Programme Manager, International Entrepreneurship

Royal Academy of Engineering; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Academy of Engineering is seeking a Programme Manager to join our scaleup team within the Leaders in Innovation Fellowships programme and help deliver the Advance accelerator. In this outward-facing role, you will coordinate day-to-day programme operations, support participating scaleups, engage a wide range of stakeholders and contribute to evidence-led improvements.

Based in London with hybrid, flexible working, you will help engineers from 19 countries access the expertise, networks

Job description

Does supporting deep-tech entrepreneurs addressing the Sustainable Development Goals around the world motivate you? If so, we’d love to hear from you. We are looking for a Programme Manager to join our scaleup team within the Leaders in Innovation Fellowships programme and help deliver the Advance accelerator. The programme supports founders to build the leadership skills, networks and capabilities they need to scale impactful deep tech companies successfully.

In this outward-facing role, you will help ensure high-quality delivery of the accelerator while supporting participating scaleups, engaging stakeholders and contributors, and contributing to evidence-led improvements. Working closely with the Senior Programme Manager and, you will combine programme operations, day-to-day delivery, awardee support and ecosystem engagement to help ambitious engineering ventures from 19 countries access the expertise, networks and resources they need to grow.

Application closing date: 29/10/2026

Interview date: w/c 02/11/2026

Interview location: London

Our location

Our light, spacious head office is based in a fantastic location in central London with views over St James’s Park and close to the West End. We operate hybrid, flexible working practices with a baseline for office based working of a mandatory weekly team day plus further days each week as required for the role and the Academy.

Who are we?

Engineering matters. It shapes our everyday lives, from our ability to turn the lights on, have a hot shower and commute into work, to the mobile phones we rely on to keep connected. It also plays a vital role in addressing some of the biggest challenges facing society today, from climate change, to global health pandemics and cyber threats.

The Royal Academy of Engineering is a charity that harnesses the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone. In collaboration with our Fellows and partners, we’re growing talent and developing skills for the future, driving innovation, and building global partnerships, and influencing policy and engaging the public. Together we’re working to tackle the greatest challenges of our age.

With a diverse workforce and an inclusive and supportive culture, we look to attract candidates from wide and different backgrounds who have a passion for the role engineering plays in society. Our aim is to make the Academy the best place to work for the staff we have and those we seek to attract.

Why work for us?

We’re looking for people who are driven to make the world a better place.

This is the perfect time to join us. We have a dynamic, visionary CEO, a strong leadership team and an ambitious and exciting strategy. The value we bring as experts in our field and change agents is highly recognised and makes the Academy a motivating place to be. Our work today builds on a long, proud history with a focused and ambitious future which we’d love you to be part of.

The Academy is committed to making reasonable adjustments to remove barriers that hinder applicants from applying or staff from working effectively and comfortably.