Junior Programme Manager – Emerging Technologies and Robotics

Junior Programme Manager – Emerging Technologies and Robotics

Department: Tech & Innovation

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London

Compensation: £28,000 - £33,000 / year

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UK is the trade association which brings together people, companies and organisations to realise the positive outcomes of digital technology. With over 1100 members (the majority of which are SMEs) across the UK, tech

UK creates a network for innovation and collaboration across business, government and stakeholders to provide a better future for people, society, the economy and the planet. By providing expertise and insight, we support our members, partners and stakeholders as they prepare the UK for what comes next in a constantly changing world.

Role Purpose This new role offers an exciting opportunity to join our fast-paced Tech and Innovation programme that leads tech

UK’s activity around a range of emerging technologies including Robotics, Quantum, Web3, and more. Through our emerging technologies activity, tech

UK plays an active role in convening the UK’s technology sector, showcasing world‑leading innovations, exploring the opportunities for cutting‑edge technology development to the UK, and identifying key challenges or barriers that need to be addressed on behalf of our membership.

The Junior Programme Manager for Emerging Technologies and Robotics will not only support the wider team to deliver a successful programme of activity and engagement with tech

UK members, key stakeholders, and the wider technology and innovation sector, building on tech

UK’s already established work in this area but it will also play an instrumental part in helping to set up and deliver tech

UK’s new Robotics activity. This will involve building upon tech

UK’s soon‑to‑be‑released Robotics report.

Their main deliverable for this role will working closely with the Head of Emerging Technology to deliver a regular drumbeat of varied activity and range of outputs that add value for tech

UK’s members and stakeholders. This will include member meetings, events and campaign weeks to showcase world‑leading innovations, technologies or industries, each of which will require a strong sense of ownership, creativity, the development of a clear and consistent narrative. This role will play an instrumental part in working with members to develop and support the creation of the Robotics programme as well as support our horizon scanning and future gazing work as well as help to deliver tech

UK’s annual Tech & Innovation Summit.

This role is an opportunity to develop close relationships with leading industry figures, tech

UK members, decision makers, civil society, and other key stakeholders, plus much of their activity will feed directly into the wider Tech and Innovation programme’s work around current technologies such as AI, Digital Ethics and Quantum.

A central focus for this role is to work to ensure that tech

UK’s Emerging Technologies content, activity, policy asks, strategy, and other outputs remain relevant and credible, in particular through its recommendations for key audiences, such as Government, to ensure the UK has an ecosystem and environment in which innovation and R&D can be not just supported by supercharged.

This role requires an individual who can serve as a champion of tech

UK’s Emerging Technologies and Robotics members and activity, excel in an exciting and fast‑paced environment spanning a range of projects and tech

UK teams, build strong connections and relationships with a variety of stakeholders, work independently and as part of a team, and consider the short, medium, and long‑term implications of emerging technologies on the UK economy, society, and planet. The role is not technical and it would best suit an individual with a strong interest in technology policy, strategy, or ecosystems.

• Ensuring tech
  
  UK’s Emerging Technologies content, activity, policy asks, and strategy are relevant, credible and influential by becoming an active and trusted participant in the UK’s emerging technologies communities, cultivating excellent relationships with key stakeholders, and ensuring key web pages and…