Senior Manager, Program Manager

Contract Type: 23 Month Fixed Term Contract Hours: Full- T ime (We understand the importance of work-life balance, and offer flexible working, but do require at least 3 days a week on-site) Location: Science and Technology Facilities Council, Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington The DeepTech Catalyst (DTC) helps UK technology start-ups and SMEs to grow bigger, faster and get their game-changing innovations into the real world. It is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), which invests almost £10Bn each year to advance knowledge, improve lives, and drive economic growth across the UK. The DTC is recognized as one of Europe's leading startup hubs (Financial Times, 2026) and has a 15-year track record of supporting UK start-ups. The DTC spans four locations at STFC Harwell Campus, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, STFC Higgs Innovation Centre in Edinburgh and at the University of Leicester. You will manage one direct report and will team up with two colleagues who manage financial, contractual and administration matters for the DTC at Daresbury. This exciting and dynamic role will involve working closely with more than 20 different Health and Biotech start-ups every year to support them along their innovation journeys - from developing new cancer diagnostics to making better-tasting coffee, without the coffee beans. You will have overall responsibility for running the DTC site at Daresbury, ensuring that local targets are met. start-ups joining, % graduation rates, # case studies, impact created, etc.). Ensure a high-quality deal-flow of applications DTC programmes by identifying potential applicants and supporting them to develop and submit competitive applications to the programme. Produce timely, complete and appropriate business, financial and operational reports as required. Support the DTC Lead to develop and refresh the overall strategy for Biotech and Health programmes. The role will also require occasional travel in the UK and potentially abroad. Ability to evaluate the quality and maturity of start-up business plans (e.g. start-up team & skills, value proposition and product/market fit, go to market approach, etc.) A track record in owning and managing one or more projects / programmes to time and on budget. (Good organisational skills such as prioritization, resource management, and stakeholder management. (Excellent communication, networking and presentation skills, including the ability to interface between technical and commercial audiences. (Ability to travel within the UK and abroad. (30 days holiday (in addition to 10.5 bank holidays and privilege days). Flexible working hours. An excellent defined salary pension scheme. Easily accessible public transport links/ free parking. Excellent learning and development opportunities. Cycle to work scheme. Please note, if you will require sponsorship to work in the UK, as part of your sponsorship application, you and any dependants travelling with you, will be required to pay costs directly to The Home Office for the application before you start your role with us. Together, we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision ensuring the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation. Supporting some of the world's most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world. Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme, excellent holiday entitlement, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. We also value diversity of thought and experience within inclusive groups, organisations and the wider community. Disability Confident Employer As users of the disability confident scheme, any candidate who opts into the scheme and best meets the essential criteria, will be shortlisted for interview. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Online applications only preferred for this role. UKRI seeks to ensure it creates and maintains a system of openness, fairness and inclusion - a collaborative, trusted environment, which is attractive to and accessible to everyone who is interested in developing their career with us. Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be rejected and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. UKRI reserves the right to run, or re-run, security clearance as required during the course of employment. The Science and Technology Facilities Council is a world-leading multi-disciplinary science organisation where curiosity-driven, blue-skies thinking meets practical, application-led science and engineering. Our goal is to deliver economic, societal, scientific and international benefits to the UK and its people - and more broadly to the world. One of Europe's largest research organisations, we're trusted to support, enable and undertake cutting-edge projects in an amazing diversity of fields. Through world-class facilities and people, we're driving ground-breaking advances in science, engineering, computing and technology.