Senior Nuclear Sector Manager

Senior Nuclear Sector Manager

Location: Flexible UK

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Salary: Up to £75k

Closing Date: 03 June 2025

About us:

TWI's technology business provides a global source of authoritative & impartial expert advice to its 550 industrial members, which include the leading companies in all of the high performance engineering sectors world-wide. We deliver 2,000 projects annually from small projects of just a few tens of thousand pounds, to multi-million pound programmes. We are a major UK exporter of knowledge and expertise, with 40% of our sales being outside the UK.

We help our customers develop, make, operate, assure integrity and performance and finally decommission, some of the most complex, high-performing and safety critical equipment and equipment and assets in the world - including in space, aerospace, transport, nuclear, oil & gas and defence.

Role Overview

As a Business Development Manager, you will identify, develop, and manage strategic commercial partnerships and funding opportunities in the nuclear and fusion energy landscape. You will need a strong grasp of the UK and international energy ecosystem, government and regulatory frameworks, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts into compelling business cases.

You'll work across government, utilities, industrial partners, and consortia - while also collaborating with TWI's internal experts to turn engineering capability into commercial success.

Key Responsibilities

Sales & Sector Growth

• Deliver a personal sales target of £2.5M+ per annum, with support from technical teams
• Develop strategic, actionable sales and partnership plans over a 3-5 year horizon
• Act as Key Account Manager for TWI's top 5 nuclear sector clients

Strategic Business Development

• Identify and pursue commercial opportunities across government, utility, industrial, and international markets
• Drive access to funding through innovation programmes, government frameworks, and commercial channels
• Create joint industry projects (JIPs) and strategic collaborations to solve sector-wide challenges

Sector Engagement & Insight

• Attend and represent TWI at major industry events, investor briefings, and consortium meetings
• Lead market and competitive intelligence initiatives to shape commercial strategy
• Contribute to go-to-market and commercialisation roadmaps for emerging technologies in nuclear and fusion
• Build and lead a Virtual Sector Team of internal experts to support delivery

Internal Collaboration

• Work cross-functionally to shape innovative technical offers and bid strategies
• Ensure smooth handover and delivery through close coordination with project managers and engineers
• Provide accurate forecasting of orders, revenues, and client pipelines

For further details, please click on the Job Description link below:

https://www.twi-global.com/pdfs/careers/JR100605-Job-Description-Senior-Sector-Manager-Nuclear.pdf

Travel:

This position may require regular travel across the UK and occasionally abroad.

Diversity statement:

TWI Ltd is committed to treating all employees fairly and to being an inclusive employer. Our aim is to create a work environment where our employees can reach their full potential. We put Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the heart of our people practices to attract, develop and retain the best talent.

Inclusion:

We recognise that it's the differences of our people that gives us our competitive edge and enables us to maintain our world leading reputation. This is why we are committed to ensuring there is diversity across every level of our organisation; representative of the Members and societies we serve. We have made Inclusion our number one corporate value to demonstrate our commitment to ensure it is at the core of everything we do at TWI.

Why work for TWI?

We offer a competitive salary, share-in-success bonus scheme, generous pension scheme (both employee contribution (flexible amount) and TWI contribution (up to 10% of salary), holiday (25 days + 8 bank holiday's), private health and dental cover, career development and training, onsite employee restaurant, onsite gym, day nursery available for companies on Granta Park (Cambridge) site (subject to availability), onsite parking and more.

We know that balancing work and personal life can at times be challenging. This is why we continue to review and implement family friendly policies including hybrid working, flexible working, enhanced maternity pay and paid parental leave.

TWI Culture

As one of the world's leading independent research and technology organisations, we are committed to attracting, motivating and retaining the best talent from around the world. Our goal is to develop the next generation of experts to address future industry challenges.

We are committed to creating a culture that recognises and respects the differences between people while valuing the contribution everyone makes to TWI.

The diversity of our staff and students makes a positive and important contribution to our continuing success.

TWI offers a comprehensive training programme, incorporating both in-house and external courses to support staff development.

TWI Values:

Our six values provide a point of reference for the way we expect our people to operate and behave.

• Inclusion: Valuing the contribution from every individual, creating value for our customers
• Teamwork: Building effective working relationships, we accomplish more together
• Adaptability: Engaging positively with change to meet the needs of the business
• Taking Responsibility: Achieving our objectives and personal development
• Innovation & Expertise: Championing new ideas and sharing knowledge to solve industry problems
• Customer Focus: Building trusting relationships with our customers