Strategic Theme Lead - Smart Environmental

At ORE Catapult, we are driving the future of offshore renewable energy. As the UK's leading technology innovation and research centre for offshore wind, wave, and tidal energy, we develop cutting-edge solutions and deliver impactful research to support the energy transition.

We're looking for a Theme Lead- Smart Environmental to take ownership of this strategic theme within ORE Catapult on a part-time basis - a role that blends vision, influence, and leadership to deliver impact across the offshore renewable energy sector.

The role

• Own the vision for the Smart Environmental strategic theme and align it with ORE Catapult's overarching strategy.
• Shape and influence strategy, identifying innovation opportunities where ORE can lead globally and pinpointing gaps we need to close.
• Negotiate and collaborate across directorates to secure resources, resolve challenges, and build consensus.
• Track progress against strategic objectives, escalating issues when delivery is at risk.
• Identify business development priorities, including commercial opportunities, national programmes, and partnerships with OEMs, developers, and supply chain companies.
• Champion research and engineering capabilities, identifying gaps and building collaborations nationally and internationally.
• Assess and plan for assets and capital projects, ensuring investments support your theme and differentiate ORE Catapult globally.
• Maintain market intelligence, including top UK supply chain companies and key international OEMs, supporting their growth in collaboration with Innovate UK and others.
• Lead external engagement, acting as spokesperson at events and conferences, and positioning ORE Catapult as a thought leader in your theme area.

Requirements

What are we looking for?

• Excellent customer, stakeholder and market knowledge in the strategic theme area of Smart Environmental.
• Strong business acumen allowing for meaningful impact to be made in the strategic theme area in decision-making, financial awareness, cross functional collaboration, risk management, leadership and impact.
• Technical expertise and depth in the strategic theme area allowing for significant value to the organisation in driving innovation, solving complex problems, accelerating delivery, enhancing decision-making, improved collaboration, quality and compliance assurance.
• The ability to lead matrix teams effectively through strong communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills, combined with experience in navigating complex organisational structures, aligning cross-functional goals, and fostering collaboration across diverse teams without direct authority.
• Known and respected externally and internally within the strategic theme area.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Supplementary health cover
• Flexible working hours
• Paid parental leave
• Career progression opportunities
• Mental health support
• Wellbeing programme
• Pension scheme
• Exclusive staff discounts / Partnerships
• Gym membership discounts
• Flexible work location
• Mentorship programmes

Working Environment

This role is Hybrid and can be based across any of our UK sites. The advertised salary of ??100,000 for this role is based on an FTE of 37.5 hours and will be pro-rata for the proposed 18.75 hours (0.5 FTE).

For internal candidates, we are committed to maintaining current contracted hours and will discuss available options where a job offer is made.

Why Join Us?

At ORE Catapult, you'll work at the cutting edge of renewable energy innovation, shaping strategies that will define the future of the sector. You'll have the freedom to lead, the support to succeed, and the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the UK's clean energy journey. We offer:

• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for personal and professional development.