575 Innovation jobs in the United Kingdom

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a globally regarded innovation-driven biopharmaceutical as their Director of Global Pricing Strategy & Innovation. This role will be responsible for shaping and implementing innovative, value-enhancing pricing strategies across their portfolio. This role will focus on embedding new approaches to address payer challenges, safeguard net price, and optimise global market access. This is a role where patient and payer perspectives truly shape strategy, you’ll be leading the work that ensures innovative therapies aren’t just developed, but reach the patients who need them. This is a core ethos that informs every stage of development and commercialisation.

Hybrid Working

This role follows a hybrid model, offering flexibility to work from home alongside periodic office collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion innovation in pricing by designing strategies that not only address current payer challenges but shape the way breakthrough therapies are valued globally.
• Inspire and guide brand teams to embed creative pricing solutions that balance commercial sustainability with meaningful patient access.
• Transform concepts into impact by turning bold pricing ideas into market-ready solutions that resonate with payers and healthcare systems.
• Lead governance for novel pricing schemes, ensuring strategies are robust, compliant, and designed for long-term success.
• Elevate capabilities across global and affiliate teams through training, tools, and thought leadership, building confidence to engage with payers worldwide.

Experience & Qualifications

• Proven experience in global market access and pricing within pharma/biotech or consultancy.
• Demonstrated success in developing innovative pricing strategies and navigating payer dynamics across multiple markets.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex pricing approaches into compelling narratives for diverse stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree required; postgraduate qualifications (MSc/MBA) preferred.

Additional Information

• Permanent, full-time role based in the United Kingdom.
• Hybrid working model: flexibility to work from home, with occasional in-office collaboration (minimum once per quarter).
• Candidates must be within commutable distance of the UK office (South Greater London).

What My Client Offers

• The opportunity to influence how life-changing therapies are valued and accessed globally.
• A collaborative, international environment where bold thinking and innovation are encouraged.
• A clear pathway for professional growth and leadership development, while making a tangible impact on patient access.

For more information please contact Holly Bird -

Job Title: Business and Innovation Consultant

Timeframe & Commitment

Initial Contract: 12 months (with potential for extension based on funding and impact).

Start Date: September 2025

Salary £27,000 - £30,000 per annum

Full-time (hybrid working supported)

Location: Liverpool city centre

Our Vision: A better world with people with disabilities are valued and contribute to dynamic and inclusive commun.

Adecco is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive.

Are you ready to be a driving force in the energy sector? Our client is seeking a passionate and talented Innovation Developer to join their dynamic Innovation Team! This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a hybrid environment, primarily remotely, while contributing to groundbreaking projects that shape the future of sustainable energy.

Role: Innovation Developer

Duration: 6 Months

Location: Windsor - Hybrid (1 day a month in office)

Rate: Competitive via Umbrella

Role Overview:

As an Innovation Developer, you will transform visionary ideas into tangible prototypes and proof of concepts (POCs) using cutting-edge AI and full-stack technologies. Your role will be pivotal in bridging the gap between theoretical innovation and practical application, ensuring reliable, testable products that align with strategic initiatives in renewable energy and smart technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• POC Development & Prototyping: Craft robust, scalable prototypes and POCs showcasing the value of new ideas, integrating AI with front-end and back-end systems.
• AI & Machine Learning Implementation: Design and deploy AI/ML models to extract insights from energy data and enhance customer experience.
• Full-Stack Development: Architect end-to-end solutions, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance across the tech stack.
• Technical Innovation: Leverage technologies like large language models, computer vision, and predictive analytics to tackle complex challenges.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with Innovation Designers to align technical development with design concepts and business goals.
• Agile Methodology : Employ agile practices for high-quality code production and iterative feedback.
• Cloud and DevOps Implementation: Manage applications in cloud environments (AWS/Azure) and enhance deployment efficiency with CI/CD pipelines.
• Design Skills Application: Contribute to user interface and experience aspects, focusing on intuitive AI interactions and data visualizations.
• Knowledge Sharing: Mentor team members in emerging AI technologies and modern development practices.
• Stakeholder Interaction: Collaborate with stakeholders to refine requirements and validate technical aspects of innovations.

Skills & Experience:

• Extensive experience as a full-stack developer with proficiency in multiple languages and technologies, particularly in AI engineering.
• Hands-on experience with advanced technologies such as large language models (LLMs), computer vision, and data science.
• Strong background in innovation and POC development, with a focus on idea generation rather than product management.
• Experience in startups or small businesses, adept at navigating agile environments and collaborating with diverse stakeholders.
• Familiarity with cloud technologies is advantageous; mobile development experience is a plus!

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.

Adecco is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive.

Are you ready to be a driving force in the energy sector? Our client is seeking a passionate and talented Innovation Developer to join their dynamic Innovation Team! This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a hybrid environment, primarily remotely, while contributing to groundbreaking projects that shape the future of sustainable energy.

Role: Innovation Developer

Duration: 6 Months

Location: Windsor - Hybrid (1 day a month in office)

Rate: Competitive via Umbrella

Role Overview:

As an Innovation Developer, you will transform visionary ideas into tangible prototypes and proof of concepts (POCs) using cutting-edge AI and full-stack technologies. Your role will be pivotal in bridging the gap between theoretical innovation and practical application, ensuring reliable, testable products that align with strategic initiatives in renewable energy and smart technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• POC Development & Prototyping: Craft robust, scalable prototypes and POCs showcasing the value of new ideas, integrating AI with front-end and back-end systems.
• AI & Machine Learning Implementation: Design and deploy AI/ML models to extract insights from energy data and enhance customer experience.
• Full-Stack Development: Architect end-to-end solutions, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance across the tech stack.
• Technical Innovation: Leverage technologies like large language models, computer vision, and predictive analytics to tackle complex challenges.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with Innovation Designers to align technical development with design concepts and business goals.
• Agile Methodology : Employ agile practices for high-quality code production and iterative feedback.
• Cloud and DevOps Implementation: Manage applications in cloud environments (AWS/Azure) and enhance deployment efficiency with CI/CD pipelines.
• Design Skills Application: Contribute to user interface and experience aspects, focusing on intuitive AI interactions and data visualizations.
• Knowledge Sharing: Mentor team members in emerging AI technologies and modern development practices.
• Stakeholder Interaction: Collaborate with stakeholders to refine requirements and validate technical aspects of innovations.

Skills & Experience:

• Extensive experience as a full-stack developer with proficiency in multiple languages and technologies, particularly in AI engineering.
• Hands-on experience with advanced technologies such as large language models (LLMs), computer vision, and data science.
• Strong background in innovation and POC development, with a focus on idea generation rather than product management.
• Experience in startups or small businesses, adept at navigating agile environments and collaborating with diverse stakeholders.
• Familiarity with cloud technologies is advantageous; mobile development experience is a plus!

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.

Our client is a specialist design and innovation agency with a strong reputation in the FMCG space. Their team works across food, drink, personal care, and pet care, delivering everything from long-term product pipelines to go-to-market strategies.

They’re experts at finding the sweet spot between strategic rigour and creative thinking, partnering closely with clients to act as an extension of their team. The culture is collaborative, respectful, and flexible, with most people working remotely but coming together for key moments.

No two weeks look the same, but you’ll likely:

Lead workshops to unlock fresh thinking and new product ideas

Shape and deliver innovation strategies that drive commercial growth

️ Develop proposals, write briefs, and work closely with cross-functional teams

Translate trends and insights into actionable, future-proofed concepts

Our client is a specialist design and innovation agency with a strong reputation in the FMCG space. Their team works across food, drink, personal care, and pet care, delivering everything from long-term product pipelines to go-to-market strategies.

They’re experts at finding the sweet spot between strategic rigour and creative thinking, partnering closely with clients to act as an extension of their team. The culture is collaborative, respectful, and flexible, with most people working remotely but coming together for key moments.

No two weeks look the same, but you’ll likely:

Lead workshops to unlock fresh thinking and new product ideas

Shape and deliver innovation strategies that drive commercial growth

️ Develop proposals, write briefs, and work closely with cross-functional teams

Translate trends and insights into actionable, future-proofed concepts

Job and Person Specification

Job Title: Innovation Manager

Location: UK / Remote-friendly – access to London and Manchester offices preferable

Salary: Competitive, plus benefits

Reports to: Hayden Cooke, Chief of Staff

About the Company

gunnercooke is a Top 75 law firm recognised by over 80 industry awards. Launched in 2010, the firm has rapidly grown to over 500 lawyers across 14 global offices in the UK, US, Germany and Austria. Our breadth of expertise covers some of the most interesting and important emerging disciplines, from ESG and charity law, to blockchain and competition.

Collaboration is at the forefront of our award-winning culture and is what sets our firm apart from the rest. gunnercooke operates as a fee share model meaning our professionals join as self-employed advisors, free to design and develop the practice they’ve always wanted. Our firm brings together the most ambitious and commercially-minded people, who build and work in dynamic teams of their choosing, to best suit their clients’ needs.

Our purpose is simple; to deliver a positive impact for our clients, provide a better life for our people and to leave a better world than we found. Our charitable arm, the gunnercooke foundation, enables us to directly engage with communities on social issues and to help charitable organisations grow.

The Role

We are seeking an Innovation Manager to help us implement cutting-edge legal technology to deliver exceptional client service and to foster a culture of innovation and collaboration across the firm. You will play a key role in ensuring our partners and teams stay ahead of the curve by shaping our technology strategy, identifying the most impactful technology, advising on implementation, and supporting adoption - always with a keen understanding of how innovation serves our fee-earning professionals and clients.

The ideal candidate will have 2+ years’ practising experience in a top law firm and proven experience in technology, legal technology, legal operations, or innovation in a legal or professional services environment. If this isn’t you but you think you’d be great at the role, please do still apply as we recognise that great talent can take different paths.

The ideal candidate will be resilient, commercially driven, and champion our culture and values being Compassionomics, Laser-like Focus, Humour , and being Boundaryless .

Responsibilities

Legal Tech Strategy

• Contribute to gunnercooke’s strategy for adopting legal technology to deliver a better service for our clients and a better life for our people

Monitoring Legal Tech Developments

• Stay abreast of emerging legal technology trends, tools, AI advancements, and market developments, and share information on opportunities internally

Working with Suppliers and Recommending Solutions

• Build relationships with legal tech vendors and assess new solutions for suitability
• Evaluate tools and provide strategic recommendations on which solutions to trial or adopt

Planning Pilots, Supporting Roll-Outs and Implementation

• Lead implementation planning for new technologies and pilots
• Lead on pilots and roll-outs of new technologies that we adopt
• Lead on gunnercooke’s internal technology marketplace where a range of solutions are made available to our fee-earners

Driving Internal Engagement and Adoption

• Support partners and teams with adopting new tools and workflows
• Run demos, create user guides or FAQ materials, and provide everything from firmwide to one-to-one support where needed
• Identify champions within the firm to help promote adoption organically

Fostering Internal Collaboration

• Encourage knowledge, data sharing and aligned working practice across the firm to derive the most value from the technology adopted
• Help build internal communities of interest around key tools and innovation themes

The Person

Skills and Abilities

The following skills, abilities, personal attributes and experience are required for this role:

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Analytical, commercial and solutions-driven mindset, with the ability to translate tech potential into practical benefits.
• Strong understanding of legal workflows and the needs of fee-earners, ideally in a dispersed or self-employed model
• Ability to think strategically, with an understanding of how the legal landscape will evolve and how our strategy should align with it
• Comfortable working independently and in a highly flexible environment

Personal Attributes

• Be able to build excellent working relationships with a wide variety of colleagues and partners.
• Be very people oriented – want to be helpful and sort things out for people.
• Thrive on spinning many plates with a cool head and to empathise with those you are spinning them for.
• Willing to travel to London/Manchester (and to international offices if the opportunity arises) and occasionally work unsocial hours if business need dictates.
• Be a good team player demonstrating loyalty and commitment to the firm and your team.

Experience

• 2+ years practising experience in a top law firm
• Proven experience in technology, legal technology, legal operations, or innovation in a legal or professional services environment

For more information about gunnercooke please visit

Paragraf’s patented contamination-free deposition technology delivers game-changing opportunities for the commercialisation of graphene by allowing us to manufacture high-purity 2D graphene sheets at scale.

Paragraf is the first company in the world to mass produce graphene-based electronic devices using standard semiconductor processes. We not only specialise in the manufacture of high-purity graphene but also its seamless integration into ready to use products that can be quickly adopted by our customers and partners to support the advancement of their technologies.

At Paragraf we are committed to materially transforming electronics through the development of high-purity graphene products that will facilitate massive improvements in the performance of technologies across all aspects of life.

Founded as a spin out from Cambridge University in 2017 with the aim of transferring the technology from the academic lab into a commercial entity. Since then, we have grown from one site in Somersham, Cambridgeshire and three employees to a team of over 100 people and an additional production facility in Huntingdon as well as sales teams globally promoting Paragraf.

The Role

As Innovation Manager this role is key to the development and execution of activities to identify relevant and innovative opportunities for the Paragraf technology. Alongside the CTO, this role drives the identification of breakthrough technologies and emerging trends, ensuring the team is agile, alert and receptive to opportunities and leads the team to analyse their potential, acting as a catalyst for cross functional collaboration to assess feasibility and proof of concept and hand over onto Product and Development for commercialisation. 

Key Tasks

• Work with the CTO to develop and drive the innovation roadmap ensuring it is aligned with business objectives and technology opportunities, providing key technical contributions to strategic decision making.
• Lead the delivery of Proof-of-concept devices and test vehicles for Paragraf’s graphene and other 2-Dimensional materials ensuring relevant emerging technologies become innovation pipelines.
•  Lead the progression of the fundamental understanding of graphene in relation to current and future products, fostering a culture of curiosity and questioning, to support and inform the innovation roadmap.
• Provide technical expertise to support production or close to production device development and problem solving to help support informed and aligned decision making and progress.
• Develop the Innovation Team capability to deliver current and future devices as well as support wider team development through coaching and mentoring to promote and encourage personal and professional growth.
• Instigate, build and manage external relationships with both academic and commercial partners to identify collaboration or commercial opportunities which complement or inform the innovation roadmap
• Represent Paragraf at conferences and events in support of commercial and brand building activities to raise the profile of Paragraf technology and inspire new opportunities.
• Support and advise the IP strategy in collaboration with the IP and  Legal teams to ensure the IP portfolio is robust and protects Paragraf’s IP comprehensively. 
• Complete other duties commensurate with the role’s level as requested

Requirements

Education and Qualifications

• Educated to Advanced degree level in a materials or engineering discipline
• A relevant professional accreditation with an appropriate professional body

Experience

• Significant experience working at a team lead level in innovation, R&D, product development, or technology development, preferably in a start-up or high-growth deep tech environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage uncertainty, drive innovation initiatives, and communicate across disciplines and engaging with colleagues across the business, working collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to demonstrate experience and application of exceptional strategic thinking, problem solving and project leadership skills.
• Proven track record in bringing complex technologies from concept to product

Skills and knowledge

• A strong grasp of complex technologies and the ability to understand potential concepts and applications and communicate those to others effectively.
• Ability to adapt and flex to manage rapid change in priorities and focus with a high tolerance for ambiguity.
• A passion and curiosity for new technology and the ability to engage others and build their enthusiasm.
• A strong understanding of the innovation lifecycle, from concept to commercialisation

Communication

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage a technical and non-technical audience
• Effectively communicate technical information and influence key stakeholders
• Ability to present information clearly and appropriately for the audience

Additional factors

• Respect and adherence to confidentiality and critical matters
• Responsible for ensuring a safe and healthy work environment by complying with company policies and processes and all relevant regulations including the use of PPE, as appropriate to the level and scope of the role. This includes participation in health and safety training and reporting of any potential hazards or breaches of safety protocols in the appropriate manner.
• Managers are also expected to contribute to and support the continuous improvement of health and safety practices, encouraging a proactive culture of awareness and prevention within the team.
• Willing to travel both domestically and internationally
• UK Driving licence

Benefits

At Paragraf we are constantly looking for new ways to support and reward our team. This is our current list of benefits, they are subject to change and review:

• Group Personal Pension Plan- Employer contribution 5%, Employee contribution minimum 4%
• Private health insurance on completion of probation
• Share Option scheme
• Death in service of 3 times salary and income protection on completion of probation
• 25 days holiday, plus