Data & Systems Associate, ARIA
£50k
+ Discretionary Bonus
More information about location
3 days a week in office (Kings X, London)
Science-focused R&D funding agency
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Science-focused R&D funding agency
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
£50k
+ Discretionary Bonus
More information about location
3 days a week in office (Kings X, London)
21-100 employees
Company mission
To fund scientists and engineers so they can pursue research at the edge of the possible.
Role
Who you are
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, enabling you to work effectively with stakeholders to ensure solutions meet functional needs and business priorities
- Proficiency in supporting solution architecture and engineering, including building, integrating, and maintaining tools, gathering feedback, and driving adoption of solutions
- Solid data handling capabilities, ensuring effective data flows, high-quality reporting, and efficient data infrastructure
- Working with data in a fast-paced environment, assisting with data management from extraction to analysis
- Experience supporting the building and customisation of low-code environments such as Airtable and Make.com to support operational needs
- Experience working inside of data warehouses and using ETL tools
- A strong ability to collaborate cross-functionally, working closely with team members and stakeholders to drive meaningful impact
- A user-focused mindset, with a passion for enabling teams to work more effectively
- The ability to quickly grasp new topics and technologies, demonstrating intellectual curiosity and adaptability
What the job involves
- Our team's mission is to enable ARIA to scale and innovate through the implementation and use of first-class technologies, systems and data-driven insights. The Data & Systems Associate empowers ARIA’s internal teams to make better, faster, and bolder decisions by designing, implementing, and optimising data infrastructure, tooling, and reporting solutions in close collaboration with stakeholders across the organisation. This role requires a balance of product management (40%), building skills (40%) and customer success (20%)
- Develop and iterate core bespoke solutions within platforms such as Airtable, CRMs, etc., including building automations and integrations with other systems
- Maintaining data integrity and security practices
- Assist in building and maintaining scalable and efficient data pipelines to support data ingestion, transformation, storage, and the generation of actionable insights
- Assist in the management of ARIA’s data infrastructure, including databases, data warehouses, and cloud-based platforms
- Collaborate with IT to ensure embedded infrastructure is secure and compliant with organisational standards
- Gather data requirements and design, project management, build, and implementation of solutions and infrastructure that align with ARIA’s strategic objectives and priorities
- Maintain and prioritise a clear roadmap of the products and features you’re building
- Build close relationships across the organisation to drive forward a culture of operational excellence and technological enablement
- Take a user-centric approach to all data and tooling initiatives, ensuring solutions meet the needs of stakeholders and enhance their workflows
- Support in driving the uptake of user-centric tools across the lifecycle of ARIA products, ensuring they deliver value and operational efficiency
- Provide functional and technical support to solve challenges end users are facing
Application process
- Closing Date: 02.10.25
- Video call with internal recruiter (30min)
- Video call with Hiring Manager (30min)
- Panel interview - task included (45-60min)
- Meet the Team onsite (avg. 2 hours)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
ARIA, also known as the Advanced Research and Invention Agency, is an investment agency that supports ambitious, cutting-edge science and technology projects with the hope to “transcend conventional limits”.
For innovation to keep moving at the pace we've become accustomed to, a lot of organisation, research and funding is required. ARIA, which is government funded, sets out to find projects that will have the most public benefit and impact. It's backed by an £800mn budget and is targeting areas such as artificial intelligence, neuroscience and materials.
Drawing inspiration from successful US counterparts like Darpa and Arpa-E, ARIA aims to act outside of traditional bureaucratic constraints. Despite facing criticism for its delayed launch, the initiative reflects a refreshing departure from the norm and we’re excited to see what the company's future holds.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Company benefits
- Discretionary performance related pay arrangements
- 25 days annual leave provision, with the option to buy/sell an additional 5 days
- Hybrid working arrangements; 60% in office / 40% at home
- Supportive environment for learning and development opportunities
- Enhanced family leave arrangements
- A free and confidential 24/7 employee assistance programme
- 2 days of paid volunteer days
- 5% defined contribution pension scheme with Smart Pension
- An excellent office location in Kings X, London
Company values
- Bold: We are comfortable in uncharted territory, actively seeking out and embracing the unknown. In practice, this means we focus on the opportunity and upside in our work, striving to raise the creative ambition of those around us and cultivating an environment that welcomes outside voices and outlier ideas.
- Authentic: We debate openly, with passion and respect, ensuring everyone feels empowered to show up as themselves and unlock their full potential. We value brilliance without pretension. Crucially, we embrace the understanding that failure is an acceptable and necessary step along the way to real progress.
- Intentional: We are driven by a deep commitment to improving the world through science and technology, pursuing these breakthroughs responsibly. This is at the heart of how all our teams work, starting from principles, not simply following precedent. This means we are always questioning, learning, and evolving our approaches to problems.
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Ilan Gur
(CEO)Schmidt Futures Innovation Fellow. Previously Founder and CEO of Activate.org, and Founder of Cyclotron Road through Berkeley Lab.
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