Business Development Manager: NIHR Applied Research Collaboration

The University of Oxford is a stimulating work environment, which enjoys an international reputation as a world-class centre of excellence. Our research plays a key role in tackling many global challenges, from reducing our carbon emissions to developing vaccines during a pandemic.

The Department of Psychiatry is based on the Warneford Hospital site in Oxford – a friendly, welcoming place of work with an international reputation for excellence. The Department has a substantial research programme, with major funding from Medical Research Council (MRC), Wellcome Trust and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and provides highly rated medical training in psychiatry. The Head of Department is Professor Belinda Lennox.

The TV ARC is based within the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford and the Thames Valley research ecosystem spans several boundaries between different care settings, commissioners and providers, and across the translational continuum. Our work is organised across three thematic areas- Start Well, Live Well, Age Well- along with five cross cutting themes: digital; health tech and data; community, social, and home care; knowledge mobilisation, implementation, and partnerships; research inclusion and health inequalities; planning and delivering social care.

What We Offer

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme

• 38 days annual leave

• A comprehensive range of childcare services

• Family leave schemes

• Cycle loan scheme

• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs

The post is available on a flexible hybrid basis. The minimum on-site time is 3 days/week for a full-time post.

About the Role

The post is funded until April 2031 and is based in the Department of Psychiatry at the Warneford Hospital.

You will lead the development of ARC TV’s approach to industry engagement, including market and ecosystem intelligence, partnership development materials and clear routes for external organisations to explore collaboration with the ARC. You will coordinate high-quality external communications and briefing materials to support industry engagement and partnership development. You will work confidently in a matrix environment, bringing together input from theme leads, partners, host trust teams, University colleagues and wider innovation stakeholders to shape and progress industry-facing opportunities across organisational boundaries.

About You

You will be educated to degree level (or equivalent experience) in business, partnership development, innovation, health research administration or a related area. You will have Demonstrable experience of developing external partnerships, collaborations or business-facing activity in a complex organisation. You will have strong communication and relationship-building skills, with experience working across multiple stakeholders such as universities, the NHS, VCSE organisations, business and industry. Understanding of research funding and innovation environments, including NIHR and relevant NHS, university and regional innovation structures is desirable.

Diversity

Committed to equality and valuing diversity

Our active Psychiatry People and Culture teams and initiatives including our values and behaviours framework, work to make the Department of Psychiatry as supportive, welcoming and inclusive as possible.

Application Process

You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application. Please see the University pages on the application process at

The closing date for applications is 17 July 2026.