Standards Lead

What You’ll Be Doing as a Standards Lead at UKTL

As a Standards Lead, you will play a pivotal role in representing UKTL’s interests across UK, European, and international telecoms standards bodies, with a particular focus on security and resilience. This is a high-impact, internal and external-facing position that will establish UKTL as a credible and influential voice in the global telecoms standards community.

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead UKTL’s representation in international standards forums, ensuring our perspectives on telecoms security and resilience are clearly articulated and effectively advocated.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with UK government departments, telecoms vendors, operators, and other aligned organisations to foster coordinated standards interventions.
• Promote best practices in telecoms security and resilience, positioning UKTL as a thought leader in the standards ecosystem.
• Travel nationally and internationally to participate in high-level standards meetings, acting as the voice of UKTL and ensuring our interests are well represented.
• Report back to senior stakeholders with clear, contextualised insights from standards discussions—highlighting when and where strategic interventions are needed.
• Translate complex technical standards into actionable intelligence for stakeholders across UKTL and the wider UK telecoms landscape.
• Coordinate cross-organisational efforts to align UK positions and responses to emerging standards developments.

Successful Applicants must be able to commute to the UKTL offices in Birmingham at least twice a week

We strive to offer a great work life balance - if you are looking for full time, part time or flexible options, we will try to make this work where business possible. This will be dependent on the kind of role you do and part of the business you work in

What You’ll Bring:

• UKTL is building leading edge Telecoms testing facilities to keep our telecommunications networks safe, accelerate the roll-out of new technologies, and grow our world leading telecoms sector to maintain resiliency and security. 

  Read more about UKTL here!

  Successful candidates will join a state-of-the-art facility and be supporting the team conducting testing and research on the latest technologies and innovations in the industry. You will work alongside our infrastructure and Cybersecurity professionals to ensure that the UK’s world class Telecoms infrastructure grows in a resilient and secure manner underpinning growth in other industry sectors.

  As a trusted and independent national capability, UKTL interacts with standards bodies, Academia, and Government Departments as well as Communications Service Providers and equipment vendors.

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  NPL and DSIT have strong commitments to diversity and equality of opportunity, and welcome applications from candidates irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, or age, providing they meet the required criteria. Applications from women, disabled and black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates in particular are encouraged. All disabled candidates (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) who satisfy the minimum criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme. 

  At NPL, we believe our success is a result of the diversity and talent of our people. We strive to nurture and respect individuals to ensure everyone feels valued by treating everyone on the basis of their own individual merits and abilities regardless of their own or perceived identity, as part of our commitment to diversity & inclusion, we ensure we’re creating an environment where all our colleagues feel supported and welcome. More about this on our Diversity & Inclusion page.

  We offer a wealth of above industry standard benefits, such as enhanced pension scheme, flexible working, and more that can be found here rewards, benefits and recognition. Our values are at the heart of what we do, and they shape the way we interact, develop our people and celebrate success. To ensure everyone has an equal chance, we’re always willing to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process. If you would like to discuss, please contact us.