Location
UKRI sites including Swindon, London, Harwell, Daresbury, Keyworth, Cambridge, Edinburgh. This role is hybrid with 40-60% of working time spent at UKRI sites or engaging with external businesses and stakeholders across the UK. Travel around the UK for 2-3 days per week on average is expected. Remote working is possible outside of these requirements.

Hours
Full Time, fixed term contract until 31 March 2029.

Salary
£46,743 gross per annum (UKRI Band E, UKRI Terms & Conditions)

About the Role
The Project Manager will work within the Life & Land Team in the Innovation As a Service Directorate to support the delivery of the VPAG Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Programme, a £80M innovation fund over 5 years linked to the Voluntary Pricing, Access and Growth (VPAG) Investment Fund. Reporting to the Programme Manager, you will manage day-to-day delivery of the programme, working closely with project teams and wider functions to ensure timely achievement of milestones and objectives. You will implement programme and project management functions including risk management, governance, assurance, and impact management in line with best practice and Core PSO guidance.

Key responsibilities include supporting competition launches, event delivery, programme reviews, impact and evaluation frameworks, governance functions, and management information reporting. You will assist with governance papers, secretariat duties, risk and finance tracking, and embedding monitoring and evaluation across projects. You will also support knowledge sharing and best practice within the Life & Land team and wider directorate.

This is an externally facing role requiring strong stakeholder management and the ability to work flexibly across multiple projects and priorities. Innovate UK values diversity and encourages applications from under-represented groups, particularly women for this role.

Experience
- Proven project management experience supporting large public sector projects and delivering projects within a programme structure.
- Experience monitoring risks and managing risk escalation.
- Experience creating governance papers and minutes.
- Effective communication skills with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to achieve results through influencing rather than direct control.
- Experience managing multiple stakeholders with conflicting demands and priorities.

About you
You are a focused, highly effective project manager who works independently and can manage multiple work streams. You are flexible, able to identify the right approach to challenges and translate these into effective delivery. You have exposure to various project management methodologies and can implement approaches to risk, cost, planning, benefits management, and reporting. You demonstrate strong competencies in thinking and problem solving, stakeholder management, communication, influencing, self-awareness, strategic awareness, teamwork, and project management.

Qualifications
A’ levels or relevant equivalent qualification or previous relevant experience.