Industrialisation and Scale-Up Advisor, Additive Manufacturing, B2B Matchmaking

• Analyse the production capacity offered by manufacturers and the production needs of scale-ups and SMEs
• Assess how ready participating companies are to manufacture at scale
• Define matching criteria and objectives and key results tracking introductions and completed business-to-business arrangements
• Find and engage suitable scale-ups and facilitate introductions with manufacturers
• Design and run expert workshops and sprints with manufacturers, start-ups and the organisation's own teams
• Identify barriers to partnerships between large manufacturers and young companies
• Produce a final report with practical recommendations and tools

• At least 5 years in manufacturing innovation
• Recent work helping scale-up companies industrialise their products
• A record of facilitating partnerships between corporates and scale-ups in production or manufacturing
• Experience designing repeatable procedures or frameworks that work across many organisations
• Comfort in heavily regulated industry such as aerospace and defence
• Creative ideas for using civilian factory capacity for defence needs
• Experience in complex multi-stakeholder settings, including defence, government or international organisations
• Excellent written and spoken English

• Fully remote work
• Occasional travel within Europe
• Opportunity to shape a brand-new initiative from its first matches
• Opportunity to work at the intersection of innovation, industry and defence