Project and Industry Engagement Manager
4 days ago
The University of Glasgow is leading a consortium of seven universities in a £45M programme of challenge-led research into digital twinning for transport decarbonisation. We are seeking a highly skilled Project and Industry Engagement Manager to join our team.
Main Duties and Responsibilities- Manage and report on research work packages and demonstrators across all academic and industrial partners.
- Lead Challenge Led Demonstrator projects (CLDs) using agile approaches to deliver transport mode focussed digital twins and inter-modal transport models.
- Support Work Packages (WP) with academic leadership, managing the resourcing and delivery of research outputs over the programme.
- Coordinate activity across WPs and CLDs to ensure programme interdependencies are respected.
- Maintain risk registers for WPs and CLDs and manage the mitigation of risks.
- Update project plans and maintain performance dashboards and KPI reporting.
- Resource and financial reporting.
- Engage with key industrial partners and stakeholders, ensuring timely and effective industrial engagement in the research activities.
- Support engagement with policy communities through reporting to the TransiT Policy Advisory Board and through bilateral engagements.
- Proactively manage engagement with related research hubs to ensure cross-learning and complementarity of research messages.
- Prepare monthly operations reports and quarterly reports for the Transit Executive Team and bi-annual reports for the Advisory Board.
We are looking for a candidate with a strong background in project management, industrial engagement, and research management. The ideal candidate will have:
- A comprehensive working knowledge of financial management and the ability to manage and control budgets.
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of project/programme management methodologies.
- Well-developed understanding of policies surrounding Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and data protection.
- Professional Qualification such as PRINCE 2 or membership of a relevant Professional body such as APM.
- Knowledge of transport sector and/or decarbonisation policies.
- Knowledge of UKRI reporting requirements.
- Understanding of the challenges and opportunities within the Higher Education sector.
- Ability to persuade, motivate and lead a team, including setting objectives and managing workload.
- Competent in the use of relevant IT packages, such as MS Project Professional or similar.
- Substantial professional expertise in project management.
- Well-developed understanding of relevant legal, statutory and governance applications.
- Experience of working in a project management role within a research or software development environment.
- Experience of working closely with stakeholders across all levels of the organisation.
- Experience of using Agile Project Management approaches.
This is a full-time position (35 hours per week) with funding available until 30 June 2029. The salary will be Grade 8, £48,350 - £56,021 per annum. The University of Glasgow offers a range of benefits, including 41 days of leave for full-time staff, pension, benefits, and discount packages.
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