Co-Aims Senior Project Manager

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £47,389 to £56,535 with potential progression once in post to £63,606

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to September 2029

Role Summary

The Co-AIMS Hub Manager will play a critical leadership role in delivering the UK’s flagship research initiative on AI-powered sustainable manufacturing. This position will require engaging confidently with senior stakeholders from universities, industry partners, regulators, and policy makers to build strong, collaborative relationships. The manager will oversee complex budgets, ensuring effective allocation and monitoring of funds, and establish clear, efficient communication channels between all funded and contributing partners. They will help shape and deliver the national research agenda, support the growth of additional research activity, and co-create the hub’s long-term sustainability strategy beyond the initial funding period. A core responsibility will be to foster an equitable, diverse, and inclusive research environment across all hub spokes and partners, ensuring that EDI principles are embedded in all activities. The manager will also lead the development of a comprehensive training and development programme for hub research staff and PhD students, cultivating the next generation of skilled leaders in AI for sustainable manufacturing.

Person Specification

• Relevant degree or relevant equivalent professional qualification, plus significant project management experience (in increasingly large and/or complex projects) or substantial relevant experience evidencing the experience required in this role.
• Formal Project Management qualifications such as APMP, Prince2 or MSP.
• Authoritative knowledge of the work practices, processes and procedures relevant to the role, including broader sector/commercial awareness.
• Evidence of literacy and numeracy, with the ability to write clearly for a variety of audiences, and to produce and analyse source material, information and data.
• Proven ability to meet targets, with minimal supervision to deadlines.
• Substantial experience of engaging, and collaborating, with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven analytical and problem solving skills that will help to identify and implement improvements and efficiencies across the hub project you work on. 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively with a range of stakeholders.
• Experience of managing large financial budgets along with experience of budget planning and forecasting.
• Highly proficient IT skills, including the MS Office suite. You should be confident and able to quickly learn new IT skills and software packages as required. 
• Excellent people management skills, with proven experience of leading, motivating and managing teams.
• High level of self-motivation and personal accountability with ability to plan and deliver goals to deadlines under pressure.
• Experience of championing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in own work area. 
• Ability to monitor and evaluate the extent to which equality and diversity legislation, policies, procedures are applied. 
• Ability to identify issues with the potential to impact on protected groups and take appropriate action.

Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Niels Lohse, Co-AIMS Hub Director, email: n.lohse@bham.ac.uk 

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