Head of Growth Stage
Who are we?
CodeBase is a tech ecosystem support organisation and startup incubator and accelerator that helps people build and grow better tech startups through community, education and workspace.
We deliver startup and scaleup support for organisations including the Scottish Government, UK Government, local authorities and large corporations, working across the ecosystem with founders, investors, corporates, academia, government and the third sector.
At the heart of what we do is a simple ambition: to help founders build better businesses.
What are we looking for?
We’re looking for an experienced Head of Growth Stage to lead how CodeBase supports ambitious technology companies through one of the most important transitions in their growth.
At Growth Stage, a company may have demonstrated traction and found a route to market, but what got it here won’t necessarily get it to the next stage. Founder-led sales need to become repeatable and scalable. Teams and leadership structures need to mature. Capital decisions become more complex. And the founder needs to build a business that can increasingly operate without them being involved in every decision.
Your job will be to make sure CodeBase provides exceptional support through that transition.
This is a senior role with responsibility for shaping and leading our Growth Stage offering across multiple programmes and contracts. You’ll understand what Growth-stage founders need, build trusted relationships with them and use those insights to continually improve the support we provide.
We’re looking for someone who has been a founder themselves and has first-hand experience of navigating the Growth stage of a high-growth technology business. You’ll bring the credibility that comes from having built and scaled a company, alongside significant experience working with founders and leadership teams.
You’ll work closely with our Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIRs), mentors, investors, partners and wider Business Acceleration Team to connect founders with the right expertise and opportunities at the right moment.
You’ll need to move comfortably between founders, strategy and delivery — understanding the challenges facing an ambitious founder, while also turning those insights into services and interventions that can support a wider portfolio of companies.
What will you be doing?
- Own and evolve our Growth Stage offering, setting the strategy for how CodeBase supports companies as they move from early traction to scalable growth.
- Build trusted relationships with Growth-stage founders, using your own experience and understanding of scaling businesses to identify their most important challenges and opportunities.
- Design and deliver high-impact founder support, including programmes, mentoring, specialist interventions, peer activity and targeted support.
- Help founders navigate the transition to scalable growth, particularly around repeatable GTM, organisational and leadership development, capital strategy and reducing founder dependency.
- Work closely with our Entrepreneurs in Residence, mentors and wider team, turning founder insight and expertise into interventions that can benefit a wider portfolio of companies.
- Connect founders to the right support at the right time, drawing on CodeBase’s mentor, investor, education, programme and wider ecosystem networks.
- Lead Growth Stage delivery across multiple contracts, ensuring high-quality delivery and effective management of budgets, resources, performance and outcomes, and strong programme governance
- Measure and improve our impact, using data, founder feedback and team insight to understand what is working and where our support needs to evolve.
- Create clear pathways through the founder journey, working with other Heads of Stage to help companies move intentionally through each stage of growth.
- Build strong ecosystem relationships, particularly with founders, investors, operators and partners across Scotland and the wider UK.
- Lead and develop your team, creating clarity, ownership and a high-performance culture.
- Contribute to the wider leadership of the Business Acceleration Team, sharing insight and helping improve how CodeBase supports founders across the business.
What do we need from you?
We’re looking for someone who has first-hand experience as a founder and has successfully navigated the Growth stage of a high-growth business. You’ll understand the realities of building, scaling and leading a company, and be credible with ambitious founders and senior leadership teams.
We’d love to hear from you if you can demonstrate:
- Previous experience as a founder, ideally of a high-growth technology business.
- Direct experience of the Growth stage, including scaling teams and operations, developing go-to-market strategy, fundraising and navigating organisational change.
- Significant experience working directly with founders and senior leadership teams, with the credibility and judgement to build trusted relationships.
- Strong commercial understanding of how businesses scale, including people, capital, customers and organisational capability.
- Experience designing and delivering support, services or interventions for startups, scaleups or other high-growth businesses.
- The ability to turn insight from individual founders into broader strategy, support and opportunities.
- Strong leadership, communication and delivery skills, including managing teams, budgets, resources and stakeholders.
- A strong understanding of the UK, and ideally Scottish, startup and scaleup ecosystem.
Please also tell us if you have:
- Experience scaling a business through Series A and beyond or another significant Growth-stage milestone.
- Strong relationships across the Scottish and wider UK startup, investor and scaleup ecosystem.
- Experience connecting founders with investors, capital or other strategic support.
- Experience delivering publicly or privately funded programmes or contracts.
- Experience representing an organisation with senior stakeholders, investors and ecosystem partners.
What will you get?
- Circa £54-66k per annum, dependent on experience
- 4 day working week (please note that this role will require out of hours working from time to time for which you will receive time off in lieu)
- 23 days holiday + 2 weeks off over Christmas and New Year
- 10% employer pension contribution on Qualifying Earnings
- 12 weeks maternity or paternity leave at full pay
- Bupa private medical and dental insurance
- Income protection insurance, death in service insurance, and critical illness insurance
About the job
Work Days: This role is 28 hours a week over 4 days (day off to be decided with line manager), 9am - 5pm
Location: Any CodeBase Hub (depending on availability) or remote, with regular travel to Edinburgh (37a Castle Terrace) to be expected.
Start Date: ASAP
Contract: Fixed-Term to 31st October 2027
How do you apply?
We strongly believe that diversity is a tremendous asset in every part of life, including business, and that no one should be held back by their background or culture. It is our responsibility to ensure that our team and our community reflects this by being diverse, inclusive, equal and fair. If this resonates with you, then we want to hear from you.
The Process
We hire by posting a job description on our website and other online job boards, asking applicants to complete an application form with specific role related questions and to submit a tailored CV. When we shortlist we give people a chance and overlook less than perfect academic performance or gaps on CVs as we know that structural inequalities, mental health challenges and family considerations can be unfairly held against people. We conduct a panel interview as part of our interview process. We then start a 3–6 month probationary period where we encourage open communication to ensure that we do everything we can to set you up to succeed in the role.
Key Dates and Links
The closing date for this role is Monday 16th November 2026 at 9am with interviews scheduled for week commencing 30th November 2026. To apply for the role please download and complete the application form and return to jobs@thisiscodebase.com along with a CV. You can also optionally complete the Equal Opportunity and Diversity Monitoring Form via the link below. If you would like to submit your application in an alternative format please get in touch by emailing jobs@thisiscodebase.com.
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early and, as such, recommend early applications.
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