Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer, TWI Group, Cambridge TWI Culture TWI Values

This is a rare, exciting and almost unique opportunity to shape and lead a globally renowned membership based organisation. TWI's heritage and reputation for technical excellence affords the Chief Executive a wonderful platform to build on. Working on some of the world's most exciting and technologically challenging projects, the brief for the Chief Executive is to bring a transformational level of dynamism and entrepreneurial spirit, driven by the interests of its Professional Members, Industrial Members and staff.

• Develop and implement the strategy for the organisation in conjunction with the Chair and other members of the Council.
• Provide strong, clear, hands on and inspirational leadership across all levels of the organisation, transforming the culture to be more creative, ambitious and dynamic.
• Play a prominent role in developing external partnerships to extend the product and service portfolio and geographical reach. Have an empathy for and the ability to balance research and the development of intellectual property, with the pursuit of profitable growth and commercial excellence.
  
  Above all we are looking for an inspiring, ambitious and inclusive leader who has experience of leading strategic change. They must be able to demonstrate transformational skills, both in terms of culture and performance, as well as have an entrepreneurial approach to leadership. This is a role for a passionate and talented executive who thrives on the pursuit of innovation and long term sustainable enterprise-wide excellence.
• A progressive and successful career in a research & development or technology rich environment, ideally with some experience of working at the intersection between industry, Government and academia.
• A proven leader with a strong commercial background, who has ideally held P&L responsibility with a marketing and customer/member focus.
• A confident, accomplished leadership style, with excellent communication skills, adept at developing highly motivated, winning teams operating to world class standards of performance.
  
  Headquartered in the thriving engineering and science community of Cambridge, it employs almost 900 people worldwide. A vast array of companies rely on the performance of joining and inspection technologies. TWI works with many of the biggest names in global industry across sectors such as oil & gas, power, chemicals, aerospace, automotive, ship building, off-highway, light to heavy fabrication and medical. It supports original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), as well as material and consumable manufacturers. It also supports research organisations, participating in a large range of collaborations as part of UK and international public funded research initiatives., As one of the world's leading independent research and technology organisations, we are committed to attracting, motivating and retaining the best talent from around the world. Our goal is to develop the next generation of experts to address future industry challenges.
We are committed to creating a culture that recognises and respects the differences between people while valuing the contribution everyone makes to TWI. The diversity of our staff and students makes a positive and important contribution to our continuing success. TWI offers a comprehensive training programme, incorporating both in-house and external courses to support staff development.TWI Values: Our six values provide a point of reference for the way we expect our people to operate and behave.
• Inclusion: Valuing the contribution from every individual, creating value for our customers
• Teamwork: Building effective working relationships, we accomplish more together
• Adaptability: Engaging positively with change to meet the needs of the business
• Taking Responsibility: Achieving our objectives and personal development
• Innovation & Expertise: Championing new ideas and sharing knowledge to solve industry problems
• Customer Focus: Building trusting relationships with our customers