Business Development Manager (two posts)
Contracts offered until 20th December 2011
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work with the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA), an alliance of six (soon to be eight) universities. SUPA seeks to place Scotland at the forefront of physics research globally through an inter-institutional management structure. There is a coherent staffing strategy and a Scotland-wide research strategy.
The SUPA Knowledge Transfer vision is to grow its KT activities significantly through increasing contracts and consultancy with industry.
Business Development Manager (2 posts)
Closing date: 19 June 2009
Salary Scale: £36,533 - £43,622
Strathclyde Ref: JA/55/2009 (see https://soolin.mis.strath.ac.uk/vacancies/control/vacancylist?vacCat=APS)
Heriot-Watt Ref 57/09/W (see http://www.hw.ac.uk/hr/v_index.php)
Reporting to their University line manager and working closely with academics and the Knowledge Transfer Officers (KTOs) across SUPA, the Business Development Managers (BDMs) will have an outward facing role to deliver significant new collaborative industrial research contracts for SUPA. The BDMs should have a qualification in physics or associated subject, significant experience in both industry and research, high level national and international commercial and research contacts and must be high profile individuals, recognised within industry and by the academic community. The successful BDM for Strathclyde will also act as Project Manager for the underpinning ERDF/SEEKIT-funded SUPA KT project.
