Business Operations & Growth Manager

(Founder’s Right Hand - Part-time)

Location: Remote-first role. The business is headquartered in Edinburgh. Regular in-person working is required, with fortnightly in-person days initially, moving to monthly in-person days once established.

Hours: Part-time - equivalent to 3 days per week (approximately 24 hours). Hours can be flexibly distributed across the week, to be agreed together.

Salary: £45,000-£50,000 full-time equivalent (£27,000-£30,000 pro rata)

Contract: Permanent

Probation: 3-month trial period

About Us

Man For Himself is an award-winning men’s grooming and lifestyle platform founded by Robin James in 2012, operating across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and ManForHimself.com.

Alongside this, Anforh is a premium men’s grooming and fragrance brand. The first haircare product launched in 2023, with further haircare launches in July and November 2025. In November 2025, the brand also launched three fine fragrances alongside a discovery set.

This is a founder-led business that has grown organically and is now entering a phase where structure, prioritisation, and operational clarity are essential to support sustainable growth.

The Role

We’re looking for a Business Operations & Growth Manager to become the Founder’s right hand and second-in-command.

This role is about turning ideas into action, bringing clarity to what matters week to week, and ensuring momentum across both the content platform (Man For Himself) and the product brand (Anforh), without everything relying on the Founder.

This is a senior, part-time role suited to someone who enjoys responsibility, autonomy, and working closely with a founder in a fast-moving environment.

Key Responsibilities

Weekly priorities & momentum

Help define what matters each week and month
Bring structure and focus to a busy, creative business
Ensure projects move forward and are followed through

Operations & coordination

Manage freelancers and external partners
Improve systems, workflows, and ways of working
Act as a central point of coordination so the Founder isn’t carrying everything

Commercial oversight (across both businesses)

Own pricing logic and commercial structure
Handle inbound enquiries and negotiations for Man For Himself
Sense-check opportunities and protect the Founder’s time
Support retail, wholesale, and partnership conversations for Anforh

Growth & forward thinking

Identify opportunities and risks early
Bring recommendations to the Founder (“I think we should do X, here’s why”)
Support launches, timelines, and next steps
Help the business grow without unnecessary complexity

What this role is not

Not a sales-only role
Not a marketing execution role
Not a creative or content role
Not a consultant drop-in

This is an integrator role with ownership and responsibility.

Person Specification

We’re open to different backgrounds. What matters most is how you think and work.

You are likely someone who:

Takes ownership and follows things through to completion
Brings clarity and momentum to fast-moving situations
Is calm, organised, and decisive
Enjoys turning ideas into action
Spots problems before they escalate
Is commercially minded but not sales-led
Communicates clearly and confidently
Is comfortable challenging a founder constructively
Wants to build something, not just “do a job”

Experience in founder-led businesses, startups, or scaling environments is a strong advantage, but not essential.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: £27,000.00-£30,000.00 per year

Expected hours: No less than 24 per week

Benefits:

Flexitime
Work from home

Application question(s):

Are you looking for a role where you act as a founder’s right hand, taking ownership and helping shape how the business runs day to day?
Have you had hands-on responsibility for commercial decision-making (e.g. pricing, partnerships, revenue planning, or supplier relationships)?
How many years of experience do you have working in business operations, growth, or a similar hands-on role within a small or founder-led business?
Are you able and willing to attend regular in-person working days in Edinburgh (fortnightly initially, moving to monthly)?
Are you comfortable working part-time (approximately 24 hours per week), with flexibility in how those hours are distributed?

Work Location: Remote

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