Research specialist Work, Jobs in Reading, Eng (with Salaries)

Head of Research and Development
Milvus Advanced —Oxford
- £65,000 - £80,000 a year
- Full-time
- Doctoral degree
- Laboratory experience
- Supervising experience
- Free parking
- Employee stock purchase plan
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4d
Practice Manager
Synthesis Clinic —Reading
- £50,000 - £58,000 a year
- Full-time
- Data analysis skills
- Master's degree
- Analysis skills
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
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3d
Assistant Project Planner
UK Atomic Energy Authority —Culham
- £43,702 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
1d
Research Technician
Bartlett Tree Experts —Reading
- £27,976 a year
- Full-time
- Driving
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
17h
Global Insight Analyst
Profitero —Wokingham
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- SQL
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
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4d
Specialist, R&D Contracts & Business Operations
CSL Behring —Maidenhead
- Full-time
- Bachelor's degree
- Organisational skills
- Contracts
Research Officer
University of Oxford —Oxford
- £39,424 - £47,779 a year
- Full-time
- Doctoral degree
- Travel
- Organisational skills
AI Transformation Specialist
Invesco —Henley on Thames
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Master's degree
- Bachelor's degree
- AI
- Annual leave
- Life insurance
3d
Administrator
Oxford Brookes University —Headington
- £28,778 - £31,236 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Customer service
- English
- Administrative experience
13h
Senior Clinical Project Support Specialist - Sponsor dedicated (m/w/d)
IQVIA —Reading
- From £58,500 a year
- English
- Microsoft Office
- Bachelor's degree
Quality Assurance Specialist
Oxford Nanopore Technologies —Oxford
- Full-time
- Bachelor's degree
- Organisational skills
- SharePoint
Research Assistant: Evidence Synthesis GALENOS
University of Oxford —Oxford
- £35,681 - £38,366 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Annual leave
Field Trials Specialist
Wild Bioscience —Abingdon
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Data analysis skills
- Travel
- In-person
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2d
Organisational Capacity and Leadership Development Lead for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Thames Valley
University of Oxford —Oxford
- £39,424 - £43,984 a year
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- No degree
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
8d
Innovation Director
OI Space —Harwell
- £55,000 a year
- Part-time
- Computer networking
- Organisational skills
- Contracts
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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Communities and Welfare Officer
Surrey County Council —Woking
- £38,090 a year
- Hybrid work
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Research Project Scientist
University of Oxford —Oxford
- £49,119 - £58,265 a year
- Full-time
- Doctoral degree
- Project management
- IT
3d
Senior Researcher in Reproductive Demography
University of Oxford —Oxford
- £49,119 - £58,265 a year
- Full-time
- Doctoral degree
14d
Computational Research Assistant
University of Oxford —Oxford
- £35,681 - £39,424 a year
- Data analysis skills
- Master's degree
- Bachelor's degree
Employee Relations Specialist – 12 months FTC
UK Atomic Energy Authority —Culham
- £51,317 a year
- Full-time
- Human resources
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme

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Head of Research and Development

Milvus Advanced
Oxford

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Job details

Full-time
£65,000 - £80,000 a year
4 days ago

Benefits

Free parking
Casual dress
Additional leave
Employee stock purchase plan
Company pension
Private medical insurance
Paid volunteer time
Enhanced paternity leave
On-site parking

Qualifications

Doctoral degree
Scientific research
Laboratory experience
Supervising experience
Leadership

Full job description

Job Description, Head of R&D

Company: Milvus Advanced
Reports to: CEO
Location: Oxford
Team: Leads the R&D lab teams

About Milvus Advanced

Milvus Advanced is redefining materials science by creating rare metal alternatives through modern alchemy.

We replace expensive, scarce elements such as indium, gold, iridium, and platinum with high-performance, earth-abundant nanoalloys and functional materials. Our discovery and scale-up platform turns deep chemistry into manufacturable products for energy, optoelectronics, and chemical manufacturing.

As critical minerals take centre stage geopolitically, we ask: what happens when key elements are constrained or run out? Instead of merely optimising today’s materials, we pursue transformational substitutions that reduce dependence on fragile supply chains and rare elements by creating new, lab-made materials that are abundant, affordable, and sustainable.

Our technologies aim to:

· Reduce dependence on rare or critical metals

· Improve device efficiency, stability, and manufacturability

· Enable affordable, scalable next-generation materials and devices

· Accelerate the clean-tech transition

We are backed by leading global investors such as Hoxton and Lowercarbon, and are scaling rapidly from lab breakthroughs to real-world products.

The role

We are looking for a Head of R&D to lead our laboratory science team as we grow. This is a senior role for a hands-on materials chemist who can win the respect of a strong scientific team and bring out the best in them.

You will own the running of the lab and the delivery of our research. You will develop and stretch the scientists, grow the team by finding and hiring the talent we need, and bring forward the next technologies worth pursuing. You will work closely with our founder and the wider business, acting as the link between the lab and the leadership team, someone who opens doors rather than blocks them.

The team already holds real specialist expertise. What we are adding is leadership that amplifies the science and the people doing it.

What you will do

Lead the science

· Run the day-to-day research effort and keep the labs delivering to a high standard.

· Bring forward new research directions, technologies and materials approaches, backed by solid evidence and judgement.

· Keep genuine hands-on depth across nanoalloys and functional materials, challenging results, guiding experimental design and steering the work credibly.

· Spot emerging technologies and methods that could move our work forward and make the case for trialling them.

· Work alongside the team to take lab breakthroughs towards manufacturable, scalable products.

Build and lead the team

· Find, attract and hire the scientists we need as we scale. From sourcing and interviewing through to building the offer case.

· Lead, manage and develop the science team with clear roles, ownership, and performance expectations

· Stretch capable people towards their potential while looking after morale and a healthy working culture.

· Help plan the shape of the team as the company grows.

Connect the lab and the business

· Be a clear, open, two-way link between the lab and the leadership team, carrying the team's ideas and needs upwards and the business priorities back down.

· Keep direct lines open between the scientists and the leadership rather than routing everything through yourself.

Deliver

· Run the portfolio of research projects to time and quality.

· Contribute to the R&D budget and to external funding and partnership bids.

· Support partnerships with technology and input suppliers.

What you will bring

· A strong materials chemistry or chemical background with real hands-on laboratory experience, credible at the bench and in front of a technical team. PhD or equivalent industrial depth in materials, inorganic or physical chemistry, nanomaterials, electrochemistry or a closely related field.

· Proven ability to lead and develop small, multidisciplinary scientific teams in a fast-moving experimental environment

· A track record of spotting and championing new technology or methods.

· Experience taking research towards scalable, manufacturable products. Scale up or pilot to production experience is a strong plus.

· Strong people skills, a genuine enabler and motivator who builds trust quickly.

· Experience hiring and building teams, or a clear appetite to own it.

· Comfort working in a fast growing, investor backed environment.

This is a hands-on role: you will spend most of your time in the laboratory conducting and overseeing experimental work, not at a desk. You own the scientific programme: what gets tested, how it is validated, and when the evidence meets the defined threshold. You will directly lead and grow a science team of four PhD physicists and chemists — setting scientific direction, building capability, and maintaining the rigour that underpins every programme decision.

Why Milvus

A rare chance to lead the team behind a category defining mission, making critical metal dependence a solved problem, working closely with a technical founder, with serious backing and a team already doing exceptional work.

Pay: £65,000.00-£80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Additional leave
Casual dress
Company pension
Employee stock purchase plan
Enhanced paternity leave
Free parking
On-site parking
Paid volunteer time
Private medical insurance

Work Location: In person

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