Senior Venture Deployment Manager

Salary: 65k-75k per annum FTE Benefits

Status:Permanent /Full-time preferable (requests for part-time/flexible working arrangements are welcome)

About Us

Energy Systems Catapult is an independent research and technology organisation. Our mission is to accelerate Net Zero energy innovation.

Launched in 2015 by Innovate UK the Catapult has built a team of more than 250 people with a range of technical engineering consumer commercial incubation digital and policy expertise.They draw on sector-leading test facilities modelling tools and data collected from our back catalogue of more than 500 research projects.

We use that whole energy system capability to support innovative companies -- small and large to test trial and scale their new products and services. Our impact comes when those innovators attract new customers new investment and new grants so they can thrive in the future energy system.

Based in Birmingham Energy Systems Catapult is part of a network of nine world-leading technology and innovation centres established by Innovate UK. The Catapult Network fosters collaboration between industry government research organisations academia and many others to transform great ideas into valuable products and services.

We believe that innovation often stems from connecting different areas and ideas and that working together in person can be an important enabler for that. We therefore expect people to be in the Birmingham office 40 days/year (roughly one day per week).

Context

The Catapults Energy Launchpad Team (ELP) has been established to support UK innovators by helping them understand and navigate the energy transformation systemic barriers both domestically and overseas. It supports innovators to open routes to market both domestically and overseas whilst helping them to tackle business growth challenges. We do this by applying ESCs own capabilities to help SMEs address systemic barriers for energy innovation in combination with tailored business growth support and networking and opportunities to access and engage with the market. We also offer access to a broad network of existing incubators accelerators and external support initiatives both in the UK and in target countries abroad. Internationally we aim to connect UK innovators to overseas markets and opportunities and to support inward investment in the UK energy innovation sector. As well as this we aim to share UK experience and best practice to support overseas organisations and countries in their transition to low-carbon pathways.

The ELP model is a 2-tiered platform that takes the SME on a journey through Network support Incubation and Acceleration:

1. Venture Development - tailored business support for selected SMEs utilising ESC assets technical and market expertise and delivery of partner offerings at all stages of the innovator journey. This function includes our Network Team - standardised offerings accessible by all Innovators (not just SMEs) including sign-posting to ESC partner relationships and the wider eco-system
2. Venture Deployment working with partners in the energy sector to support them with accessing world class innovative solutions including overcoming procurement and supply chain barriers supporting successful trial activities with SMEs and managing our investor network

The Catapults Energy Launchpad Team will source solution providers for incubation and acceleration support manage relationships with SMEs carry-out needs analysis including scoping and coordination of support tasks. They will manage the engagement of internal stakeholders (including technical and market expertise) as well as external sub-contract resource from ELP & International partners.

The Role

The Senior Venture Deployment Manager leads the Deployment (Demand) team responsible for designing and delivering programmes frameworks and partnerships that accelerate the adoption and scaling of innovative energy solutions working closely with system actors internal platforms and policy stakeholders. The role ensures the delivery of high-impact demand-driven support to both ESC partners and SMEs with a sharp focus on measurable deployment metrics structured trial activities and aligned system outcomes.

Key Work Activities

• Set the strategic vision and direction for the Venture Deployment team in line with the objectives of the Energy Launchpad Platform government priorities and regional growth opportunities.
• Lead and nurture the Venture Deployment team setting goals ensuring high quality outputs and developing modular processes to enable cross-platform flexibility.
• Lead the design management and aspects of delivery for deployment and acceleration programmes including modular support and trial activities with system actors network operators regulators policy makers and commercial partners.
• Oversee the process and maintain accountability for ELPs internal stakeholder engagement with other ESC Platforms (Homes Sites Places and Whole Systems and Networks). Manage internal reporting processes to ensure that the Energy Launchpad Team is effective in its aims of being close to the customer and manage reporting processes internally to steer ELPs outreach and scouting activities.
• Build and manage senior-level relationships with key external partners ensuring clear pathways to market adoption development of challenge-led programmes and effective engagement of industry government regulators and investors.
• Oversee the development standardisation and continual improvement of trial and procurement support processes to de-risk the adoption of innovative solutions and enable scalable deployment.
• Support the identification onboarding and support of later stage high-impact SME cohorts for deployment activities that will inform the facilitation of technology pilots demonstration projects and market entry partnerships.
• Oversee the development health and expansion of ESCs investor networks and partner supply chains maximising leverage for deployment-stage investment growth and replication of business models.
• Ensure robust monitoring and reporting of deployment impact metrics including number and scale of deployed innovations investment leveraged emissions reduced efficiency gains replicable models created and provide evidence for measurable system outcomes.
• Work with internal and external teams to source and share market intelligence support strategic planning and maintain a feedback loop for programme improvement and partner engagement.
• Represent ESC externally delivering presentations facilitating workshops and showcasing deployment best practice at industry and government events to enhance ESC profile and its offer to stakeholders.
• Drive a culture of collaboration with the Venture Development (Supply) function ensuring effective exchange and delivery on joint programmes and outreach activities.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Significant experience leading the deployment and scaling of programmes that support businesses to bring innovative technology or services into the energy or clean tech marketplace (such as homes and construction places whole systems and networks sectors) focused on system-level impact and multi-stakeholder engagement
• Experience of running accelerator or innovation programmes to scale solutions into the market
• Impressive track record in the design delivery monitoring and reporting of demand-led programmes ideally with both public and private sector clients.
• Demonstrated success in senior stakeholder management partnership building and investor engagement within complex energy system environments.
• Experience of design and implementation of processes to manage and improve efficiencies
• Solid understanding of market barriers policy drivers and the challenges of deploying new innovations at scale including procurement considerations
• Proven ability in interpreting system needs structuring trial activities and developing frameworks for adoption evidencing and de-risking deployment.
• Experience in scoping contracting and managing modular programme resources including internal teams supply chains consultants and external delivery partners.
• Strong background in metrics-driven impact measurement market intelligence and the creation of replicable innovation/accelerator programme models
• Demonstrated success in team management and development with ability to motivate mentor and direct teams delivering high volume innovation projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication confident public speaking facilitation and stakeholder engagement for high-visibility events and workshops.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a relevant field.

Employee Benefits:

Annual leave 28 days plus bank holidays (FTE) Buy/Sell holidays Buy/sell holiday maximum 1 week based on contracted hours Pension 2 for 1 contribution via salary sacrifice scheme up to 10% Discretionary bonus scheme Recognition scheme to celebrate above and beyond EV Scheme Salary sacrifice Cycle2work Salary sacrifice Life assurance 4 x salary Health Cash Back Plan Retail and gym discounts Employee Assistance Programme 24/7 phoneline and 6 free counselling sessions Snacks and drinks Annual company off-site event.

Flexible working options for eligible employees (Sabbatical/Compressed/Staggered/Flexible hours) Working within a hybrid office attendance model with the expectation of being in the office at least 1 day a week and:

Maternity Leave (100% 13 weeks / 50% 13 weeks/SP 13 weeks/Unpaid leave for 13 weeks)

Adoption Leave (100% 13 weeks/50% 13 weeks/SP 13 weeks/Unpaid leave for 13 weeks)

Paternity Leave (100% 2 weeks)

Shared Parental Leave (100% 10 weeks/50% 13 weeks/SP 13 weeks)

Would you like to Apply

The closing date for applications is Monday 20th October 2025

Please note that at this time we areunableto provide UK visa sponsorship.

We welcome applications from all including those who may be returning to work those wishing to work flexibly for any reason and those who may need additional support.

Energy Systems Catapult undertakes innovative and exciting work that will help shape the future of energy with this in mind we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible as we do reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

(Strictly No Agencies).

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of race sex disability religion and belief sexual orientation or status regarding gender reassignment marriage and civil partnership pregnancy and maternity.

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