Job Title: Business Development Manager, ISIS Neutron and Muon Facility
Salary: £58,589- £65,100 gross per annum (dependent on skills and experience )
Hours: Full time or Part time (minimum 4 days per week) (We understand the importance of work-life balance, and are happy to discuss the possibility of flexible working with applicants)
Contract Type: Open-Ended
Location: Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell, Oxfordshire
Together, our scientists, technologists, engineers and business team explore the unknown and turn what they find into work that changes the world around us. Whether it's sending probes into space or finding new ways to treat cancer, everyone here plays a vital role in making a positive difference to society.
Come and discover how much you can achieve when you're surrounded by world-leading experts, encouraged to constantly learn and empowered to explore your curiosity.
About Us:
Through combining world leading facilities with major national and international collaborations and a highly talented work force we are driving groundbreaking advances in science and technology, delivering impact and generating growth.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Business Development Team, part of the Business and Innovations Directorate (BID) at STFC as a Business Development Manager for the ISIS Neutron and Muon Facility. ISIS is a world-leading centre for research in the physical and life sciences, producing beams of neutrons and muons that allow scientists to study materials at the atomic level. It supports a national and international community of more than 3000 visiting scientists per year, from industry and academia, who use ISIS for research in physics, chemistry, materials science, geology, engineering and biology.
You will work with and support the scientific and engineering staff to understand how the facility can help address the many and varied challenges faced by industry, seeking out new opportunities to grow and build impactful relationships with industry.
Key Responsibilities:
* Strategic Engagement: Identify and pursue new business opportunities by engaging stakeholders across government, industry, and the research community.
* Pipeline Development: Build and maintain a robust pipeline of business opportunities, ensuring alignment with ISIS's strategic priorities and long-term objectives.
* Stakeholder Management: Establish and nurture strong relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external, serving as a primary point of contact for business development activities.
* Opportunity Development: Scope and develop business cases and funding proposals in collaboration with technical and non-technical teams.
* Market Intelligence: Monitor developments and emerging trends in industry particularly related to the Government Industrial Strategy to inform strategic direction and identify new opportunities.
* Reporting & Metrics: Maintain relevant market landscape data, track engagement metrics, and report progress to the senior leadership.
* Advocacy & Representation: Promote ISIS's mission, capabilities, and outcomes to external audiences, representing the facility and STFC both nationally and internationally.
You should have an understanding of the vision, mission and goals of STFC, how this fits in the context of UKRI and the importance of generating impact and driving growth.
Person Specification:
The ideal candidate possesses a scientific or technical background in a relevant scientific discipline, along with an understanding of-or the ability to learn-neutron and muon-based analytical techniques. They demonstrate excellent leadership and management abilities, as well as the capacity to think strategically and contribute to broader corporate initiatives. Outcome-focused and resilient, they are skilled in negotiation, persuasion, and influencing others. The candidate excels in communication and relationship-building with both internal and external stakeholders, showing an ability to align and inspire others. Highly developed interpersonal and networking skills, strong team collaboration, and a high degree of corporate commitment further support their effectiveness in dynamic and demanding environments.
This role requires a broad range of skills, and the correct candidate will have a mixture of the skills listed below. The role will also require some travel within the UK and occasional travel overseas.
(Please note the below criteria will be assessed at Shortlisting or Interview stage as indicated)
Essential
* Strong track record in technical business development with demonstrable evidence of generating value and measurable impact. (S, I)
* Robust technical background and/or the ability to understand technical concepts and translate them into commercial opportunities. (S, I)
* Strong interpersonal and networking skills, with the ability to work collaboratively within a team and manage relationships with various stakeholders. (I)
* Excellent communication, bid writing and presentation skills, able to articulate value propositions to a range of different stakeholders / audiences up to director level. (I)
* Excellent organisational skills including time management and task prioritization, with the ability to work to defined deadlines. (I)
* Extensive IT skills, including experience in MS Office Suite. (S)
* Self-starting completer / finisher with the ability to take leads through to contracts. (S, I)
Benefits:
Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits including a flexible working scheme, a Career Average Revalued Earnings pension scheme, 30 days annual leave allowance, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.
Please note, if you will require sponsorship to work in the UK, as part of your sponsorship application, you and any dependants travelling with you, will be required to pay costs directly to The Home Office for the application before you start your role with us. UKRI is normally able to reimburse some, or all of these fees after you have become an employee and this can be discussed with the Hiring Manager. For more information, please visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/how-much-it-costs or contact Recruitment@ukri.org.
Join us and discover what's possible!
UKRI - UK Research and Innovation
UKRI is an organisation that brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England and Innovate UK. Together, we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision ensuring the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.
Supporting some of the world's most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world. We are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge through fundamental research and delivering benefits for UK society and the economy through world-class research, skills and business-led innovation.
More information can be found at www.ukri.org .
Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme, excellent holiday entitlement, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. For more details, visit benefits of working for UKRI .
How we support EDI in the workforce
At UKRI, we believe that everyone has a right to be treated with dignity and respect, and to be provided with equal opportunities to thrive and succeed in an environment that enables them to do so. We also value diversity of thought and experience within inclusive groups, organisations and the wider community. For further information, please visit 'How we support EDI in the workforce'.
Disability Confident Employer
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who opt into the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum criteria for the role. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
How to apply
Online applications only preferred for this role. Please submit a CV and covering letter which clearly outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified along with your motivation for UKRI and the role. Ensure that the job reference number is included in the filename description of each document uploaded. Note that failure to address the above criteria or submit an application without a covering letter may result in the application not being considered. Assessment will only be based upon the content of your submitted covering letter and CV and not the 'experience' section of the application.
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The role holder will be required to have the appropriate level of security screening/vetting required for the role. UKRI reserves the right to run or re-run security clearance as required during the course of employment.
The Science and Technology Facilities Council is a world-leading multi-disciplinary science organisation where curiosity-driven, blue-skies thinking meets practical, application-led science and engineering. Our goal is to deliver economic, societal, scientific and international benefits to the UK and its people - and more broadly to the world.
One of Europe's largest research organisations, we're trusted to support, enable and undertake cutting-edge projects in an amazing diversity of fields. Through world-class facilities and people, we're driving ground-breaking advances in science, engineering, computing and technology. Our research seeks to understand the Universe from the largest astronomical scales to the tiniest constituents of matter, yet creates impact on a very tangible, human scale.
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