Senior Programme Manager, National Compute Infrastructure

UKRI International; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

30 days annual leave + 10.5 days

Employee discounts

Employee assistance programme

Flexible working

Job summary

UKRI Infrastructure is recruiting two Senior Programme Managers to support the NNSS and NCR investments, coordinating across UKRI and external partners. The role focuses on policy, governance and stakeholder engagement to deliver strategic compute resources for the UK research community.

Based in Swindon and operating on a hybrid model (minimum 2 days in the office), you will lead on policy development, governance, and delivery across a complex portfolio, working with the Head of Service

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience of programme, portfolio and/or project management of research-related or innovation activities (S).
• Awareness of some technical concepts in large-scale advanced computing technologies such as HPC and AI (S&I).
• Ability to work as part of a team and engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders at different levels, including influencing others to achieve outcomes and improve performance (S&I).
• Strong written and oral communication skills with an ability to produce clear, concise, and accurate presentations and written documentation for a wide range of audiences, in the context of strategy development and implementation (S&I).
• Sophisticated analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills and an ability to think strategically and work in a fast-paced environment (S&I).
• Ability to understand, analyse, and present data to inform senior leaders in decision-making (S&I).
• Strong strategic awareness of how the UK research and innovation system operates (S&I).

Responsibilities

• Support the development, delivery and operation of key investments in the UKRI national compute ecosystem, including the NNSS, the NNSS Grand Challenges initiatives, the NCRs and Community Centres of Excellence.
• Develop and implement the access and allocation policy for the compute services to ensure fair, open and appropriate distribution of compute resources for effective utilisation of the entire portfolio of compute investments.
• Maintain and develop project management processes to ensure successful delivery of the compute investments, including appropriate governance, monitoring, assurance and evaluation approaches.
• Build and cultivate strong relationships across a range of stakeholders including users in the research and innovation communities, service providers and colleagues internally and Government departments.
• Provide high-quality expertise and advice in your area of responsibility, informed by evidence and engagement with relevant partners.
• Represent the UKRI Infrastructure team in meetings with internal and external collaborators.
• Contribute to strategic projects across the Infrastructure team, as required.

Skills

Programme management

HPC & AI awareness

Stakeholder engagement

Clear written & verbal communication

Analytical thinking

Strategic thinking

Data presentation to leaders

Job description

UKRI Infrastructure is recruiting two Senior Programme Managers to support the NNSS and NCR investments, coordinating across UKRI and external partners. The role focuses on policy, governance and stakeholder engagement to deliver strategic compute resources for the UK research community.

Based in Swindon and operating on a hybrid model (minimum 2 days in the office), you will lead on policy development, governance, and delivery across a complex portfolio, working with the Head of Service