London & Partners

Program Manager

• Contribute to the Major Event Pipeline to ensure strong programme calendar in short- medium- and long-term for the city. Support L&P’s contribution to pitch process for contestable events, developing packages of city support to enhance bids.
• Lead on key Major Events accounts, managing multiple external stakeholders and ensuring that our planning, budgeting and delivery maximises the event’s opportunity for London and London’s narrative.
• Maintain relationships with key external stakeholders, private sector event organisers, rights owners, venues and sponsors, ensuring maximum support is gained for relevant major events. These include the GLA Culture and Major Sports Events teams.
• Represent London & Partners and the Major Events team by hosting guests, networking with partners, sponsors, VIPs and international federations.
• Monitor city and worldwide developments in events, sport and cultural industries to identify opportunities and risks to current and future Major Event activities.
• Provide advice on aspects of event delivery including risk management; maximising social and economic benefits; marketing/PR; sponsorship; brand compliance; business planning and tendering processes.
• Identify potential opportunities to generate VIK to support the delivery of major events.
• Maintenance of accurate records to ensure accurate reporting of projects. Manage programme budgets including procurement and invoice process.
• Any other reasonable duties as allocated by the line manager.

Programme Manager – Major Events and Experiences

Product Adoption Specialist

• Act as the primary contact for SMEs participating in the Made Smarter London Adoption Programme.
• Build strong relationships with clients and understand their business needs and challenges.
• Each TAS will manage a portfolio of around 30+ London-based SME manufacturers over the lifetime of the programme.
• Assess client readiness for digital transformation and identify suitable IDTs.
• Develop tailored technology adoption roadmaps to support business growth and efficiency.
• Work with the Programme management team to identify businesses that are suitable for support offered by Made Smarter and London and Partners.
• Deliver specialist advice on digital technologies and their implementation.
• Through knowledge gained in road mapping, support the Programme Manager to develop targeted interventions for London Manufacturers.
• Proactively engage with small manufacturing and engineering businesses across London to promote the programme and encourage registrations of relevant SMEs.
• Represent the programme at industry events and liaise with SME sector networks, to increase visibility of the programme and impact we deliver, and build collaborative relationships to support programme delivery.
• Coordinate site visits and remote consultations to ensure successful implementation.
• Monitor progress against agreed transformation plans and provide ongoing support.
• Track engagements and activities with clients in our CRM system, maintaining up to date records for impact tracking and funder reporting.
• Assist our marketing resources in the development of good quality case studies.
• Work with our course providers to ensure course content is relevant to clients' needs.
• Maintain a high level of awareness of new technology developments and understanding of their industrial application.

Technology Adoption Specialist

People Operations

• Shape the organisation’s global culture and people strategy in collaboration with the Management Committee and Senior Leadership Team.
• Provide expert counsel on all people-related matters, influencing decisions at the highest level.
• Lead the development and delivery of the People & Talent business plan and budget, aligned with corporate objectives.
• Lead the People & Talent team with a commitment to quality, performance, and inclusion.
• Oversee the full employment lifecycle, ensuring compliance with employment law and best practice.
• Manage payroll operations and vendor relationships across multiple territories and currencies.
• Attend Board and Committee meetings as required to present and seek approval on People matters.
• Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion across the organisation.
• Create workspaces that foster collaboration, engagement, and wellbeing.
• Analyse employee feedback and data to enhance culture and drive continuous improvement.
• Develop and implement wellbeing, health, and counselling policies.
• Partner with Finance and PMO to lead business planning and performance reporting.
• Support succession planning and executive talent acquisition.
• Stay abreast of HR trends, legislation, and digital transformation opportunities.

Director of People & Talent

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Support the finance team by ensuring all transactions are processed accurately and income is billed and collected
• Assist in preparation of reports and reconciliations
• Help maintain the customer database and support non-finance colleagues with sales invoice queries
• Review and check draft sales invoices and assist with the debt collection process (customer reminders and account statements)
• Support finance procedures and offer guidance to other staff on finance processes
• Process supplier invoices, post to the purchase ledger, reconcile supplier statements and respond to supplier queries
• Monitor and manage the supplier invoice inbox daily
• Maintain accurate supplier records in Microsoft 365 Business Central and help set up new suppliers including credit checks
• Support the purchase quote and order process and ensure quotes are completed for accruals
• Check and process staff expenses (cash and credit card) across all markets
• Carry out other reasonable tasks assigned by the line manager to support the wider finance function
• Role covers London & Partners Limited and its three operating subsidiary companies, including markets offices

Assistant Finance Officer

• Overview of team purpose: MedCity is the life science team within London and Partners, providing sector expertise. Mission: create economic growth that is inclusive, resilient and sustainable. Accelerate investment and innovation in health and life sciences in London by promoting the sector, making powerful connections, convening the ecosystem, and supporting individual life sciences companies to help them grow and thrive.
• The Life Sciences Cluster Development team: promoting London as a global hub for life sciences innovation; drives foreign direct investment (FDI), supports growth of infrastructure for R&D, fosters collaboration between international life sciences companies and London’s research and healthcare ecosystem; committed to securing London’s position as a leader in life sciences, advancing innovations such as cell and gene therapies, AI, diagnostics, genomics, and healthcare technologies.
• Purpose of the role: Attracting and Converting Inward Investment: Identify, nurture, and convert international life sciences companies into inward investment projects for London; Deliver FDI wins that contribute to Gross Value Add (GVA) and strategic growth targets; Develop bespoke client propositions and guide companies to suitable R&D partnerships, lab space, and specialized expertise in London and the UK; Work closely with the L&P Market teams to nurture, develop and convert inward investment projects; Act as a ‘concierge’ for companies, providing in-depth sector knowledge and expertise, and seamless support navigating London’s ecosystem and connecting them with industry leaders, trade bodies, universities and other centres of sector excellence; Monitor and manage FDI projects through CRM systems, ensuring accurate reporting and tracking of sector and company progress; Develop and deliver bespoke visit programmes for companies and their senior representatives including chairing face to face meetings; Represent London and MedCity at national and international conferences, trade missions, and events; Lead or contribute to organization of events, trade missions, and marketing efforts aimed at attracting life sciences companies to London including coordinating international delegations during LLSW; Expectation of occasional ‘out of hours’ work and travel and attendance at external/internal events including frequent travel to Europe to meet with Life Sciences clients.
• Infrastructure Development & Cluster Growth: Support Head of Cluster Development and wider team in activities building and promotion London’s life sciences ecosystem and infrastructure; Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, including academia, NHS, government bodies, and industry leaders, to support wider cluster development team and MedCity programs.

Senior Investment Manager, Life Sciences

Account Manager

• Responsible for identifying, securing and managing new high value and strategic partners across a range of sectors to meet and exceed income targets.
• Deliver high levels of prospect and partner engagement resulting in excellent conversion and renewal rates, and the creation of new networks.
• Be a visible, outward-facing representative of London & Partners, proactively seeking and establishing yourself in key networks, attending relevant events, and building new contacts.
• As an active ambassador for L&P, consistently build on organisation knowledge, updates, and products to confidently communicate these to partners/prospects and identify new collaboration opportunities.
• Lead and guide meaningful conversations to leverage partnership opportunities matched to objectives and maximising key relationships.
• Build and develop an informed pipeline of partner prospects, compiling intelligence and information to prioritise partnership opportunities.
• Work closely with wider Partnerships colleagues to refine our pipeline research processes and priorities to build a live and evolving pipeline, staying on top of key sector trends and news.
• Work closely with and effectively use senior leadership networks to advance partnership conversations.
• Support the Head of Business Partnerships and Partnerships Director with refining and shaping new partnership propositions, bringing innovative ideas and creative thinking.
• Line management of a Partnerships Manager with business development and account management responsibilities, conducting one-to-one meetings and managing performance.
• Ensure accurate pipeline reporting and use correct systems and processes to support performance and ongoing relationship management.
• Negotiate and implement contracts.
• Oher reasonable duties as allocated by the Head of Business Partnerships.

Senior Partnerships Manager, Business Partnerships

Business Development Rep

• London & Partners is the Growth Agency for London, a not-for-profit public private partnership funded by the Mayor of London and commercial partners.
• Purpose: Business Development Executive covering the Northwestern United States and Western Canada, reporting to the SVP in San Francisco.
• Territory: primary target cities San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, Vancouver, and Calgary.
• Primary function: source, develop and maintain relationships with high-growth tech businesses seeking access to the European market and promote London as the preeminent base for European trade.
• Support UK businesses entering the US by assisting GTM strategy and making introductions to corporates, investors, and local stakeholders.
• Activities: lead generation, targeted market research using Crunchbase/PitchBook/CB Insights/Thomson Reuters/KPMG reports, represent London & Partners at conferences, and plan/deliver trade delegations and VIP visitor programs.
• Public speaking: speak at virtual and in-person events on London/US value proposition and comment on sectors including GenAI, Web3, and frontier innovation.