Reporting to the head of the BSC Project Innovation Management Unit, the BSC Project Innovation Officer will contribute to maximise the impact of BSC’s EU and national projects.
Key Duties
* Support BSC researchers in the preparation of the Impact section in the pre-award phase.
* Participate, prepare and execute exploitation tasks in Horizon Europe projects or similar, during whole life-cycle from proposal to execution and closing (including work package and task design, Impact, IPR management, exploitation strategy, market analysis, sustainability plans, etc.).
* Work with Principal Investigators, Project Partners and the BSC TTO in order to identify all the IP related to projects and define the most appropriate protection mechanisms (including patents, open source licensing, etc) in line with Project Exploitation Strategy.
* Contribute to the consolidation and growth of BSC\'s Project Innovation Management Unit by sharing best practices, processes, guidelines, training and mentoring.
* Responsibilities:
* Guide the researchers through the Impact section during proposal preparation.
* Monitoring EU policies related with the proposals’ topics.
* - Follow the development of exploitable technologies being developed in BSC\'s projects, participate in project exploitation tasks and committees.
* - Identification and management of IP related to projects
* - Elaboration of the necessary project deliverables in due time, including Exploitation plans, Market analysis, Sustainability, etc
* - Interface with all relevant project stakeholders, including partners, principal investigators, internal BSC teams, EU commission reviewers, etc
* - Attend and prepare the necessary meetings, telcos, F2F meetings, reviews, relevant networking events and tradeshows, etc.
* - Support and manage Industrial and Experts Advisory Boards, Focus Groups, or any external project bodies.
* - Contribute to project proposals, including the impact and implementation sections of EU projects and proposals for technology transfer calls.
* - Support and help principal investigator and rest of the partners in the realization of exploitation activities,
* - Contribute towards the sustainable use project results after the end of the projects
* - Contribute to the general knowledge of project exploitation team - by sharing best practices, processes, etc.
Education
* Engineering, Science or related degree preferred.
* Master in innovation management or similar a plus.
* Specialized courses on IPR management, impact, exploitation of research results, technology transfer, etc.
* PhD is not required, but valuable
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
* Knowledge in EU funded projects or similar involving non-profit research centres and private industry.
* Experience drafting R+D+i project proposals (impact sections, market analysis, business plan ...) in European programmes.
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
* Knowledge in IPR management and project management.
* Knowledge in “exploitation” activities related to the Horizon Europe programme
Competences
* Fluency in Spanish and English is essential.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Ability to take initiative, prioritize and work under set deadlines and pressure.
* Cooperative team player, with a can-do attitude, able to develop productive relationships with colleagues and external collaborators.
* Able to work independently and as a team player, with the capacity to work in a multicultural and multilingual environment.
* Willing to travel.
Conditions
* The position will be located at BSC within the Directors Department
* We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
* Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
* Holidays: 22 days of holidays + 6 personal days + 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
* Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona
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