# Senior Programme Manager - Compute Services

UKRI Infrastructure Salary: £46,743 per annum. Band: UKRI Band E. Contract Type: Fixed Term (23 Months). Hours: Full-time or Part Time (minimum 0.8 FTE)(Flexible Working Available). Location: Polaris House, Swindon - Hybrid working available (Min 2 days per week in the office). Closing Date: Wednesday 4th November 2026. About the role We are recruiting two Senior Programme Managers to join the UKRI Infrastructure Team and play key roles in supporting the delivery of the Next National Supercomputing Service (NNSS) and managing the National Compute Resource (NCR) portfolio. The NNSS and NCRs are cornerstone investments at the heart of the DSIT-UKRI compute roadmap published in July 2025. The NNSS is a £750 million strategic investment for the UK government, to ensure the UK research and innovation community continues to have access to the most advanced modelling and simulation capabilities. It will provide innovative compute hardware at the University of Edinburgh, alongside the services, software and support needed to enable researchers and innovators to make effective use of this national resource. The NCR portfolio comprises a range of smaller scale compute resources funded by UKR

- **Id**: 2719528
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/stfc-careers-senior-programme-manager-compute-services>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Swindon, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-16T13:59:58Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-16
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T06:55:58Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-09T06:55:58Z
- **Days open**: 23
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7536
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- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Continuous learning, Flexible schedule, Home office, Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Research Institutes

## Company

- **Id**: 2446796
- **Name**: STFC
- **Domain**: stfccareers.co.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/stfccareers>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

## Salary

- **Min**: 46743
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 61965

## Technologies

- **HPC** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 23

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-16T14:33:52Z
- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T10:41:36Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-09T06:55:58Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 61965
- **Is top pay**: no

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