About the Position

CEO Office Associate

Proxima Fusion is Europe’s fastest-growing fusion company and the continent’s best-funded fusion player, as well as the first spin-out from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP). Backed by over €650M and powered by a growing team across Munich, Zurich, and Oxford, we are developing the hardware and infrastructure needed to deliver the world’s first commercial stellarator fusion power plant.

Responsibilities

Own critical projects from preparation through delivery. Clarify objectives, coordinate contributors, manage timelines and deliver work that meets a high bar for quality.
Prepare materials for important decisions and engagements. Develop presentations, briefings and supporting materials for leadership, board, investor and partner meetings, drawing on input from across the company.
Help focus the CEO’s time and attention. Work with the Chief of Staff and Personal Assistant to translate company priorities into purposeful meetings, engagements and preparation. Help assess what needs the CEO’s involvement and where others should take ownership.
Improve how information flows across Proxima. Keep the CEO and leadership team well informed. Help shape how we share priorities, decisions and progress across teams and locations. Build communication routines that keep people connected as the company grows.
Take on special projects wherever they matter most. Pick up high-priority work that needs an owner, whether it sits within the CEO Office or across technical and business teams. Get up to speed, bring the right people together, and see it through before moving to the next priority.
Find and fix inefficiencies. Spot repetitive work, unnecessary steps and gaps in coordination. Leverage any combination of AI, digital tools and straightforward processes to save time and improve quality.
Build systems that scale. Create useful templates, trackers and shared ways of working that others can easily adopt and maintain.

Requirements

You’re early in your career, with a proven track-record and drive to learn fast. You’re curious, seek challenges and feedback and are eager to take on responsibility.
You deliver excellent project management work. You manage multiple priorities, care about detail and see projects through.
You take initiative. You bring structure to open-ended problems, use sound judgement and know when to involve others.
You enjoy making things work better. You spot inefficiencies and use practical processes, AI and digital tools to improve how work gets done.
You work well with people. You build relationships across teams, communicate clearly and handle sensitive information with discretion.

Nice to Have

Experience in project management, business operations, or consulting.
An interest in deep tech, energy or industrial development.
A deep commitment to contribute to European leadership and sovereignty.

We Offer

Opportunity to work on some of the most complex tech challenges to bring abundant, safe, clean energy to the world.
Join and learn from an exceptional selection of accomplished and driven individuals.
Do your life’s best work and enjoy the journey.
Get to show that big things are possible in Europe when you assemble the best talent.

About the Company

Our concept advances the most mature fusion technology out there, the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator, through two next-generation machines: Alpha and Stellaris. Our work combines stellarator optimization, advanced computation, machine learning, and high-temperature superconducting magnets to unlock higher-performance designs that were previously out of reach.

Turning these designs into a functioning fusion power plant requires excellence and ownership across every discipline, from physics and engineering to software, manufacturing, law, and business functions.

CEO Office Associate

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