Innovation Lead

2 weeks ago

Swindon, United Kingdom Public Sector Resourcing Full time

**Innovation Lead**

**Inside IR35**

**Contract Term: 5-month**

**Contracting Authority: BEIS UKRI**

**Location: Swindon 1 day per week**

**As an Innovation Lead your main responsibilities would be**:

- Have a current level of experience which corresponds to completed R&D with a view to swift commercialisation, of at least four years in a field related to breakthrough technology and/or deep-tech innovation
- Proven, verified experience - recognised by peers - in an area of science and technology research and entrepreneurship, taking innovative / novel concepts to commercialisation and how these can be concretely supported and promoted by IUK’s Smart Accelerator
- Proven ability to swiftly identify and understand critical criteria necessary for the successful implementation of the IUK / UKRI corporate framework as well as any other metrics on which the programme needs to be based
- Be responsible and accountable for delivery of the programme,
- Proven ability to identify and effectively engage key stakeholders including line manager with regular reporting arrangements in the required formats (to be agreed)
- Demonstrate the necessary experience that will help understand the value of, and how to capitalise on, IUK / UKRI’s EDI arrangements
- Quickly gain traction in engagement with the broader Research and Innovation eco-systems to stimulate synergies and coherence across initiatives, programmes and challenge teams within and outside of IUK, for higher impact from Smart Accelerator funded deep tech

**You’ll have relevant experience in**:

- Knowledge and experience of managing world class, groundbreaking innovative projects (small and large) resulting in successful commercialisation, exports, growth and return on investment.
- Ability to set up a practical, deliverable and value for money framework assisting funding awardees on their journey from early-stage research to impact. E.g., by working with partners including EDGE and KTN, as well as other govt bodies to maximise chances of sustainable positive business impact, connecting them to other relevant researchers, potential users, businesses, innovators, or investors, to pick-up emerging trends or ensure timely IP protection, know the leading researchers, innovators, and investors; and so be able to quickly pivot projects, launch timely initiatives and identify experts to advise on, for example, technical due diligence
- Ability to develop and champion specific high-risk / high-impact visions for future deep-tech that capitalise on cutting-edge science and emerging trends as well as be able to advise the panel (either directly or through invited experts) on the latter as necessary
- Demonstrate experience in, and understanding of, how to encourage serendipitous cross-fertilisation between different disciplines (‘hard’ and ‘soft’ ones) or sectors

**Desirable**
- A clear and specific vision for an ambitious deep-tech challenge and its potential
impact: demonstrating personal creativity, drive, and determination to realise the
vision; appreciation of the ‘bigger picture’ from a broad multidisciplinary perspective
- Solid track-record in cutting-edge interdisciplinary research in academia or across
academia and business / industry in new and disruptive areas, as illustrated above
- Proven experience in research and innovation management, technology transfer,
entrepreneurship or investment: e.g., in managing high-risk/high-gain science
- towards-technology projects or programmes in substantial technology transfer; in
investment at a Technology Transfer Office, Venture Capital or Corporate Venture
Capital Fund, especially for high-risk ‘deep-tech’.

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