Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges.

We are seeking a Director of Operations and Strategy to lead the operational and strategic development of the HDR UK Cambridge partnership, working closely with the Director and senior scientific leadership team to shape and deliver its scientific agenda.

What you'll be doing:

Central to the role is the development and stewardship of complex, multi-institutional partnerships to advance the organisation's strategic goals, spanning the HDR UK central team, universities across the UK and internationally, major funders, and industry partners.

About Us:

Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) is the UK's national institute for health data science, comprising over 30 partner organisations across all four nations, including the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Cambridge, and EMBL-EBI. Together with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, these organisations form HDR UK Cambridge, directed by Professor John Danesh.

About You:

You will have a proven track record of senior leadership and extensive experience of operations management within a complex, multi-stakeholder organisation, ideally within higher education, a research institute, or a comparable setting.

We welcome applications from candidates seeking part-time working arrangements. The role is ideally suited to approximately 0.5 FTE (18.5 hours per week), though we are open to discussing the precise working pattern with you.