Interviews: There will be a two-stage process comprising of a telephone interview and an in-person interview week commencing 13 January 2025.

Closing Date: Monday 9 December 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

The UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) is a globally leading multidisciplinary research institute of over 900 staff investigating the spectrum of neurodegenerative disorders causing dementia, driving a step change in our understanding of neurodegeneration, and accelerating the discovery, development and delivery of interventions that will help diagnose, treat, and ultimately prevent dementia.

The UK DRI’s Business and Innovation team is responsible for advancing research discoveries through partnership to improve the lives of people living with neurodegenerative conditions.

The Strategic Partnership Manager (Translation) is responsible for proactively managing UK DRI’s £30 million translational partnership with LifeArc and other key industry-led strategic translational partnerships. Key responsibilities of the role include:

(i) active engagement with the UK DRI research community to promote funding opportunities, identify appropriate projects, assist with proposal preparation, present opportunities to the funding review committee, and manage funded projects; 

(ii) act as the primary point of contact for the strategic partnership governance committee including monitoring and reporting on programme budgets. The successful person will have a strong neuroscience or life science research background, experience in liaising with researchers to identify new discovery science with translational applications, and enjoys working with multiple stakeholders to proactively manage, report on and deliver a large portfolio of translational projects.

About You

• Post-graduate qualification (PhD or MSc or equivalent) in Neuroscience or Life Sciences 
• A critical thinker with experience evaluating, developing and executing commercial exploitation plans for research-based innovation projects
• Formal project management experience in a science or technical environment with demonstrable ability to proactively identify and address issues
• Experience of working with academic researchers, pharmaceutical companies and investors 
• Highly collaborative, diplomatic and autonomous, with the ability to cultivate and maintain relationships at all levels in the organisation
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Significant experience of communicating at all levels, and able to produce clear and concise documentation synthesising complex information
• Strong organisational and planning skills, with the ability to pro-actively manage multiple projects and responsibilities simultaneously
• Forward thinking and adaptable, thrives in a small team environment, and enthusiastically keeps up to date with sector trends
• Strong IT skills and financially literate, capable of managing and reporting on multi-million, multi-year budgets

By applying to this role, you understand and agree that your information will be shared within the UK DRI P&C team and/or any leader(s) who will be part of the selection process.

What we offer

As well as a competitive base salary and the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer great benefits, including:

• 27 days holiday + UK Bank Holidays

• Up to 6 business closure days

• Option to purchase 5 days’ annual leave

• Single medical cover

• Group Life Assurance 4x base salary

• Group Income Protection and Critical illness cover

• Season ticket loan

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

• Employee assistance programme

• Comprehensive programme of voluntary benefits

The UK DRI currently operates hybrid working.

To apply

Please submit your CV and covering letter detailing why you wish to join UK DRI and your experience for this role.

No agencies please.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

UK DRI is committed to equal opportunities.

UK DRI embraces diversity, inclusion and accessibility for all of our people. We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. This means ensuring our recruitment processes are barrier-free and as inclusive as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition.

About the UK DRI

Today, over 1M people in the UK are living with dementia and related neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and motor neuron disease (MND). The impact of these incurable and progressive conditions on individuals and their families is devastating. Societal costs are staggering and growing as the population ages.

Due to major advances in our understanding of the biology of these disorders the field is at an inflection point with the next decade promising to deliver transformative breakthroughs in therapies and a new era of predictive, preventative, and precision medicine. The UK is well placed to play a leading role in this revolution due to its strengths in science required for discovery and delivery, led by the UK DRI working with our world-class university-based centres. To find out more about the UK's leading biomedical research institute dedicated to neurodegenerative diseases, visit. UK Dementia Research Institute.