The Role's Purpose
The Director of Growth - Science and Technology will lead Plexal’s commercial engagement and growth with the UK government’s science and technology community and across the UK’s priority technology areas. In addition to leading Plexal’s strategy and engagement with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), this role will be responsible for public sector customer engagement, proposition development and shaping and executing commercial strategies that expand Plexal’s advisory and consulting footprint across UK government over the next 3 years.
Working at the intersection of innovation, technology, and public-sector transformation, this role would suit a commercially astute, relationship‑oriented consulting leader. Success in this role will require the ability to understand the UK’s frontier technology and industrial strategy priorities, in order to shape and commercialise a focussed portfolio of services and propositions that address UK government policy needs.
This role will be required to interpret and integrate complex customer needs, commercial ambition and delivery and account oversight. You will be accountable for driving business development and growth in the public sector through securing multi-year contracts, pursuing strategic opportunities and establishing coalitions and partnerships which position Plexal as the UK’s leading organisation for government innovation and delivery.
Why us?
Plexal’s Values:
Mission: We inherit the mission of UK government and deliver it in an agile and creative fashion.
Collaboration: We believe in the power of working together.
Equality: We strengthen ourselves as a team by embracing the different.
Care: People are at the heart of what we do; we care about our customers, members and colleagues.
As a start-up, we thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced work environment dedicated to empowering innovators. We embrace individuals who leverage technology and creativity to tackle our greatest challenges head-on. We strongly advocate for maintaining a harmonious work-life balance, our goal is to ensure every member of our team can authentically be themselves and live their best lives. We firmly believe that innovation and creativity flourish when we cultivate a diverse workforce, comprising highly skilled individuals with a wide range of perspectives to contribute.
In return we will offer you:
- Annual bonus scheme
- A generous pension scheme (with a company contribution of up to 10%)
- Private healthcare, life assurance and critical illness cover
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Volunteering day
Plexal is an equal opportunities employer and we actively encourage applicants from individuals from all backgrounds. We are a Disability Committed employer and are willing to make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
About us
Plexal is the innovation and growth company helping to strengthen the UK’s technology capabilities through collaboration.
With teams in London, Manchester and Cheltenham, we work closely with government, industry, startups and academia to drive economic growth and reinforce national security.
Founded by
Delancey in 2017, Plexal delivers four core services: creating workspaces for innovators, running innovation programmes and consultancy, building regional tech clusters and helping SMEs scale strategically.
By closing the gap between early-stage and established organisations – across the public and private sectors at home and abroad –
we’ve impacted over 1,200 businesses, added £731m to the UK economy and helped create 9,400 jobs.
Headquartered at Here East on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Plexal partners with organisations including the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, the National Cyber Security Centre, Airbus, Amazon, Barclays Eagle Labs, Google Cloud, TfL, The Alan Turing Institute and the University of Oxford.
