Growth Manager – Life Sciences (18 Month FTC)

London & Partners Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

London & Partners Limited is seeking a Growth Manager – Life Sciences in London to support ambitious life sciences companies in expanding into new markets and growing internationally. You will recruit, assess and support companies across Grow London Global and UK-wide scale-up programmes, engaging with founders, CEOs and senior leaders to turn insights into practical growth plans.

You will coordinate sector activity, deliver trade missions and build relationships with investors, industry

Responsibilities

• Sector planning and recruitment: deliver sector priorities and achieve recruitment, engagement and company outcome targets.
• Build a strong pipeline of eligible Life Science companies, recruiting businesses from across the UK.
• Develop referral relationships with regional partners, investors, universities, research institutions, innovation networks, incubators and accelerators.
• Understand each prospective company’s ambitions and coordinate applications, eligibility checks and onboarding with the Operations team.
• Bring company feedback and sector intelligence into planning to identify markets, themes and activities.
• Account management and company growth: manage a portfolio of Life Sciences businesses across programmes, building trusted relationships with founders, CEOs and senior leaders.
• Conduct diagnostics to understand each company’s technology, development stage, commercial readiness, investment needs and international ambitions.
• Develop tailored growth plans with clear actions and milestones; review progress and adapt support.
• Help companies identify and assess international opportunities, considering business model, development stage and route to market.
• Connect businesses with potential customers, pharmaceutical and industry partners, healthcare providers, distributors and investors.
• Provide specialist expertise on regulatory pathways, market access, reimbursement and IP where relevant.
• Help companies prepare for introductions and programme activities with clear objectives and follow-through.
• Identify companies at risk of disengaging and address barriers to participation.
• Trade missions and sector activity: plan and deliver Life Sciences trade missions and international visits with market teams to identify destinations and objectives.
• Curate meetings with industry partners, investors, healthcare stakeholders and other organisations to support growth.
• Prepare participating companies for missions and coordinate follow-up to turn connections into opportunities.
• Work with content and events colleagues to develop workshops, roundtables investor sessions and peer learning.
• Connect companies with activity across programmes and partnerships.
• Represent London & Partners at sector events, presenting and building relationships when required.
• Relationships and collaboration: build and maintain relationships across London, UK regional and international Life Sciences ecosystems.
• Work with regional delivery partners to identify promising businesses.
• Develop relationships with investors, corporates, research organisations and clinical networks.
• Collaborate with Growth Managers across sectors where needs overlap, including health tech.
• Coordinate with Operations to provide executive support for recruitment and timely feedback.
• Performance and programme administration: take responsibility for portfolio targets, engagement, satisfaction and evidenced growth outcomes.
• Maintain Salesforce records of company needs, growth plans, key programme dates, support delivered and follow-up actions.

Job description

Growth Manager – Life Sciences (18 Month FTC)

Application Deadline: 29 October 2026

Department: Business Growth

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: London

Compensation: £60,116 / year

Description

Purpose of role

Help ambitious Life Sciences businesses bring their innovations to new markets and grow internationally. As Growth Manager Life Sciences, you will recruit and support companies across Grow London Global and our new UK-wide scale-up programme, working with businesses in London and across the UK.

Your portfolio will span areas such as biotech, techbio, biopharma, MedTech and diagnostics. Working directly with founders, CEOs and senior leadership teams, you will understand their ambitions and the challenges they face, from securing investment and commercial partnerships to navigating market access and reaching customers.

You will turn these insights into practical growth plans, connecting companies with relevant expertise, investors, industry partners and international opportunities. You will build trusted relationships and help businesses make progress through both 12-month programmes.

Working with the Senior Growth Manager Life Sciences, regional partners and international market teams, you will shape relevant sector activity and deliver trade missions that create commercial opportunities. This is an opportunity to work with pioneering businesses and help translate scientific innovation into business growth, investment and jobs.

Key Tasks

Sector planning and recruitment

• Work with the Senior Growth Manager Life Sciences to deliver sector priorities and achieve agreed recruitment, engagement and company outcome targets.
• Build a strong pipeline of eligible Life Science companies, recruiting businesses from across the UK
• Develop referral relationships with regional partners, investors, universities, research institutions, innovation networks, incubators and accelerators.
• Understand each prospective company’s ambitions and suitability working with the Operations team to coordinate applications, eligibility checks and onboarding.
• Bring company feedback and sector intelligence into planning helping the team to identify relevant markets, themes and activities.

Account management and company growth

• Manage a portfolio of Life Sciences businesses across both programmes, building trusted relationships with founders, CEOs and senior leaders.
• Conduct diagnostics to understand each company’s technology, stage of development, commercial readiness, investment needs and international ambitions.
• Develop tailored growth plans with clear actions and milestones reviewing progress regularly and adapting support as company needs evolve.
• Help companies identify and assess international opportunities, taking account of their business model, development stage and route to market.
• Connect businesses with potential customers, pharmaceutical and industry partners, healthcare providers, distributors and investors according to their needs.
• Bring in specialist expertise on matters such as regulatory pathways, market access, reimbursement and intellectual property where relevant.
• Help companies prepare for introductions and programme activities ensuring they have clear objectives and follow through on opportunities.
• Identify companies at risk of disengaging and work with colleagues to address barriers to participation.

Trade missions and sector activity

• Plan and deliver Life Sciences trade missions and international visits, working with the Senior Growth Manager and market teams (where appropriate) to identify destinations and commercial objectives.
• Curate relevant meetings with industry partners, investors, healthcare stakeholders and other organisations that can support company growth.
• Prepare participating companies for missions and coordinate follow-up help to turn connections into tangible opportunities.
• Work with content and events colleagues to develop workshops, roundtables investor sessions and peer learning around company needs.
• Connect companies with relevant activity across both programmes and opportunities offered by regional and international partners.
• Represent London & Partners and the programmes at sector events, presenting, moderating discussions and building relationships where required.

Relationships and collaboration

• Build and maintain relationships across London, UK regional and international Life Sciences ecosystems
• Work closely with regional delivery partners to identify promising businesses.
• Develop relationships with investors, corporates, research organisations and clinical networks that create practical value for companies.
• Collaborate with Growth Managers across sectors where companies have overlapping needs, including health technology where it overlaps with Enterprise, AI and deep tech.
• Work with the Operations team to agree executive support for recruitment, providing clear briefs and timely feedback.

Performance and programme administration

• Take responsibility for agreed portfolio targets, including companies supported, engagement, satisfaction and evidenced growth outcomes.
• Maintain accurate Salesforce records of company needs, growth plans, key programme dates, support delivered and follow-up actions.