Partnership Manager National Composite Centre in Bath

This position is being advertised to form a pipeline of candidates for current and future positions within Civil Aerospace; therefore, applicants should not expect feedback immediately. However, we will endeavour to review your CV in a timely manner.

What you will be doing

• You will be responsible for the successful delivery of all the RR funded programmes of work at the research centre, through working with both the centre's staff and RR business teams.
• Ensure, with the support of the respective GPOs and wider business stakeholders, that the technical direction of the research at the centre aligns to our own.
• You will lead improvement activities to improve the safe, secure, timely, and cost-effective delivery of high-quality research for Rolls-Royce at the centre.
• Represent and communicate the views of Rolls-Royce at the centre and take a leadership role in broadening, growing and maintaining our portfolio of work.
• On occasion, lead specific projects/activities either at the centre or on behalf of Manufacturing Technology.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount. We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting, and connecting people everywhere. We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future, and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey. We'll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It's a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum, we're all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

Responsibilities

• Governance: Represent the company on the relevant technical/operational committees. Ensure that our membership fees are spent wisely. Through the quality system, raise concerns and opportunities for improvement and drive close out. Pull together senior RR stakeholders and the centre's leadership to align thinking on a regular basis.
• Successful Projects: Ensure that projects are well defined, planned correctly, technically appropriate and, once running, that the joint teams operate in a fashion that delivers solutions that add value.
• Technical Alignment: Through partnership with the appropriate RR specialists, put in place, at the centre, joint roadmaps and associated core research projects to expand our technical knowledge. In addition, influence equipment selection at the centre and resource capability.
• Strategic Fit: Proactively engage in the development of the centre and look for opportunities to marry current and emergent capability to requirements from across the business.
• Continuous Improvement: Help to develop network-wide improvement solutions and centre-specific activities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the work we do.
• Safe and Secure: Work with the centre to enable RR personnel to carry out work in an environment that is compliant with our corporate health and safety guidance. In addition, continuously review and fix, if required, systems and processes to secure our intellectual property.
• Project Leadership: On behalf of Manufacturing Technology or a new/remote business, personally lead specific projects, either within the centre or occasionally beyond; these can be technical or strategic in nature.
• Communication and Marketing: Project the company and our interests with the employees of the centre, other members, funding agencies and other associated entities e.g. Universities. Represent the company in respect to VIP visits to the centre. Manage communications on behalf of the company, working with corporate comms and government relations to ensure content is correct.

Who we're looking for:

• Professionally qualified Engineer (UK minimum BEng degree or another national equivalent).
• Knowledge of legal, contracts, collaboration agreements and IP management.
• Organised and demonstrated ability to create and manage projects from inception through execution.
• Ability to build strong partnerships with internal and external customers and key stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communications skills.
• Understanding of funding mechanisms and contacts in the funding agencies.
• Perseverance and ability to work independently to identify, prioritise and act upon emerging issues.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We're committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we'll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential. We welcome applications from people with a refugee background. You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce.

Closing date: 25th November 2025