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Convergent Research

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11 - 50 employees

🤝 Non-profit

🔬 Science

Non-profit • Science • Technology

Convergent Research is a nonprofit organization that supports the creation and operation of Focused Research Organizations (FROs). These are new types of scientific startups dedicated to tackling large-scale, coordinated projects in science and technology. The organization aims to produce high-impact public goods and drive forward technically ambitious projects led by teams of scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs. Convergent Research operates with a focus on achieving pre-specified, quantifiable technical milestones within finite-duration projects. It is supported by significant funding from notable entities, including investment by influential figures in the science and tech communities.

📋 Description

• Lead UK Residency & FRO pipeline: Own the execution of our UK Residency program. • Manage UK Office and Hiring: Help our team continue to build the operational foundations Convergent needs in the UK. • Grow UK government and funding relationships: Deepen our partnership with ARIA while building relationships with UKRI, Innovate UK, DSIT. • Represent Convergent in UK policy and science circles: Be Convergent's face in London, Cambridge, and beyond. • Provide board governance: Serve as voting board member on multiple UK-based FROs. • Shape Convergent's UK/Europe strategy: Work with Convergent leadership to refine our UK expansion roadmap.

🎯 Requirements

• You've operated in both the startup world and the UK science/policy world • Deep understanding of British research funding (UKRI, ARIA, Innovate UK) • Experience designing, running, and iterating cohort-based programs • Can build five-year roadmaps and also fix the thing that's broken today • Comfort with governance, fiduciary responsibility, and making tough calls • Extensive network across UK research institutions, funding bodies, or policy circles • Can pressure-test strategy, identify red flags, and make calls with incomplete information • Can write for Nature, UKRI grant applications, board memos, and Twitter without changing who you are • Empathy for scientists + healthy disrespect for academic incentives

🏖️ Benefits

• We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. • We strive for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibit harassment of any kind.