Innovation and Entrepreneurship Manager (Venture Catalyst Challenge)

Enterprise Educators UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Imperial Enterprise Lab is seeking an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Manager to deliver the Venture Catalyst Challenge, a flagship 3-month programme for Imperial affiliated startups. You will support events, workshops and programmes for enterprising students, alumni and postdocs, helping take ideas to the next stage.

You will join an energetic team that has supported hundreds of startups to raise significant investment and grants, while designing and delivering the programme and securing

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Venture Catalyst Challenge as the flagship programme.
• Lead on events, workshops and activities for students, alumni and postdocs.
• Design and deliver programme elements to develop early-stage ideas into commercial ventures.
• Secure partners and funders to support Imperial Enterprise Lab initiatives.

Job description

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Manager (Venture Catalyst Challenge)

Job number: PRO01456
Faculties: Provost’s Team
Departments: Enterprise
Salary or Salary range: £48,246 – £58,318 per annum
Location/campus: South Kensington Campus – Hybrid
Contract type work pattern: Full time – Open ended
Posting End Date: 8 Nov 2026

About the role

The Innovation & Entrepreneurship Manager for the Imperial Enterprise Lab’s Venture Catalyst Challenge programme is responsible for delivering this flagship entrepreneurship programme, specifically designed to support the most promising entrepreneurs at Imperial.

As Innovation & Entrepreneurship Manager you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of Imperial Enterprise Lab’s activities including one-off events, workshops and programmes for our community of enterprising students, recent alumni, and post docs. This includes leading on our well-known flagship initiative the Venture Catalyst Challenge, a 3-month long programme for Imperial affiliated startups.

You will be part of an energetic and passionate team who support the growth of new entrepreneurial ideas from our talented science, engineering, medicine and business students and post docs. This role will allow you to take the lead on a range of activities to support the development of early-stage ideas and their acceleration into commercial ventures. Now in its 14 th year, the VCC has supported nearly 300 startups to raise in excess of £250M in investment and grant funding. The post holder will play a pivotal part in designing and delivering the programme, securing partners and funders.