Careers

Technical Project Leader – Diagnostics

Description

The Diagnostics team at TTP develops cutting-edge diagnostic solutions, making high-performance testing more accessible. Partnering with both start-ups and world-leading diagnostics companies, our team of engineers, biologists, chemists and physicists bring innovative products to market.

We’re looking for an experienced, client-facing, Technical Project Leader to spearhead our technically challenging, multi-phase product development projects. You’ll play a key role in both securing and managing complex projects, often starting at concept and prototype development, scaling into product development and then support of transfer to volume production. Leading projects at TTP is a truly rewarding experience; it’s your project – and you’re empowered to deliver. You’ll drive technical collaboration, project team engagement, and client relationships.  

This is a hands-on opportunity to work on projects across a full range of fundamental technologies, including immunoassay, molecular, diagnostic microbiology, tissue diagnostics and more. Our expertise spans from central lab to point of care systems with a world leading capability in translating complex biology to user-friendly devices.

Lastly, your experience working within Diagnostics will have given you deep market and technology insight and will enable you to uncover valuable new business opportunities and even new areas of technology.

Requirements

We’re looking for someone who can independently lead large, multi-disciplinary project teams, working at the interface of biology and engineering.

You’re:

  • A technical specialist in the Diagnostics field.
  • Able to lead and shape high-pressure and always evolving projects.
  • Able to act as coach, advisor, interpreter, advocate and confidant for the client.

We expect you’ll bring:

  • Experience leading complex technical projectsin the diagnostics field.
  • Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage timelines, budgets, and resources effectively.
  • Business development expertise or experience of developing customer relationships.
  • Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
  • An excellent academic record with a degree in a relevant scientific or engineering discipline.
  • Willingness to travel internationally.

Benefits

TTP is an employee-owned business operating from TTP Campus, purpose-built sustainable offices, labs and green surroundings, 10 miles south of Cambridge.

Our working culture encourages entrepreneurship, shared ideas, and technical collaboration, while providing you the freedom to do your best work. We value the collaborative culture we’ve built and see the benefit in-person interaction brings to our colleagues and the business. However, we understand the importance of work-life balance and offer freedom and flexibility in how you self-manage your working week.

Our employee benefits include:

  • Annual profit-related bonus
  • 25 days holiday
  • Employer pension contribution of 12% of pensionable pay
  • Free lunch and all-day refreshments
  • Private medical insurance for employees and dependants
  • Enhanced family friendly leave
  • Life insurance worth 6x salary
  • Electric car leasing scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • An activities and community fund that supports healthy activities that bring colleagues together; whether it’s lunchtime squash or football, Zumba or TTP’s own rock band. Colleagues initiate new clubs and outings whenever they feel there’s something missing!
  • Local sports facilities and theatre discounts and memberships.

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Applying to TTP

We’re always recruiting

We never close our applications, because we never stop looking for people to join us. Our internships can be competitive though, so the earlier you apply the better.

We can sponsor working Visas

If you’re a foreign national that meets the Home Office criteria.

There’ll be a couple of stages to your interview

There are two stages to our interview process for graduates, and one stage for interns. For both of those roles, there are usually a number of one-to-one interviews with our consultants. We focus on your technical abilities and consumer awareness and use our interviews to see how you’d fit into TTP.

We hold our interviews at TTP Campus in Melbourn

On the outskirts of Cambridge. The interview process is usually around a couple of hours and it’ll include technical problem-solving style questions.

We’ll cover expenses for your interview

Which includes cost of your return travel to the interview. If you need to stay overnight in Melbourn, let us know in advance and we can organise something.

After the interviews, you’ll hear back from us in a few days

It’ll normally take a few weeks to finish the interviews, but this can sometimes take a little longer depending on how busy we are.

Relocation support

Available for new employees moving house as a result of their employment at TTP, subject to certain criteria. E.g. your previous home is in excess of a 40-mile radius of TTP offices and your new home is considerably closer.

Contact the People Team to discuss how TTP could support your transition into the company.