Venture Growth Programme Manager

Connected Places Catapult; Greater London; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9 day fortnight for everyone

23.5 holiday entitlement for everyone

Competitive pension up to 10%

Volunteer leave (2 days/yr)

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Cycle to Work Scheme

Cash Health Plan

Payroll Giving scheme

Discounts for retailers

Mortgage Advice benefit

Job summary

Connected Places Catapult is seeking a Consultant (Venture Growth Consultant) to lead the Freight Innovation Fund’s Venture Growth Programme across London and Milton Keynes. You will coordinate structured growth support, evidence market traction, engage investors and partners, and drive adoption for high-potential scale-ups.

The role focuses on identifying high-potential freight innovators, delivering growth and investment-readiness streams, and enabling commercial progression through industry

Qualifications

• We are looking for someone who is highly organised, delivery focused and confident managing complex innovation programmes with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience working with growth-stage businesses, investment-readiness programmes, accelerators, venture support, venture building, or commercialisation activity will be highly valuable.

Responsibilities

• Support revenue targets.
• Spot opportunities.
• Contribute to bids and proposals.
• Support client confidence in and building credibility of CPC.
• Ensure CRM system is updated with stakeholder contact and any other account information.
• Support scoping and delivery of streams of work.
• Deliver plans as designed.
• Implement effective project management process.
• Organise your own contribution to the work stream.
• Collaborate effectively across the work streams/project team.
• Provide excellence in delivery.
• Meet (or exceed) utilisation targets.
• Promote innovative and professional delivery focus across project team.
• Support buy in across a range of stakeholders through professional and technical expertise.

Skills

Identify new methodologies

Collaborate across teams

Influence effectively

Customer perspective

Multi-channel communication

Plan and deliver multiple activities

Adapt to change

Inclusive sustainability

Job description

Connected Places Catapult is seeking a Consultant (Venture Growth Consultant) to lead the Freight Innovation Fund’s Venture Growth Programme across London and Milton Keynes. You will coordinate structured growth support, evidence market traction, engage investors and partners, and drive adoption for high-potential scale-ups.

The role focuses on identifying high-potential freight innovators, delivering growth and investment-readiness streams, and enabling commercial progression through industry