Head of Industrial Collaboration

The University of Sheffield; Catcliffe; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pensions

Flexible working

Wellbeing programmes

Retail discounts

Development opportunities

Job summary

The University of Sheffield’s AMRC seeks a strategic Head of Industrial Collaborations to shape and lead its industrial partnerships framework. You will forge enduring relationships, drive collaborative research, and ensure high-value partnerships translate research into real-world impact.

Join the Commercial Senior Leadership Team within AMRC, a world-leading, cross-functional environment that values diverse perspectives and innovative collaboration across sectors.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading high-value partnerships.
• Strong program oversight and governance experience.
• Collaborative, pragmatic approach to translate research into impact.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the long-term strategy and governance for AMRC industrial partnerships.
• Cultivate ecosystems for partners to collaborate and drive sector-wide tech adoption.
• Lead knowledge-transfer programs and high-performing engagement teams.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Partnership development

Program oversight

Knowledge transfer

Job description

Are you a strategic leader ready to shape high-impact industrial partnerships and drive UK manufacturing innovation?

As the Head of Industrial Collaborations at the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), you will lead our industrial partnerships framework - forging and maintaining enduring relationships, cultivating and expanding collaborative research, and shaping sector-wide engagements. You will bring proven experience leading high-value partnerships, strong program oversight, and a collaborative, pragmatic approach to translate research and innovation into real-world impact.

You’ll join our Commercial Senior Leadership Team within the AMRC - a dynamic, world-leading environment where cross-functional innovation thrives and diverse perspectives are celebrated.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the long-term strategy and governance framework for AMRC’s industrial partnership community.
• Cultivate the ecosystems required for industrial partners to collaborate and advance sector-wide technology adoption.
• Lead knowledge-transfer programs and high-performing engagement teams.

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and University.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.