The Enterprise M3 area’s dynamic economy boasts a concentration of high tech and high potential sectors. The Sector Development Manager (SDM) is a key and exciting role at the heart of the LEP’s work supporting the growth of the area’s innovation-led, knowledge-intensive businesses.

We are looking for two candidates to fill two SDM roles. The ideal applicants will have the experience, expertise and the personal drive to develop strong sector propositions and cultivate clusters that support business growth, economic productivity and drive inward investment to these sectors and the EM3 area.

The SDM will have the experience and “magnetic” partnership skills to engage with business, Colleges and Universities, DIT, InnovateUK and the wider business support network to energise action and deliver results.

The role will help support our existing and more mature clusters in Video Gaming; Space and Satellite and Animal Health and will go on to identify new opportunities and the key interventions needed to nurture and support new knowledge-intensive specialist business communities.

Reporting to a highly regarded and experienced Head of Enterprise and Innovation, this role will work within an immediate team of enterprise and innovation specialists. Importantly, the post holder will be part of the whole, friendly and inclusive, LEP team including with the Growth Hub, the Careers Hub, skills and business intelligence teams to ensure the LEP’s breadth of business-facing expertise is fully integrated.

As part of the whole team the SDM will support the development, implementation and communication of EM3’s Low Carbon; High Growth Vision to ensure net zero, clean growth, and environmentally sustainable approaches are embedded, as appropriate, in all aspects of EM3 work.

If you are inspired by the opportunities in this new role and would like more details, please read the EM3 application pack and please follow EM3’s instructions to apply via [email protected]