Overview
Position: Managing Director – Photonics & Scientific Components (UK Based)
Location: UK (Cambridge area)
Sector: Scientific Imaging and optics Technology
Employment type: Full-time, Permanent
The Role
The Managing Director will provide strategic and operational leadership across all areas of the business, with responsibility for:
* Defining and executing the company’s long-term growth strategy
* Full P&L ownership and delivery of revenue and profitability targets
* Leading and developing the senior management team across sales, operations, R&D, and finance
* Driving commercial excellence, with a strong focus on international growth and new market development
* Ensuring operational efficiency and maintaining the highest standards of quality, compliance, and customer satisfaction
* Acting as the external face of the business with key customers, partners, and stakeholders
The Candidate
We are seeking a commercially driven and strategically minded leader with:
* Proven senior leadership experience, ideally as Managing Director, General Manager, or Business Unit Director
* A strong track record in photonics, optics, scientific components, spectroscopy, imaging technologies, or advanced manufacturing
* P&L responsibility and demonstrable success in growing a technology-driven business
* Excellent leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and manage cross-functional teams
* Strategic vision combined with hands-on operational oversight
* Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Why Apply?
This is a unique opportunity to take the helm of a highly respected UK technology company and lead its growth journey in global scientific and commercial markets.
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