Senior Translational Research Manager at UCL

UCL Translational Research Office (TRO)

The Translational Research Office (TRO) builds on an increasingly vibrant translational culture across the Faculties of Life and Medical Sciences (LMS) and the wider university community by providing integrated support for translational research and industrial partnerships. Through working closely with a broad spectrum of investigators, industry partners and external funding bodies, the TRO facilitates the translation of UCL’s emerging research into therapies, techniques and medical products with therapeutic value.

Translational Research Group (TRG)

The Translational Research Group (TRG) provides practical, tailored support to UCL researchers wishing to navigate the translational pathway for their project. Working closely with the lead academic and project team, the TRG uses processes, knowledge and experience to formulate the project plan for the application, monitor and control the project to ensure it remains in scope and resolve issues that may occur. The TRG group capabilities also include the provision of regulatory advice and ability to connect researchers with appropriate internal resources and external expertise. Providing supportive project management in this way assists researchers in developing a translational strategy and de-risks projects making them more attractive to translational funding and industry investment for NHS adoption.

About the role

The Translational Research Group (TRG) is responsible for developing and managing UCL’s translational research projects.

The activities of the Senior Translational Research Manager (STRM) fall into three broad work-streams:

• Translational project plan development – providing guidance to Principal Investigators (PIs) at the earliest stages of moving research into translation in order to establish project plans that lead to robust grant applications and providing guidance on the best translational funding paths to pursue.
• Grant application – application of unique TRO skills which complement PIs to provide dedicated support with completing and submitting specific applications to funders within specified deadlines.
• Project management – providing dedicated project management for successful grants.

An important success measure for the TRO is the development of a sustainable pipeline of funded translational projects covering; Advanced therapies (cell and gene), bio-therapeutics (antibodies, peptides), biomarkers, devices, surgical techniques, and small molecule therapeutics; which are progressing towards the clinic.

It is expected the post-holder will make a significant intellectual contribution to the TRO strategy by identifying translational opportunities and driving these along the translational pathway, particularly by contributing to applications for funds and project-managing successful awards.

Through interaction with PIs, the post holder will play a major role in structuring and managing the move from discovery to pre-clinical and clinical research and play a role in identifying collaborative interdisciplinary research opportunities.

The post-holder is also expected to act as the interface between early career and advanced researchers, to highlight and discuss clinical problems and potential approaches to developing solutions.

Please submit a cover letter outlining your experience and interesting in the position with your application.

About you

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual with excellent interpersonal skills to manage a diverse portfolio of translational projects.

Working with both early career and established academics, the individual will advise on the translational pathway, funding opportunities and project manage successful awards.

This role would suit individuals within life science / pharmaceutical / biopharmaceutical / healthcare and biotech sectors with experience in translational focused projects that include product development from concept to commercialisation.