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Programme Lead, Innovations - REF707W


LGC Group


Location

Twickenham, Greater London | United Kingdom


Job description



Are you interested in the translation of health and social care innovations? Are you excited by working in a fast-paced dynamic team environment? Would you like to engage with multiple stakeholders across industry, academia and the NHS? The Innovations team within the LGC Grant Management Group is looking for a Programme Lead who is passionate about innovation, entrepreneurship and thrives in a busy environment. 

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Its mission is to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research. The NIHR funds, enables and delivers world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health, well-being and promotes economic growth. We are expanding our team to support the shaping of NIHR’s offer to industry. 

Job Description



Reporting to the Assistant Director and Head of Innovation and Enterprises, you will play a key role in the Innovations team, shaping a suite of exciting new activities, including the development of an entrepreneurship training and mentorship programme, as well as funding calls to expand the NIHR’s offer to industry and accelerate the translation of research to generate patient benefit. 

You will be an experienced manager leading a team of both Senior & Programme Managers to ensure the day-to-day delivery of all aspects of translational funding. This includes engagement with key external (and internal) stakeholders, the commissioning of new activities and funding calls, effective management of a portfolio of funded proposals and the capture of key outputs and impact metrics on delivering innovations to the NHS, care system, and the UK economy. 

You will work closely with the Assistant Directors of Innovations and the Head of Business Development to develop and deliver the strategic aims of the programme.

You will have an excellent understanding of the UK health innovation ecosystem and an appreciation of current and evolving technology developments and commercial exploitation routes. You will act as an ambassador for our funding programmes, representing and promoting them externally to a wide variety of stakeholders, with a particular focus on engaging with industry. 

The role will be based in Twickenham with a flexible arrangement of home and office work.

The LGC GMG Innovations team manages multiple funding programmes from several clients, including the NIHR i4i Programme and the SBRI Healthcare and NHS Cancer Programmes .

The NIHR Coordinating Centre Business Development team helps industry (from SMEs to large multinationals; across a range of sectors including pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices, IVD and digital technology), charity and public research funders, to work in partnership with the NIHR and the wider UK research and healthcare community to conduct research and to facilitate regulatory approval, market entry and adoption into the NHS, the UK and other global healthcare markets. 

Key responsibilities

Key responsibilities of this role focus on overseeing the delivery of the programme operations, portfolio management & analysis, communications, stakeholder engagement, and leading strategic initiatives for programme development & staff management. The following activities are key to delivering the Programme Lead role effectively:

Programme operations

Portfolio management and analysis

Stakeholder engagement & comms

Strategic initiatives

Staff management

Qualifications

Additional Information



Why work for us?
Join our team and you’ll be working with an exceptional organisation who manage high quality health and care research for the benefit of patients and the public. NIHR is one of the UK’s largest funders of health and care research.

Salary & Benefits

NB: We offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, flexible working arrangements.
This is an office-based, hybrid role with an expectation for all employees to attend our offices a minimum of 4 days a month, usually worked as 1 day per week, and may increase, subject to team requirements. 

To Apply 
If you are interested in working with us and feel you have the appropriate background and skills, please apply with your CV, with the cover letter attached in the same document , explaining what you feel you could bring to the company, outlining your suitability for the role. 

Please quote REF707W on all correspondence.


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