Business Development Manager (Science and Engineering)

About the Role
This role plays a crucial part in fostering collaborations between the Faculty of Science & Engineering (S&E) at QMUL and industry partners. The Business Development Manager will facilitate research partnerships, helping to translate academic research into real-world applications. Working within QMUL’s Research Services Directorate, the post-holder will be part of an established Business Development team that collaborates with academic staff to identify and develop funding opportunities, manage relationships with key external partners, and ensure the successful delivery of joint research projects.

Additionally, the post-holder will engage with Professional Services teams such as the Joint Research Management Office and Queen Mary Innovation Ltd.

About You
The successful candidate will have a postgraduate qualification in a relevant field (PhD is desirable) and a solid understanding of research funding and the innovation processes. Your background enables effective collaboration with researchers and external partners, particularly within the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) sectors.

Experience in business development, consultancy, or managing industry-academic partnerships is desirable, along with knowledge of IP, research contracts, and funding schemes that support industry interaction. You will be confident managing multiple projects, building strong stakeholder relationships, and communicating effectively with diverse audiences.

With excellent problem-solving, negotiation, and organisational skills, you are proactive, client-focused, and motivated to translate research into real-world impact.

About the Department
The role is based in the Business Development team as part of QMUL’s Research and Innovation Services Directorate. The Business Development team comprises of approximately 20 staff who support and develop research and commercial based knowledge projects with external organisations from business, industry, government, and voluntary sectors.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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