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Life Science Key Account Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

  • Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
  • Significant experience or knowledge in research and development (R&D), science or healthcare
  • Significant specialist knowledge of the NHS, R&D systems and the context of the importance of the life sciences in this context

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

  • Experience of owning and writing complex business cases
  • Broad knowledge and experience of utilising information technology to provide management information reports, particularly financial and activity reporting
  • Experience at dealing with very senior people both internally and externally e.g operational management
  • Proven experience of working successfully as part of diffused leadership teams
  • Proven staff management experience with the ability to gain their support, motivate and develop them
  • Experience of managing a customer-focused service
  • Experience of working in healthcare in an operational management or business management or development capacity
  • Experience of working with the life sciences sector or working within R&D within the academic sector
  • Ability to negotiate commercial contracts and non-commercial agreements with the commercial sector, the public sector, universities and charities
  • Professional leadership at an operational level
  • Experience at project management, with a good understanding of the complexities involved
  • An understanding of business and marketing principles

Desirable criteria

  • Research management and administration including governance, sponsorship, costings, contracts, finance and clinical trial agreements
  • Appreciation of clinical research methodologies and trials organisation
  • Advanced experience of using R&D databases
  • Experience of working in the private healthcare sector and International business experience
  • Senior level experience of managing R&D activity in the health and social care/university sector
  • Demonstration of strategic thinking and strategy development
  • Experience of design management and delivery of completed research projects in the health, social care or university sector

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Documents to download

  • Life Sciences Key Account Manager (PDF, 430.9KB)
  • Functional Requirements_Life Sciences Key Account Manager (PDF, 920.2KB)
  • Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)

Life Science Key Account Manager

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester, UK
Full-Time

Published on 18/10/2025

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