expansion into the United Kingdom and Europe, we are seeking a Senior Business Operations Officer to help establish and scale our regional operations. Working directly with the CEO UK & Europe, this role will become the operational backbone of the business, ensuring that our key business frameworks are set up for success and support rapid growth.

This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing Defence technology company at an early stage and play a critical role in shaping our UK and European success story.

Your impact:

• Leading day-to-day business operations and administration
• Establishing and maintaining business management systems
• Supporting quality, compliance and certification activities
• Managing security administration and IT
• Supporting HR, finance and procurement activities
• Coordinating bids, tenders and corporate submissions
• Supporting UK and European business growth initiatives
• Working closely with teams across the UK, Europe and Australia

About you:

You are excited by the opportunity to join a rapidly expanding Defence technology business, working directly with senior leadership to build new systems and processes from the ground up. You have an interest in cutting-edge Defence and space technology, and a proactive, positive approach.

You are an experienced business operations manager, with strong organisational and administrative skills. You place a high value on quality and continuous improvement, and have the ability to manage multiple priorities. Ideally, you have experience in the Defence, technology or Government industries.

If this sounds interesting, we would love to hear from you.

You must be eligible to obtain a UK Security Clearance to apply for this position.

Silentium Defence is a rapidly growing, Australian-born business working at the cutting edge of advanced technology capability.

Our world-leading passive radar sensors empower defence, space, and commercial customers to see without being seen, enabling them to protect what matters most with unparalleled precision and reliability.

We’re doing hard things. Each and every one of us is empowered with responsibility and plays an integral role in the growth of our business. Here, hard work translates into real-world impact, and every contribution counts.

But it’s not all work—our culture is built on celebrating achievements, supporting one another, and providing opportunities to explore everyone’s full potential.