Application Details:
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Manager

Location: London Salary: Up to £39,045 per annum + excellent benefits

We are seeking a brilliant Manager to join the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering team.

The role

As Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Manager, you will help manage and deliver the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) - a £500,000 annual prize which celebrates engineering excellence that has worldwide impact for humanity. You will support the work of our community of global experts as they identify the game-changing engineering innovations which make our world a better place. Working in collaboration with our colleagues at the Royal Academy of Engineering, you will be central to providing our international judging panel with detailed, complete and peer-reviewed nominations ensuring a smooth judging process to successfully celebrate engineering visionaries.
You will manage QEPrize cycle activities and support the delivery of our flagship events where we recognise the work of our QEPrize Laureates. You will be responsible for partnership management of senior stakeholders across industry, academia, government and more. Situated at the Royal Academy of Engineering in central London, you will work closely with colleagues across the Academy and key partners.
This is a varied manager role - part stakeholder relations and administrator, part researcher. We are looking for a highly organised, proactive, effective communicator and stakeholder manager.
This role is for you if you…
• Are comfortable supporting the work of international panels of experts from industry and academia
• Are highly organised and methodical, with meticulous attention to detail and excellent time management skills
• Have experience in tracking finances, negotiating with suppliers and managing multiple work streams
• Enjoy focused research to brief and inform the stakeholders you manage
• Have a commitment to diversity and inclusion and a conviction that listening to a diverse range of voices results in improved outcomes
This role isn’t for you if you…
• Enjoy theory and strategy but aren’t motivated by hands on execution
• Are uncomfortable working under pressure and to fixed deadlines
• And if you’re seeking remote first work or an environment where process outweighs delivery, this likely won’t be the right fit
Above all, we are looking for someone with initiative, flexibility, and the drive to learn new skills to help us embed the QEPrize as the world's leading prize for engineers and engineering. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!

Who are we?

The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) champions bold, groundbreaking engineering innovation which is of global benefit to humanity.

The world’s leading award for engineers and engineering, the annual £500,000 prize promotes excellence in engineering and celebrates engineering’s visionaries. It inspires young minds to consider engineering as a career choice, and it encourages engineers to push the boundaries of what is possible.

Diverse, multifaceted, and continually evolving, engineering helps create solutions to global challenges and improves billions of lives. Engineers have enabled us to work together across the planet, explore the smallest cells and the most distant stars, and navigate our way through the world.

Why work for the QEPrize?

We’re looking for people who are driven to make the world a better place. If you’re passionate about what you do and want to work collaboratively with talented colleagues to make change happen now and for future generations, we want you to get in touch.

This is the perfect time to join us. We have a dynamic, visionary CEO, a strong leadership team and an ambitious and exciting strategy. The value we bring as experts in our field and change agents is highly recognised and makes the Academy a motivating place to be. Our work today builds on a long, proud history with a focused and ambitious future which we’d love you to be part of.

We are looking for talented people who want to make a difference, to join our team – is this you?

Company Benefits

As part of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the QEPrize offers a fantastic package of additional benefits including:

• BUPA cash plan
• Private medical insurance
• Independent Financial Advice
• Non-contributory pension scheme with 10% employer contribution
• Health and wellbeing programmes
• Generous holiday allowance
• Wellbeing days and office wide Christmas leave
• Significant investment into your personal and professional development
• Regular social activities
• Subsidised restaurant

Location

Our light, spacious offices are based in a fantastic location in central London with views over St James’s Park and close to the West End. We operate hybrid, flexible working practices with a baseline 2 days a week in the office.

How to apply/Interview process

As part of your application, you will be asked to upload a CV and a supporting statement explaining your interest in this role and how you fit the experience, knowledge, and skills profile.

Closing date for applications is 17 June 2026.

First round interviews will be held in-person at our offices or virtually w/c 22 June 2026, and second round interviews will be held w/c 29 June.

To find out more and to apply, please visit our recruitment website.