Senior Portfolio Manager – Future Communications

UK Research and Innovation

Senior Portfolio Manager managing research and innovation activities at EPSRC. Leading the development of strategies that ensure impactful investments in the UK's research landscape.

Posted 6/15/2026full-timeSwindon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSenior💰 £46,743 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Contribute to, as well as shape the development and delivery of strategy across one of EPSRC’s themes.
Deputising for team leads, including in meetings with senior internal and external stakeholders.
Line-manage and/or project manage colleagues: providing leadership and support for personal development and driving a culture of high-performance teamwork.
Building and fostering strong relationships working across EPSRC, UKRI and beyond UKRI, including across the academic community, government, and other stakeholders to ensure that investments are robust, informed, and impactful.
Providing high quality expertise and advice in your areas of responsibility, informed by evidence and engagement with relevant stakeholders.
Leading the development and delivery of investment plans, calls and associated peer review processes, and cases for investment, ensuring that these are of a high quality and in line with UKRI values, principles, and practices.
Contributing to the development of appropriate monitoring, assurance, and evaluation approaches for EPSRC’s investments.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Knowledge and experience of programme, portfolio and/or project management of research-related or innovation activities, including managing packages of work within projects and programmes.
Sophisticated analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, and an ability to think strategically.
An ability to engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels, and to influence others to achieve outcomes and improve performance.
An ability to work as part of a team, including leading and developing staff through behaviour and empathy, to achieve organisational goals.
Strong communication skills (both written and oral) with an ability to produce clear, concise, and accurate presentations and written documentation to successfully inform and influence a wide range of audiences.
Strong strategic awareness of how the UK research and innovation system operates, and the context and landscape within which EPSRC and UKRI operates.

Benefits

Comp & perks

An outstanding defined benefit pension scheme.
30 days' annual leave in addition to 10.5 public and privilege days (full time equivalent).
Employee discounts and offers on retail and leisure activities.
Employee assistance programme, providing confidential help and advice.
Flexible working options.

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Hard Skills & Tools

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Soft Skills

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