Senior Business Development Manager (ref: 857807)
Salary range: £48,337 – £59,390 per annum
Term: Open contract
PNDC is seeking a commercially focused Senior Business Development Manager to build and convert a pipeline of strategic projects, partnerships and innovation programmes across power networks, decarbonised heat and transport electrification.
Reporting to our Commercial Director, you’ll engage directly with senior industry leaders, network operators, technology providers and funders, positioning PNDC’s test and demonstration capabilities to help partners de-risk new technology and accelerate the transition to Net Zero. This is a hybrid, multi-site role based mainly at Wardpark, Cumbernauld, with regular work at the University of Strathclyde Advanced Net Zero Innovation Centre (ANZIC) in Inchinnan, the University’s Glasgow city centre campus and client sites.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 11th November 2026
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Established in 2013, PNDC is one of the multi-award-winning University of Strathclyde’s industry-facing innovation centres, bringing together academics, industrial organisations, and technologists to define and execute pre-commercial research, development, testing and demonstration projects to shape whole energy system innovation.
With a focus on accelerating innovation in the mid-to-late technology readiness levels (TRL), PNDC delivers accelerated technology and system validation using its flexible real-world demonstration environments. PNDC is undertaking significant capability enhancement and facilities expansion that will further develop its ability to support whole systems validation and accelerate the decarbonisation of heat and transport.
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