Deep Tech Accelerator Lead

RECRUITMENTiQ is working in partnership with a development agency to assist in their search for a Deep Tech Accelerator Leadto provide strategic and operational leadershipin Hawick.

Are you a commercially minded leader with experience to turn robotics, automation or deep tech innovation into practical business growth and scale up?

Can you bring together businesses, universities, investors and partners to accelerate technology adoption and support regional growth?

What Youll Do Day-to-Day

You will develop and lead the delivery of the Deep Tech Roadmap, establish a commercially sustainable accelerator model, and support businesses to adopt robotics, automation and other innovative technologies. Working closely with universities, investors, industry and national partners, you will help translate research and innovation into practical, scalable business opportunities that improve productivity and growth

The Skills, Experience and Personal Attributes Youll Need to Have

You are a confident, collaborative leader with strong, relationship management, influencing and commercial skills, alongside experience in robotics, automation, manufacturing or technology adoption. You will be comfortable working with SMEs and senior stakeholders, able to diagnose business challenges, design practical adoption pathways, and deliver programmes that deliver measurable impact. The Postholder will be hands-on, innovative, delivery focused and motivated by opportunity to strengthen the innovation ecosystem.

What Well Offer

On offer is a competitive and varied reward package, designed to cover your wellbeing, your lifestyle, your working life and your future, including generous annual leave entitlement and pension contribution. Our salary ranges are designed to be competitive, and new entrants will normally start on the minimum of the pay range, except in exceptional circumstances.

This role is based in Hawick, Scottish Borders, and the postholder will typically spend approximately 70% of their active working time, enabling close collaboration with entrepreneurs, partners and colleagues across the innovation ecosystem.

You will also be required to travel regularly across Scotland, so access to a vehicle or other means of transport, for example access to work arrangements, is essential.

This role is full time and permanent, and we will consider alternative working patterns.

If you are an Inclusive, Responsible and Bold individual who is always Striving for success and believe you have something to offer as a Deep Tech Accelerator Lead, then we would love to hear from you.

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