Programme Manager, Francis Crick
£53.7-61.7k
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3+ days a week in office
Biomedical research institute
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Biomedical research institute
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£53.7-61.7k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To discover without boundaries.
Role
Who you are
- Experience in working with early-stage scientific or health ventures.
- Proven ability to lead and manage structured programmes with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
- Confident communicator – demonstrable experience presenting, facilitating workshops and writing for diverse audiences.
- Proactive, self-motivated and flexible to support events outside standard hours
- Please note you must meet the essential criteria listed within the Role Profile, to have your application reviewed
Desirable
- MSc/PhD in life sciences, biomedical or data/computer sciences (or equivalent experience)
- Knowledge of commercialisation or clinical validation pathways
- Familiarity with the UK venture and innovation ecosystem
- Passion for data-driven health innovation and entrepreneurship
What the job involves
- Reports to: David Allen
- Reporting to: Head of KQ Labs
- Contact term: This is a full-time, fixed term (1 year) position on Crick terms and conditions of employment
- KQ Labs is a major initiative supporting early-stage, data-driven health start-ups from across the UK. Backed by partners including the Wellcome Trust, Innovate UK, and Genomics England, the programme helps position London’s Knowledge Quarter as a global centre for health innovation
- We’re seeking a dynamic individual with proven programme management and delivery experience. With a proactive, solutions-focused approach and a strong grasp of the innovation ecosystem, you’ll bring a genuine passion for empowering early-stage entrepreneurs to reach their full potential
- Lead delivery of KQ accelerator programmes (e.g. KQ Labs, TechBio Boost) from outreach to Demo Day, ensuring smooth execution and great participant experience
- Shape and refine programme design, content and delivery to drive innovation and impact
- Build strong relationships with founders, offering mentoring, guidance and strategic connections to support growth and funding
- Collaborate with partners such as the BioIndustry Association, universities and investors to expand networks and strengthen the UK’s health innovation ecosystem
- Deliver engaging workshops, panel and events, keeping content relevant and forward-looking
- Work across teams to ensure seamless operations and deliver key moments like Demo Days and alumni events
Application process
- Closing Date: 11/Dec/2025 23.59 GMT
- We reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any given time due to the number of applications received
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The Francis Crick Institute was founded in 2015 through the merger of the MRC's National Institute for Medical Research and CRUK's London Research Institute. Its mission is to push the boundaries of our understanding of how life works, and it is the largest single-site biomedical research institute in Europe.
One of the Institute's strengths is its ability to collaborate extensively with external research groups, boasting partnerships in more than 90 countries. These collaborations, however, pose data protection challenges due to the need to transfer vast amounts of sensitive information across borders. The Institute has addressed this by developing its own Trusted Research Environment toolkit, which allows remote teams to share data securely and compliantly in the cloud.
The institute secured £1 billion in funding back in 2022, and is maximising its effectiveness through the BRIDGE network and investments in AI and machine learning. A notable example is Google’s subsidiary DeepMind establishing a research lab within the institute to enhance biology and genomics research.
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Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2022
$1.3bn
GRANT
Total funding: $1.3bn
Company benefits
- 28 days of holiday each year, plus three additional days (usually taken over Christmas) and bank holidays
- Defined contribution pension scheme, with the Crick contributing between 3% - 16% of salary
- Life assurance
- Season ticket/car parking loan
- Annual leave purchase
- Childcare support allowance
- Back-up dependent care
- Discounted annual gym membership
- Bike to Work scheme
- Payroll giving
- Shopping discounts
Company HQ
Somers Town, London, UK
Leadership
Paul Nurse
(CEO)The first Director and Chief Executive of the Francis Crick Institute. Was previously President of Rockefeller University in New York. In 2001 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine as part of a team that discovered the role of protein molecules that control the duplication of cells.
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