Associate Innovation Development Manager (AMMIC) - (7956)

Manchester Metropolitan University have recently been awarded Investment Zone funding to support our Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMMIC).

The AMMIC Investment Zone programme is positioned to develop business-university innovation focused on advanced manufacturing and sustainable materials development.  This includes additive manufacturing, surface engineering, metamaterials, and materials for ‘green' energy. AMMIC will provide a one port of call for innovation-ready businesses to access technological expertise and capacity building to embed and exploit the technologies for long-term growth.  AMMIC will build expertise and capability that will deliver benefit to the Greater Manchester region.

The post holder will manage the industry-facing, collaborative projects which AMMIC is targeted to deliver and to support the associated activity.  AMMIC will achieve this by providing R&D grants to businesses to support these impactful, collaborative R&D projects. Reporting to an Innovation Development Manager, this role requires a B2B professional with experience working within a Higher Education setting, or within a client facing business engagement/development, or similar support role. Knowledge of Advance Manufacturing & Materials, Industry 4.0, Engineering, or Technology are highly desirable.

You will join an established, professional, and collaborative business-facing Innovation Development team, and you will:

• Work in support of the AMMIC academic leads and project team to deliver the R&D aspects of the project.
• Generate R&D project leads and develop good working relationships with partners to secure the collaborative projects and work with the appropriate teams to complete the supporting activity (costing and contracts).
• Work with and support University academics to develop the proposals.
• Integrate fully in the business engagement team, to allow you to build your knowledge of the full range of supported activity – from contract research or collaborative research, to consultancy and PhD programmes – to enable you to identify additional opportunities and sign-post these.
• Build your knowledge of academic capability and expertise across the AMMIC space and work to promote this.
• Take on Innovation Development team level targets/deliverables, as appropriate.

See the job description for more details.

Manchester Met offers a fantastic range of benefits to employees including a central location in the heart of the city. You will also enjoy a competitive rewards and benefits package, including a generous local government pension and 35 days annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays and Christmas closure. Hybrid working is available for this post. The post is a full-time 1.0 FTE, fixed-term role which is fully funded from the project grant until 31st August 2027 in the first instance. There is a possibility that this could be extended at a later date. We welcome external candidates and existing staff seeking a secondment (which will require line manager approval to apply).

Please apply through the Manchester Metropolitan University jobs portal. As well as your CV, you must include a covering letter summarising your expertise and knowledge against the essential criteria and person specification in the job description.

Manchester Met University is committed to creating an intentionally inclusive culture of belonging that promotes equity and celebrates diversity. We understand the importance of having a diverse workforce and the benefits it can bring to ensuring diversity of thought and innovation in everything we do. We, therefore, encourage applications from our local and international communities, in particular people from ethnic minority groups, disabled people and people who identify as LGBTQIA+.