Managing Director - Innovate UK

Job description

Innovate UK has the following secondment opportunity available for employees of Innovate UK Business Connect: Applications must be submitted by 31-05-2026 Innovate UK, Managing Director: Salary: £145,000 - £155,00 per annum, plus potential discretionary performance related bonus. Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent – This role will consider a secondment or fixed term contract for the right candidate Location: Field based with regular travel to London and Swindon offices, and stakeholder events Reporting Line : Reports directly to the Executive Chair, Innovate UK Closing Date: Sunday 31st May 2026 at 23:55 Proposed Interview Date: w/c Monday 29th June 2026 About Innovate UK: The UK has one of the strongest research bases in the world. But we do not have as many globally scaled companies as that strength should produce. Why? What is stopping our big ideas from becoming big businesses? The UK excels at making discoveries, generating intellectual property (IP), spinning out and starting up. Yet when it comes to scaling, too many innovative businesses fail, stall or move overseas. Innovation is in our blood. We must focus on industrialising that innovation, because fast-growing bu...