Harwell Health Tech Cluster Development Manager

Job Tile: Harwell Health Tech Cluster Development Manager

Salary: £54,043 - £60,049 gross per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full Time (We understand the importance of work-life balance and are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities with candidates)

Location: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxfordshire

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About the Role:

We have an excellent opportunity within the STFC BID to ensure the continued growth and success of the Harwell HealthTec Cluster, working closely with the HealthTec Development team.

Harwell HealthTec Cluster is a world-leading healthcare innovation hub founded on inter-disciplinary collaboration between physical and life sciences. Areas of focus include ageing, drug discovery and environmental impact on human health.

The objective of the cluster is to boost healthcare growth and innovation and validate novel technologies for the benefit of patients through growth and better exploitation of Harwell’s unique combination of facilities and talent.

You will lead the development at the Harwell Campus: working with cluster development partners to support new and potential investors into Oxfordshire primarily through the focus of the health and life sciences sector.

Key Responsibilities:

·      Driving the definition and implementation of the HealthTec Cluster development strategy and identifying critical success factors to attract key-players and accelerate the growth of the cluster by engaging in new opportunities.

·      Developing and maintaining metrics of HealthTec Cluster performance and growth and supporting a robust evidence base for economic metrics around company numbers, investment, and other agreed metrics.

·      Targeting a number of high growth opportunities that fit with the strategic vision, and building partnerships that will lead to the growth and effectiveness of the cluster.

·      Working closely with the Head of Innovation and Inward Investment at OxLEP to support the delivery of the Oxfordshire Life Sciences Inward Investment strategy.

·      Building on the synergies between Life and Physical sciences to create a vibrant and growing Cluster population that encompasses the entirety of commercial value chain.

·      Leading cluster initiatives to exploit the cross-disciplinary activities inherent in the Harwell Campus and across Oxfordshire

·      Promoting the offer of the HealthTec Cluster and sector locally, nationally, and internationally

·      Building links with the broad range of multidisciplinary stakeholders locally to support the role of Oxfordshire in increasing the competitiveness of the UK in Health Tech business.

·      Working with the Harwell Campus Business Development Director to manage the overall implementation of Campus strategic partnerships, programmes and events linked to HealthTec life sciences activities on the Campus.

·      Articulating the HealthTec Cluster, and the wider Oxfordshire Health and Life Sciences sector offer to businesses that are contemplating growing or investing via event attendance and managing the generation of leads from this, from inception through to delivery of an agreed development, partnering and funding plan.

Person Specification:

·      Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.

·      Demonstrated understanding of the health and life sciences sector, services and applications.

·      Experience in the implementation of development strategies and in the implementation of collaborative programmes and working across public and private sectors.

·      Excellent knowledge of the SME community.

·      Excellent knowledge of the investment landscape and mechanisms in the UK and internationally. Able to support development of new strategies, concepts, solutions and ideas in response to emerging issues of importance to the organization.

·      Evidence of effective communication skills (oral and written) delivering complex messages to a wide range of audiences.

·      Clear and effective negotiation, influencing & networking skills with a demonstrative ability to influence the thinking and actions of others at all levels.

·      Excellent project management skills with experience of the whole project lifecycle including appraisals and finance.

·      Ability to quickly learn and understand new and cross-cutting technologies. Self-motivated, pro-active and innovative with excellent planning and organisational skills. Trustworthiness and discretion when handling confidential information a professional manner.

Our Benefits:

The reward package includes a flexible working scheme, a defined benefit pension scheme, 30 days annual leave allowance plus 10.5 bank holiday/privilege days and a number of other benefits.