Executive Director, Digital & Technologies - Innovate UK

*Closing date for applications is midnight on 31st January 2025*

Innovation is the lifeblood of business. Businesses that invest in innovation have higher growth, higher productivity and export more. Innovation delivers economic growth, new jobs and better living standards. Innovate UK is central to delivering a better future through business innovation. Innovate UK works with a wide range of partners across UK Research and Innovation and the innovation ecosystem to design and manage programmes that deliver government priorities, address industry challenges, and turn technology driven ideas into value-added business reality. The Executive Director, Digital & Technologies will lead and be accountable for programme delivery, strategic engagement and business development for the Digital & Technologies domain, with local, national and global impact.

• The Executive Director, Digital & Technologies will engage at senior executive level with external stakeholders to provide thought leadership across the Digital & Technologies domain, involving businesses, government and innovation ecosystem senior leaders to shape innovation policy and delivery in the UK.
• The Executive Director will seek and develop collaborations to optimise impact, drive up private investment and build the most effective and connected ecosystem. They will inspire both externally and internally, by leading the development of the Digital & Technologies domain operating model.
• As a significant influencer across business, government, and other business innovation ecosystem leadership groups within Digital & Technologies, the Executive Director will invest to drive significant positive economic and societal impact.

Led by an ambition to generate commercial value, stimulate growth and deliver benefits to society at large, you will be a change maker at heart, with a demonstrated ability to challenge and change the status quo. A strong collaborative executive leader, the Executive Director, Digital & Technologies will thrive, both individually and collectively, as a member of a senior leadership team. You will be able to lead, coach and motivate high calibre and diverse teams to deliver economic and productivity growth through supporting innovative businesses.

The post holder must demonstrate a full understanding of the 7 Principles of Public Life: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, Leadership.

Closing date for applications is midnight on 31st January 2025.

Downloadable Content:

• Candidate Brief Published_Innovate UK_Executive Director - Digital - Technologies.pdf