Head of Impact Delivery

Job number PRO01394 Faculties Provost's Team Departments Schools of Convergence Science Salary or Salary range £69,365- £79,257 per annum Location/campus South Kensington and White City Campus - Hybrid Contract type work pattern Full time - Open ended Posting End Date 21 Jun 2026

About the role

Join Imperial College London and Shape the Future of Large-Scale, Impact-Driven Interdisciplinary Research.

Are you passionate about driving real-world change through research? Do you thrive at the intersection of strategy, innovation, and societal impact? Are you motivated by the pressing societal challenges of our time - whether at the intersection of human and artificial intelligence, health and technology, environmental sustainability and/or new frontiers of space, security and telecoms? If so, we invite you to join Imperial College London as our Head of Impact Delivery for the School of Convergence Science.

We are building a team of impact-driven professionals with the skills and agility to turn research into real-world solutions. Our pioneering School of Convergence Science - central to Imperial's new Strategy is seeking a Head of Impact Delivery to lead a team working with the Co-Directors to take bold visions and turn them into measurable societal impact. The School is designed to accelerate interdisciplinary research, amplify global influence, attract top talent and funding, and, most importantly, deliver tangible benefits in areas of critical importance to society.

A key pillar of Imperial's new Strategy, the School focuses on the following technology areas which will enhance our interdisciplinary research capacity, global visibility, talent attraction, and funding, driving societal impact to meet critical needs:

• Human and Artificial Intelligence - We envision AI that augments human intelligence and benefits everyone. Understanding how we think and learn helps us build better AI. Our goal is AI that is sustainable, trustworthy, and truly human-centered.
• Health and Technology - We envision health and wellbeing for all, focused on prevention over treatment. Despite progress, challenges like chronic illness and inequality remain. Solving them requires bold, cross-disciplinary collaboration
• Sustainability - We envision a world where people live prosperously and meaningfully, in harmony with the planet. Our mission is to provide evidence and solutions for realistic, sustainable pathways, working closely with partners to drive change.
• Space, Security and Telecoms - We envision the convergence of these areas for the benefit of everyone, in the short and the long term, with a mission to protect, connect, and know our worlds.

This role will be instrumental in creating, building and leading a high-performing impact delivery team that will enable and support the 16 Co-Directors (four across each of the four School themes) to achieve their individual School's objectives. This role will be specifically assigned to either the Human and Artificial Intelligence theme or the Space, Security and Telecommunications theme.

• Overseeing the development and delivery of strategic impact plans for the School of Convergence Science, ensuring alignment with institutional priorities and societal goals. Taking the lead on one of the themes.
• Leading a team of Impact Delivery Managers, each aligned to one of the four themes. Provide strategic guidance, coordination, and mentorship to ensure a consistent and high-performing approach to impact planning and delivery.
• Working closely with the School's Operational Team, Co-Directors, Public Affairs, the International Relations Office, senior management, and the four Faculties. Collaborate with the Research Office and Faculty Strategic Research Leads to embed outcome-oriented planning tools and ensure robust monitoring and evaluation of impact across all School.

What we are looking for

You are a good fit for the role if you can demonstrate:

• A strong track record of designing, implementing, and embedding outcome-oriented planning and evaluation frameworks across large-scale research programmes, centres, or consortia. You will have direct experience aligning impact strategies ensuring that research activities are not only measurable but meaningfully contribute to real-world change.
• Subject matter expertise in one of the School's core thematic areas paired with the intellectual agility to support and engage across other interdisciplinary domains. You will be confident working with leading academics to understand and articulate the potential impact of complex research, and to tailor strategies that resonate with diverse stakeholders and funders.
• A deep commitment to enabling research that delivers tangible societal benefit.

What we can offer you

• The opportunity to continue your career at a world leading institution and be part of our mission to use science for humanity.
• Benefit from a sector leading salary and remuneration package (including 41 days' annual leave and generous pension schemes).
• Access to a range of workplace benefits including a flexible working policy from day one, generous family leave packages, on site leisure facilities and cycle to work scheme.
• Interest free season ticket loan schemes for travel.
• Be part of a diverse, inclusive and collaborative work culture with various staff networks and resources to support your personal and professional wellbeing.

Closing date: 21 June 2026 (midnight BST)