Marketing and Partnerships Coordinator - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Uncommon

Uncommon

Verified Company

Cambridge, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Want to help change how the world is fed?
Uncommon began its journey as Higher Steaks and recently underwent a transformative rebranding. Our new brand and identity truly reflects our mission, values, and the positive global influence we aspire to achieve. We transform the global food system by making delicious and nutritious food - from animal cells and plants.

We are pioneering the development of cultivated meat to solve some of the world's growing challenges in health, sustainability and animal welfare.

We're a purpose, science and engineering-driven company dedicated to creating breakthrough technologies that will push the boundaries of what's possible - delivering innovations that benefit people, the planet and animals.

Our brilliant team are experts in their respective fields, drawn from around the world.

We're passionate, curious, innovative and at the forefront of the ground-breaking work being done in this exciting and rapidly growing sector.

Uncommon is a well-funded biotech company; we've experienced spectacular growth over the last few years and continue to accelerate every month.

We are growing rapidly again this year so this is a great time to join us and solve one of the most important challenges we face today

The role
Uncommon is building our commercial team to bring our first products to market.

Together our Head of Strategic Partnerships and new VP of Marketing we are focusing on how we will win the hearts and minds of partners, customers, and consumers in key markets.

This role will be the first full-time hire to provide close support and help shape our go-to-market strategy.

As our Marketing and Partnerships Coordinator, you'll provide support for and input to key initiatives that will shape our initial commercialisation strategy.

You'll work closely with all our teams, supporting, marketing, partnership maintenance, market research and support on negotiating and securing commercial contracts.

You'll communicate with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate commercial activities and initiatives.

You'll be comfortable and motivated by working at the intersection of biotechnology and food innovation.

Your passion and enthusiasm will make a valuable contribution to our innovative R&D team and be seen across the world as we scale and launch a remarkable brand in the cultivated meat space.

Our main facility is based in Cambridge, UK, but this role has the flexibility to be partly remote. This may also be national and international travel required from time to time.

What you'll be doing:

Support on implementing a highimpact partnerships strategy to ensure technical milestones are met in our research labs whilst aligning these to companywide commercialisation goals.
Work closely with our Head of Strategic Partnerships & VP of Marketing to support correspondence and timelines with key external partners.
Support on identifying and helping to develop our partnerships and to audit and propose important channel partners to enhance our pathway to revenue generation and sustained growth. These can be influential culinary relationships, emerging or established distribution partners and more technical thoughtleaders who will advance our mission.
Supporting market research, competition monitoring and business relations.
Distilling primary, secondary or trend research into clear and actionable dashboards.
Supporting the negotiation of contracts and agreements so that we maintain positive and mutually beneficial relationships with our commercial customers
Conduct market analysis, to identify gaps and opportunities within the alternative protein sector.
Analyse and present data to key stakeholders on the development of ongoing deals and future opportunity forecasts
Build relationships to help develop our innovative technology.
Support internal projects from management and tracking progress point of view.

What we think you need:

BSc degree in Life Sciences, or related discipline
Enthusiastic about working across multiple industries and the wider academic community
Ability to thrive in an interdisciplinary, diverse team and efficiently execute highly complex projects
Enthusiasm and interest in business building, stakeholder management, technology commercialisation and business finances.
Familiarity with commercial contracts, IP management, legal documents, and working with legal personnel.
Be able to respond positively to unplanned events in a fastchanging environment
Strong project management skills
Excellent communication, numeracy, and English language skills (both written and verbal)
Exceptional organisational skills and acute attention to detail
Track record of showing initiative and problemsolving
As one of the faces of Uncommon, you'll be passionate about our innovative work and embody our company values.

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