Yorkshire Robotics Hub Business Development Manager

The Yorkshire Robotics Adoption Hub is a 42-month, Innovate UK-funded programme led by the University of Bradford's Institute for Digital and Sustainable Futures (IDSF), in partnership with West Yorkshire Manufacturing Services (WYMS), the University of Huddersfield and Olympus Technologies. It helps Yorkshire manufacturers adopt proven robotics.

What you will be doing:

Pipeline: Find and qualify Yorkshire manufacturers with potential for robotics and automation.

Impartial adviser: Guide each business independently from first contact to installation.

Business cases: Work with engineers and university specialists to produce costed, investment-ready plans.

Suppliers and finance: Help businesses choose suppliers fairly and connect them with funding.

Partnerships: Build referral relationships with regional bodies, business support programmes and industry networks.

Events: Deliver events, webinars and site visits that show automation in action.

Experience and knowledge required:

Business development: Proven track record in business development or technical sales with manufacturers, including SMEs.

Robotics: Working knowledge of industrial robots and cobots.

Stakeholders: Experience of working with combined authorities, growth hubs or trade bodies.

Communication: Confident presenter, able to influence everyone from the shop floor to the boardroom.

Events: Experience of planning and delivering events and demonstrations.

Travel: Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across Yorkshire.

Qualifications:

GCSE (or O level) English and Maths.

Women, people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, and disabled people are under-represented in UK engineering and manufacturing. The University of Bradford particularly welcomes applications from these groups, so the Hub reflects the businesses and communities it serves. All appointments are made on merit.

In return we offer:

30 days holiday plus 13 statutory and customary days (taken at Easter and Christmas). Family-friendly policies. Great campus facilities including a unique fitness centre, eye clinic, physiotherapy and sports rehabilitation, counselling and mental health services, and food and drink outlets. Generous employer contribution pension schemes via the Universities Superannuation Scheme. Generous benefit schemes including car leasing, cycle to work, holiday purchase, home and technology scheme, and shopping discounts. Salary sacrifice schemes and campus nursery.