CMAC Funding Manager (304068)
 

Salary range: £ £52,560 - £59,135 
Term: Fixed (3 years)
FTE: 1.0 (35 hours/week)
Closing date:  Friday 7 August 2020 

The Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced Crystallisation Hub (CMAC; www.cmac.ac.uk) is a world-class centre of excellence for advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing research and training. As an EPSRC Future Manufacturing Research Hub, led by the University of Strathclyde we work in close collaboration with a number of spokes at leading UK academic institutions (Bath, Cambridge, Imperial College, Leeds, Loughborough, Sheffield) and linking with international centres in the US, Europe and Far East.

Working in partnership with industry, CMAC’s purpose is to transform the development and manufacture of medicines through advanced design and manufacturing technologies including the development of digital twins and microfactories. CMAC’s demand led vision has been developed through close collaboration with our Tier 1 industry partners (GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Novartis, Bayer, Takeda, Lilly, Pfizer, Roche) and a wide range of technology companies. Building on significant capital investments CMAC has established the National Facility team to broaden our ability to support and engage a wide user community within the £90M Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC) at Strathclyde. 

As CMAC Funding Manager, you will be responsible for the development of proposals and grant applications for CMAC projects where external funding and investment is sought; working with relevant stakeholders to identify relevant opportunities and sources of investment; provide expert advice in the development of the longer-term sustainability plan, particularly with regard to InnovateUK, EPSRC and EU investment; have a lead role in disseminating funding intelligence; provide expert advice on the preparation and costing of collaborative research bids; scrutinise grant agreements, support electronic submissions and liaise with external funding bodies and other collaborators. 

As part of CMAC’s management team you will lead the CMAC Funding Committee working with partners to develop collaborative proposals that will grow the activities across the CMAC Hub and spokes, increase grant income, leveraging the EPSRC Hub award, create new opportunities for impact from our research and contribute to delivery of CMAC business plan. You will also be required to build engagement with SMEs across the Scottish Central Belt in order to establish networks and identify possible collaborations for translation activities.

It is envisaged that the post-holder will work with 5-10 major external proposals per annum.  Knowledge of the UK manufacturing research and innovation funding landscape is crucial as will be relevant experience of the pharmaceutical sector whether from academic, industry, project management, research or knowledge exchange administration as well as higher education experience in pre-competitive collaboration technology application projects, the UK funding landscape and working with academics, innovation centres, government, technology companies, CMOs and large pharmaceutical companies. An understanding of and experience of working on pharmaceutical manufacturing research and associated innovation challenges is essential.  

Please note this is a 3 year fixed term appointment. 

 Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Andrea Johnston, CMAC Hub Programme Manager (andrea.johnston@strath.ac.uk). 

It is anticipated that formal interviews for this post will likely be held by mid-August 2020. 


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Faculty
Faculty of Science
Department/School
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Staff Category
Administrative and Professional Services
Type of Employment
Fixed-term
Working Hours
Full-time
Vacancy Description
 
Salary range: £ £52,560 - £59,135 
Term: Fixed (3 years)
FTE: 1.0 (35 hours/week)
Closing date:  Friday 7 August 2020 

The Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced Crystallisation Hub (CMAC; www.cmac.ac.uk) is a world-class centre of excellence for advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing research and training. As an EPSRC Future Manufacturing Research Hub, led by the University of Strathclyde we work in close collaboration with a number of spokes at leading UK academic institutions (Bath, Cambridge, Imperial College, Leeds, Loughborough, Sheffield) and linking with international centres in the US, Europe and Far East.

Working in partnership with industry, CMAC’s purpose is to transform the development and manufacture of medicines through advanced design and manufacturing technologies including the development of digital twins and microfactories. CMAC’s demand led vision has been developed through close collaboration with our Tier 1 industry partners (GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Novartis, Bayer, Takeda, Lilly, Pfizer, Roche) and a wide range of technology companies. Building on significant capital investments CMAC has established the National Facility team to broaden our ability to support and engage a wide user community within the £90M Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC) at Strathclyde. 

As CMAC Funding Manager, you will be responsible for the development of proposals and grant applications for CMAC projects where external funding and investment is sought; working with relevant stakeholders to identify relevant opportunities and sources of investment; provide expert advice in the development of the longer-term sustainability plan, particularly with regard to InnovateUK, EPSRC and EU investment; have a lead role in disseminating funding intelligence; provide expert advice on the preparation and costing of collaborative research bids; scrutinise grant agreements, support electronic submissions and liaise with external funding bodies and other collaborators. 

As part of CMAC’s management team you will lead the CMAC Funding Committee working with partners to develop collaborative proposals that will grow the activities across the CMAC Hub and spokes, increase grant income, leveraging the EPSRC Hub award, create new opportunities for impact from our research and contribute to delivery of CMAC business plan. You will also be required to build engagement with SMEs across the Scottish Central Belt in order to establish networks and identify possible collaborations for translation activities.

It is envisaged that the post-holder will work with 5-10 major external proposals per annum.  Knowledge of the UK manufacturing research and innovation funding landscape is crucial as will be relevant experience of the pharmaceutical sector whether from academic, industry, project management, research or knowledge exchange administration as well as higher education experience in pre-competitive collaboration technology application projects, the UK funding landscape and working with academics, innovation centres, government, technology companies, CMOs and large pharmaceutical companies. An understanding of and experience of working on pharmaceutical manufacturing research and associated innovation challenges is essential.  

Please note this is a 3 year fixed term appointment. 

 Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Andrea Johnston, CMAC Hub Programme Manager (andrea.johnston@strath.ac.uk). 

It is anticipated that formal interviews for this post will likely be held by mid-August 2020. 


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