Innovation Consultant

The Innovation Consultant will play a key role in delivering Plexal-led innovation programmes and working with our consulting team. We’re currently recruiting in all competency areas and so are interested to hear from researchers, management consultants, programme delivery experts, ecosystem convenors, technology enthusiasts, data scientists and solution architects.

We’re a rapidly growing team and are actively looking to recruit exceptional individuals who want to work in an adaptive, fast moving, collaborative environment.

This role will be based in Cheltenham, with three days a week in the office required.

What you’ll do

• Shape insights about the future of technology sectors
• Lead the creation of high impact deliverables
• Help clients make decisions on their technology strategy
• Define and manage solutions that work including pilots and new venture design
• Engage with innovators to understand their needs, challenges and the interventions that will support their growth
• Pull together consortiums of world-leading talent to better solve mission-critical challenges
• Work on the design and delivery of world-class innovation and challenge-led programmes
• Manage inputs across several workstreams
• Proactively manage regular interaction, communication and collaboration with external stakeholders
• Lead specific areas of business development by responding to public sector bids and leading bespoke proposals

Your skills

• Highly organised with a good understanding of innovation, collaboration and project management practices, tools, and methodologies
• Analytical, with the ability to think critically and to understand, interpret and articulate complex concepts
• A structured, concise communicator who can confidently use key tools including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as project management and brainstorming tools
• Competent at taking responsibility for producing high-quality deliverables and presentations for senior external audiences

Your experience

• Experienced working within two or more of the following: a large innovation function, a leading consultancy, tech startup or accelerator
• Able to demonstrate strategic awareness across technology markets and sectors and provide an outside-in perspective to clients when it comes to emerging market needs, trends, opportunities and technologies

Who you are

• Personally resilient, with the ability to stay focused on the overall objective, responding to challenges in a calm and measured way
• Energised by the challenges and opportunities presented by working for a high-growth company
• Passionate about the development of cybersecurity and other areas of emerging technology
• Educated to a Bachelor-degree level or equivalent
• SC or DV clearance desired
• This role may require some national travel for delivery of project s and travel to all Plexal sites
• Due to the nature of this position, our work and our client engagements, you must be willing and eligible to achieve a minimum of SC clearance. To qualify for SC clearance, you must be a British Citizen or have resided in the UK for the last five years with no extensive periods outside of the UK. Pre-existing SC welcome. For more information about clearance eligibility, please see https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/united-kingdom-security-vetting