Senior Innovation Manager: STFC
Senior Innovation Manager
Salary: £50,702 to £56,336 per annum (dependent on skills and experience).
Location: Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell, Oxfordshire.
Our Innovation Managers help us to commercialise our ground-breaking science! They play a meaningful role in helping to advance breakthrough innovations that are crafted by scientists and engineers at STFC’s National Laboratories. Operating from within the dynamic and fast-paced Innovation team, the Senior Innovation Manager will support our impact-orientated mission by leading on the exploitation of STFC technologies for economic and societal impact.
About this opportunity:
This role will lead on delivering the day-to-day requirements for successful evaluation of opportunities, development of commercialisation plans, identification of licensees and investors, to secure license deals, company venture formation (spinout), and commercial collaborations.
Main Responsibilities in this role:
- Advance the commercialisation of innovations with high impact potential.
- Evaluate innovations and other types of business opportunities that are internally built by STFC.
- Develop project plans and execute evidence-generating activities that build innovation value and advance innovation projects toward commercialisation.
- Provide innovation and commercialisation outreach and engagement.
We are looking for someone with:
- Experience in technology transfer, innovation scouting, or equivalent area.
- Highly developed inter-personal skills with demonstrated ability to identify & develop relationships with potential commercial partners for deep tech opportunities.
- Strong communication skills for technical and business audiences to develop concept understanding and uncover opportunities.
Employee Benefits:
We are offering a permanent position that provides a whole host of benefits including; 30 days holiday (in addition to bank holidays), an excellent pension scheme, employee shopping/travel discounts, a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme, plus many more benefits and wellbeing initiatives that enable our employees to have an excellent work-life balance.
We will ensure, where possible, that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
UKRI is an Equal Opportunity & Disability Confident Employer.