UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Location
Warrington, Cheshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Salary : Band F (Stem 2) £59,461 per annum
Hours : Full time (We understand the importance of work-life balance, and are happy to discuss flexible working with applicants).
Contract Type : Open Ended.
Location : The Hartree Centre, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington.
Are you a talented project manager with an interest in advanced computing technology and the ability to get the best from suppliers? Come and help us advance the kind of computing that got you into technology in the first place. Work with world-leading scientists, engineers, and software specialists. And harness the power of some of the country's most advanced supercomputers to address work that improves daily life in the UK and far beyond.
Come and discover the impact you can make when you're equipped, encouraged, and inspired to perform to your very best.
About the Hartree Centre
At the Hartree Centre, we want to see UK businesses outperforming their global competitors. We want to grow the economy, create skilled jobs and train people to excel in them. Most of all, we want to keep the UK at the forefront of industrial innovation. We're making all this happen and more by enabling UK industry to fully embrace and integrate the latest digital and cognitive technologies.
We provide collaborative research, innovation and development services that accelerate the application of high-performance computing (HPC), data analytics and artificial intelligence technologies. By working with us, businesses and research partners can gain a competitive advantage that enables them to produce better outcomes, products, and services more quickly and cheaply than through conventional R&D.
We have a technically exciting computing environment, encompassing a wide range of hardware and software technologies.
Our staff are key to our success, and we value them highly. Reasons our staff enjoy working for us:
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Role Overview
The Technical Relationship Manager (TRM) is responsible for handling ongoing technical relationships with suppliers, ensuring delivery of strategic programmes of work that meet the requirements of both parties, managing support contracts, and positively contributing towards the Hartree Centre’s technical outputs and wider goals. The TRM is also responsible for leading the portfolio of work involved in upgrading Hartree Centre's advanced computing infrastructure.
Duties
The successful candidate will own the overall relationship with agreed key suppliers. You will provide oversight and governance for work programmes and act as a partner concern point for risks and issues with senior supplier staff. You will ensure the continued operation and support of key research computing infrastructure through effective management of service levels. You will seek opportunities for joint research, revenue generation, and mutually helpful work, sharing these opportunities with appropriate technical and business development staff for scoping and identification of funding sources. Additionally, you will develop technical relationships between Hartree Centre and suppliers; the TRM uses their expertise to understand supplier technology roadmaps and how they mesh with our own, influencing Hartree Centre's plans to design and deliver new research computing infrastructure.
The TRM is expected to project manage procurement and deployment of advanced computing infrastructure. This includes all aspects of installation, configuration and acceptance into service. You will work with other technical staff including our Systems Architect to capture business and technical requirements; refine these and generate tender specification documents; design relevant performance benchmarks; lead tender evaluations including benchmark submissions; and work with the UKRI Commercial team on procurement and contract documentation.
The TRM will assist in compiling formal full business case documents and represent them at Commercial Assurance Board or other approval meetings, as the need arises. You will also deliver procurement of other high-value infrastructure items, such as maintenance renewals and software licensing. You will be expected to become a trusted signatory for “Single-Source Approval” requests.
Person specification
Please note the following criteria will be assessed at either Shortlisting (S) or Interview (I)
Qualifications
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About The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
As one of Europe’s largest research organisations, we ask the biggest questions in the universe to find answers that change the world around us. We seek understanding. We’re proud of the impact we make. And we’re committed to helping build a globally competitive, knowledge-based UK economy. Being part of all this means contributing to work that pushes boundaries and creates possibilities. You’ll work with, and learn from, true experts. Whatever your role, you’ll be free to question, and encouraged to share ideas. And, in a positive and supportive culture, you’ll discover just what a difference you can make when you’re equipped and inspired to excel.
We’re a place where curious minds thrive. Not bound by profit, we explore ideas that others don’t, ask questions that others won’t, and discover answers that others are not equipped to find. And, alongside Mars landings and black holes, we also explore diverse, international projects in everything from science and engineering to computing and technology. Whether it’s at the cutting edge or behind the scenes, our work is intellectually challenging. It’s very often ground-breaking. And it’s endlessly, irresistibly fascinating.
UKRI is an organisation that brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England and Innovate UK. Together, we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision ensuring the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.
Supporting some of the world’s most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world. We are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge through fundamental research and delivering benefits for UK society and the economy through world-class research, skills and business-led innovation.
Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme, excellent holiday entitlement, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. For more details, visit benefits of working for UKRI .
The role holder will be required to have the appropriate level of security screening/vetting required for the role. UKRI reserves the right to run or re-run security clearance as required during the course of employment.
How we support EDI in the workforce
At UKRI, we believe that everyone has a right to be treated with dignity and respect, and to be provided with equal opportunities to thrive and succeed in an environment that enables them to do so. We also value diversity of thought and experience within inclusive groups, organisations and the wider community. For further information, please visit ‘How we support EDI in the workforce’ .
Disability Confident Employer
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
How to apply
Online applications only preferred for this role. Please submit a CV and covering letter which clearly outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified along with your motivation for UKRI and the role. Ensure that the job reference number is included in the filename description of each document uploaded. Note that failure to address the above criteria or submit an application without a covering letter may result in the application not being considered. Assessment will only be based upon the content of your submitted covering letter and CV and not the ‘experience’ section of the application.
UKRI seeks to ensure it creates and maintains a system of openness, fairness and inclusion – a collaborative, trusted environment, which is attractive to and accessible to everyone who is interested in developing their career with us.
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