Sustainable Electronics Business Development and Centre Manager

The University of Glasgow has been changing the world for more than 574 years, and today we are one of the world's top 100 universities. We are delighted to have been awarded Scottish University of the Year by the Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024, demonstrating that we are not only one of the best universities in the United Kingdom, but one of the best universities for the world. Our people have always been at the forefront of innovation, and our past achievements inspire our current world changers.

In this role, you will manage the overall running of the Responsible Electronics And Circular Technologies (REACT), a major UKRI and industrial investment towards accelerating a green economy for electronics.

REACT will enable a shift to a fully sustainable electronic manufacturing model using a multidisciplinary strategy, with a focus on supporting the ‘Electech’ industry in Scotland. The Centre allows the region to address the current sustainability problems and provides an opportunity to scale across the UK to achieve a greater market share of this global industry. Our research spans semiconductor design and manufacturing in, power electronics, RF/wireless, and photonics, recycling and material recovery, in addition to circular finance and responsible business models.

You will engage with potential users of the research and will facilitate a dialogue with industry about technological challenges and translational opportunities. Your responsibility will be to identify and secure new business opportunities and build strong relationships with stakeholders. You will often represent the centre at trade shows, academic conferences, and government/parliamentary events. The position offers extensive industry-facing networking opportunities, and an opportunity to support cross-disciplinary research and commercialisation activities.

Internally, you will support the management of the work packages, and initiate changes needed for the delivery of this cross college and university strategic grant. You will also engage with the researchers and Co-Leads supporting grant proposal and publication development, dissemination by working with the press and media team, and nurturing commercialisation opportunities. You will get opportunities to learn and contribute to systematic and translational research. For example, undertaking market surveys, skills analysis, and life cycle analysis for electronics products. Therefore, having a strong interest and/or background in electronics will be highly beneficial.

The postholder will report to the PI, Professor Jeff Kettle, and will make sure that the project stays on track and that objectives, milestones and deliverable as well as any changes in the research are documented.

For informal enquires, please email Dr Mahmoud Wagih on Mahmoud.Wagih@glasgow.ac.uk

This post is full time (35 hours per week) and has funding available until 30 September 2028 in the first instance. Relocation assistance will be provided where appropriate.

Apply online at: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/sustainable-electronics-business-development-and-centre-manager?source=gla.ac.uk

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