Agri-Tech Business Manager – Pig and Poultry

UK Agritech Centre do; United Kingdom; In loco; GBP 45.000 - 60.000; Tempo pieno

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UK Agritech Centre seeks an Agri-Tech Business Manager for pig and poultry sectors. You will account manage a portfolio of innovative companies, building trusted relationships and understanding growth priorities, adoption barriers and funding needs.

In this sector-focused role, you will connect businesses to investors, test beds and partners, while acting as the UKATC pig and poultry sectors lead. You’ll help shape sector insights and drive growth across the organisation.

Competenze

• Strong account management experience in agri-tech or related sectors.
• Knowledge of pig and poultry production systems.
• Experience in growth strategy, adoption barriers and investment readiness.
• Ability to coordinate internal knowledge and sector context.

Mansioni

• Manage a portfolio of agri-tech businesses serving pig and poultry sectors.
• Engage regularly to understand each company’s stage, priorities and needs.
• Connect businesses to investors, partners, test beds, and market opportunities.
• Lead pig and poultry sectors initiatives within UKATC and align priorities.
• Maintain current view of sector needs and opportunities for engagement.
• Share insights on adoption barriers and demand for evidence and funding.
• Support colleagues with knowledge of pig and poultry sectors.

Conoscenze

Account management

Relationship management

Business support

Agri-tech

Pig & Poultry sectors

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Agri-Tech Business Manager – Pig and Poultry

Department: Customer Success

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Any hub

Compensation: £45,000 - £60,000 / year

Description

Account manage a portfolio of agri-tech businesses aligned to the pig and poultry sectors. This is a sector-aligned account management role, not a generalist business support role. The role will build trusted relationships with businesses across both sectors, understand their growth journey, adoption barriers and support needs. Through the broader range of account management functions within the business, the role will connect them to relevant investors, value-chain partners, test beds, trials, technical expertise, innovation programmes and market opportunities. Alongside direct account management, the role will act as UKATC’s pig and poultry sectors lead, helping the wider business build a clear, current view of needs, priorities, emerging opportunities, relevant companies, partner relationships and where UKATC can add most value across both sectors.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of agri-tech businesses operating in or serving the pig and poultry sectors.
• Build trusted relationships through regular, purposeful engagement that helps UKATC understand each company’s stage, proposition, growth priorities, barriers and support needs.
• Identify and make appropriate connections into investors, value-chain partners, test beds, trials, technical expertise, innovation programmes and commercial opportunities relevant to businesses in the pig and poultry sectors.
• Act as UKATC’s internal lead for the pig and poultry sectors, maintaining a clear view of sector needs, market signals, innovation priorities, key companies, relevant partners and opportunities for UKATC engagement across both sectors.
• Help UKATC maintain a current view of needs, priority opportunities, relevant companies and partner relationships across the pig and poultry sectors, and act as an internal point of expertise for both.
• Capture and share insight on adoption barriers, evidence requirements, funding needs, commercial traction and emerging sector trends to inform UKATC’s wider business growth, engagement and strategic activity.
• Support colleagues across UKATC with knowledge of the pig and poultry sectors, helping teams understand the landscapes, identify relevant businesses and partners, and engage confidently with sector opportunities.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Strong account management, relationship management or business support experience, within agri-tech businesses, innovation-led companies or organisations operating in the pig or poultry sectors.
• Good understanding of pig and poultry production systems as distinct sectors, including the commercial, environmental and adoption challenges facing businesses working in each area.
• Understanding of early stage business growth, adoption challenges, investment readiness, customer discovery, routes to market and the role of evidence, trials and value-chain engagement in scaling agri-tech solutions.
• Ability to act as a credible internal point of expertise across the pig and poultry sectors, gathering insight, coordinating internal knowledge and supporting colleagues with sector context, opportunities and relationships.