Project Manager Climate Scaling Collaborative

at  Imperial College London

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ABOUT THE ROLE

Imperial College London has secured three years of Research England Development (RED) funding to provide support to climate innovations that are ready to scale. This project – the Climate Scaling Collaborative – includes partners from the universities of Cranfield, Derby, Exeter, Leeds and Nottingham, as well as agreements to collaborate with a number of external partners.
The project will focus on IP-rich university start-ups and spinouts with deep technology-based solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation. Encompassing hardware, software and hybrid solutions, the project will support climate-focused businesses across a broad range of industrial verticals. Over the initial RED Fund period, this support will reach 60 startups initiated within the UK higher education eco-system - from partner institutions and beyond. Through founder networking events, the project will engage with a further 120 UK businesses. Each regional partner will host events to showcase prototyping and manufacturing facilities and develop collaborations with local investors, policy groups and relevant businesses. The project includes work packages to deliver investment support, manufacturing advice, talent and governance navigation, business development support and peer networking.
The Imperial team is a partnership between Imperial’s Enterprise Lab and Undaunted, bringing together Imperial’s excellence in supporting innovation in general, and climate innovation in particular. The postholder will sit in Undaunted but have a close relationship with both teams.
We are looking for a talented project manager to co-ordinate this new three-year project to support the start-ups as they scale-up to commercial deployment. The job involves guiding the programme through its setup and delivery across the dual elements: a cohort-based support programme for 60 small businesses, and a new, UK-wide network of climate innovation hubs. You will be part of a creative, energetic and passionate team who see an important role for universities in supporting science- and engineering-based innovation to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING

You will be at the heart of the project, playing an essential part in ensuring that the project is a success.
Your focus and energy will maintain the project’s momentum, ensuring successful delivery of its objectives. You will do so by setting up relevant structures, providing day to day management for the project, ensuring benefits are realised and risks are managed accurately in line with the funder’s requirements. You will work in collaboration with the Grantham Institute’s administrative team, the College’s extensive project management, research, finance, HR, contract and legal services.
In addition to these detailed project management activities, you will coordinate and liaise with external partners, inside and outside the funded project, and the internal team, to ensure coordination and delivery.
The remit of the Project Manager will include contracts for procured services, measuring and reporting outcomes and financial targets where relevant