Jobs at The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA)

Manage R&D funding calls from planning and applicant communications through project selection, due diligence, budget checks, approvals, and signed awards. Coordinate with programme, Finance, Legal, and Communications teams; explain agreements and obligations to funded researchers; maintain audit trails; resolve routine contracting issues; and improve guidance, templates, and tools. The role requires strong organization, commercial judgment, numeracy, communication, and experience managing funding or investment processes.

Lead end-to-end recruitment for ARIA’s operational functions, including finance, communications, people, procurement, policy, and executive roles. Manage candidate relationships, complex interview scheduling, sourcing, hiring-manager advising, inclusive assessment, and contingent workforce recruitment. Build scalable recruiting systems, improve processes with technology, and support hiring for corporate, scientific, and technical positions in a fast-paced public R&D agency.

Lead translation of ARIA’s climate tipping-point forecasting research into a usable early-warning capability. Responsibilities include defining the system MVP, integrating observation, modelling and product teams, leading user discovery and pilots, delivering translation milestones, building partnerships, and developing enduring governance, financing, assurance and adoption models. The role also supports climate programmes by connecting technical teams with governments, funders, institutions and affected communities.

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.

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.