Jobs at The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA)

Leads ARIA’s commercial and funding operations, partnering with Programme Directors to design funding strategies, calls, selection processes, due diligence, and signed awards. Oversees procurement, supplier management, negotiations, governance, compliance, risk, and commercial policies. The role manages the function and team, builds scalable systems and playbooks, supports complex transactions, advises executives on pipelines and risks, and maintains effective relationships with government and commercial stakeholders.

Lead full-cycle recruitment for niche AI/ML, computational, scientific, and deep-tech roles. Source passive candidates, manage complex global interview processes, advise hiring managers, support Programme Director searches, and build scalable recruiting systems. Partner with Communications on employer branding and represent ARIA at scientific and technology events to develop talent pipelines. The role requires strong in-house recruitment experience, proactive sourcing, autonomy, organization, systems thinking, and familiarity with the UK R&D talent landscape.

The People Operations Manager will advise employees, managers, and leaders across the employee lifecycle; manage policies, onboarding, performance, wellbeing, learning, payroll, HRIS administration, and employee data. The role includes line-managing a People Operations Associate, ensuring UK employment law and GDPR compliance, improving workflows and people analytics, supporting inclusion initiatives, and managing learning and development processes.

Lead ARIA’s Scaling Inference Lab, an AI hardware testbed building deployable rack-scale systems. Own programme delivery, operating model, governance, funding strategy, partnerships and long-term sustainability. Represent ARIA in governance forums, assess portfolio progress and risks, guide evidence-based decisions, and build relationships across academia, industry, government, funders and the compute ecosystem. The role requires technical breadth across AI infrastructure, strong programme leadership, senior stakeholder management, and regular UK travel.