Arable Agri-Tech Account & Partnerships Lead

UK Agritech Centre do; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

UK Agritech Centre seeks an Agri-Tech Business Manager – Arable to own account relationships across the arable sector. You will manage a portfolio of agri-tech businesses, understand growth priorities, and connect them with investors, testers, and market opportunities.

As the arable sector lead, you will synthesize sector needs, nurture partnerships, and contribute to strategic activity with internal teams.

Qualifications

• Strong account management, relationship management or business support experience, within agri-tech businesses, innovation-led companies or organisations operating in the arable sector.
• Good understanding of arable production systems and the commercial, environmental and adoption challenges facing businesses working in this sector.
• 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 for the arable sector, gathering insight, coordinating internal knowledge and supporting colleagues with sector context, opportunities and relationships.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of agri-tech businesses operating in or serving the arable sector.
• 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 arable businesses.
• Act as UKATC’s internal arable sector lead, maintaining a clear view of sector needs, market signals, innovation priorities, key companies, relevant partners and opportunities for UKATC engagement.
• Help UKATC maintain a current view of arable sector needs, priority opportunities, relevant companies and partner relationships, and act as an internal point of expertise for that sector.
• 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 arable sector knowledge, helping teams understand the landscape, identify relevant businesses and partners, and engage confidently with sector opportunities.

Skills

Account management

Relationship management

Arable sector knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

UK Agritech Centre seeks an Agri-Tech Business Manager – Arable to own account relationships across the arable sector. You will manage a portfolio of agri-tech businesses, understand growth priorities, and connect them with investors, testers, and market opportunities.

As the arable sector lead, you will synthesize sector needs, nurture partnerships, and contribute to strategic activity with internal teams.