Role: DDI Innovation Manager

Grade and Salary: Grade 8, £46,735 - £57,422 per annum

FTE and working pattern: 1 FTE, 35hrs per week, Monday – Friday

Contract: Fixed Term – 24 Months

Holiday Entitlement: 33 days annual leave plus 9 buildings closed days (and Christmas Eve when it falls on a weekday)

Purpose of Role

This is a new role that will provide leadership and specialist input to support and scale innovation activity in the National Robotarium at a time of growth. This role is part of a growing network of DDI Hub innovation support roles that will link into existing DDI commercialisation support activities such as the University of Edinburgh’s (National Robotarium joint partner) flagship Venture Builder Incubator (VBI) programme and the AI Accelerator. (These are based in the Bayes Centre). The postholder will be the point of contact for triaging and signposting innovation support enquiries at the National Robotarium.  This role will provide sector knowledge, expertise and will also identify and develop new innovation focussed opportunities in partnership with the National Robotarium leadership and the wider DDI entrepreneurship and innovation teams based in Bayes and other DDI Hubs.   

The postholder will be able to navigate the innovation ecosystem and have a collaborative focus on scaling innovation activity in key thematic areas related to the National Robotarium’s 5-year strategy. The successful candidate will also be responsible for inspiring and developing a pipeline of founders in the Robotics and AS field that would then have access to existing innovation support services. This would be through communicating their own entrepreneurial knowledge as well as utilising their key contacts and knowledge of the entrepreneurial ecosystem nationally and internationally.  Regular contact and relationship building with the Bayes/Edinburgh Innovations led programme team will be key as will be ensuring the National Robotarium team is effectively linked into, and can benefit from, this wider network of innovation activity.  The post holder will also facilitate access to National Robotarium expertise for founders as required. This is an important role in an exciting and growing sector. 

Key Duties & Responsibilities

1. Leadership of:
   1. All Entrepreneurship engagement on behalf of the National ...