Exotopic
Senior Business Consultant / Project Manager
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Role: Senior Business Consultant / Project Manager
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Start Date: ASAP
Hours: Permanent Full-time
Compensation: £40k - £55k (DOE)
Key Words: Consulting; Project Management; Entrepreneurship; STEM; Innovation; Investment; Space; Quantum; Defence
Criteria:
- Right to work in the UK and ability to obtain security clearance
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in a STEM subject (alternative equivalent experience may be considered but must be clearly evidenced).
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a consulting or project management role.
- Demonstrable experience in the Space, Quantum and/or Defence sectors.
- Willingness to travel within the UK and internationally.
- Ideally, experience leading a small team.
- Ideally, a full UK driving licence.
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Business Consultant / Project Manager to join our team. Your primary role will be to lead projects and a small team in close coordination with Exotopic’s customers to deliver impactful projects with maximum quality and efficiency within a high tempo environment. This role requires a proven performer, who is willing to take responsibility for securing and delivering projects to high professional standards. You must be an extremely strong communicator, organised and resilient to be successful in this role. You will often be working with significant levels of technical information and knowledgeable individuals, and therefore your ability to rapidly learn and manage complex information is critical. You must be able to hit the ground running with existing knowledge of the Space, Quantum and/or Defence sectors.
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You will be leading projects across space, quantum and defence sectors, from business acceleration and investment to technical analysis, R&D and operations. You must be willing to deliver, as well as lead, across a broad range of tasks. You must be able to work both autonomously for extended periods and with a high-performance team.
This is an excellent opportunity for an individual looking to apply their skills and experience within a fast-paced and growing business, with significant individual responsibility.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage projects and high-performance teams.
- Produce a range of content and deliverables from communications pieces to technical reports.
- Devise and manage events and workshops.
- Provide guidance and support to other staff, including potential line management responsibilities.
- Support the wider team and organisation to maintain and improve Exotopic operations.
- Progress as a sector leader, delivering presentations and speaking at events and conferences.
- Track progress across multiple projects and report to the Exotopic management team.
- Establish project budgets and controls, and effectively monitor and manager delivery.
- Develop new business and secure new contracts.
- Share knowledge and provide training and mentoring to other staff.
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Company Profile
Exotopic is a UK-based consultancy and engineering company operating at the intersection of advanced technology, national capability and real-world delivery. We work across the space, quantum, defence, security and adjacent deep-tech sectors, supporting organisations to take complex technologies from concept through to operational use.
Our work spans business acceleration, engineering, systems design, regulation, commercialisation and programme delivery, with a particular focus on high-assurance and mission-critical environments. Exotopic frequently operates at early- and mid-stage programme maturity, helping customers solve technically challenging problems where requirements are evolving and constraints are real.
We are a small, fast-growing company with a strongly hands-on, problem-led culture. Team members are trusted to take ownership, exercise sound judgement and deliver tangible outcomes, while working collaboratively and with discipline in secure and regulated contexts.
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