Strategic Science Leader

7 days ago


Teddington, Greater London, United Kingdom NPL Full time

Job Title: Strategic Science Leader


As a key member of the NPL Science & Engineering leadership team, this role will provide strategic & commercial leadership and best practice across an area of science or engineering, to maximise the strategic and commercial impact of the Department science portfolio.


Responsibilities:



  • Work alongside the departmental Head of Science, supporting through provision of stakeholder engagement, recognising and ensuring commercial impact of science delivered and collaborating in horizon-scanning, strategic foresight and development.
  • Support and challenge the Science Area Leaders within their associated area of strategic importance on the integrity, quality and balance of the work in their science area, particularly in engaging with key stakeholders and building impactful relationships for the realisation of commercial impact, building commercial awareness and skills, ensuring new capabilities or science areas are strategically aligned, and fostering internal and external collaboration.
  • Develop detailed knowledge and commercial strategies for the Materials & Mechanical Metrology technical areas consistent with NPL strategy and external drivers. Work collaboratively across groups and with partnerships leaders to inform future strategy and ensure commercial opportunities are maximised.
  • Provide leadership to ensure NPL's mission, strategy and plans are articulated and understood internally and externally for your areas of the business, that employees and partners are excited by, engaged with and focussed on its successful exploitation to maximise commercial impact and growth.
  • Manage the commercial performance and potential of your department, building highly motivated, customer-focused and performing teams.
  • Develop, promote and role-model an entrepreneurial culture within the Department to maximise the commercial impact of the science portfolio and generate income through strategic engagement with existing and potential customers, recognised within NPL and by external stakeholders.
  • In collaboration, develop and communicate on-going vision, strategy, and roadmaps to commercially exploit the Department science/engineering area capability, with relevant input from colleagues across NPL.
  • Ensure compliance with appropriate governance including opportunity progression, quality, health, safety, security and environmental legislation minimising risk to the business and enhancing NPL's reputation.
  • Drive collaboration, both internally and externally to develop partnership opportunities to extend the capability of the business.
  • Build and maintain customer and stakeholder relationships that will support NPL's ability to deliver its mission, its reputation and remain sustainable, to develop business based on NPL capabilities.

Travel Requirements: Regular travel within the UK will be required as part of this role. International travel may occasionally be required.



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