Job Reference 34_26_DIR_PMID_IO
Position Innovation Officer for research Projects
Closing Date Saturday, 28 February, 2026
Job title Innovation Officer for research Projects
About BSC The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large‐scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D; into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries.
Equity and Inclusion We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each and every one of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences. We are particularly interested in the strengths and lived experiences of women and under‐represented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research. In instances of equal merit, the incorporation of the under‐represented sex will be favoured. If you consider that you do not meet all the requirements, we encourage you to continue applying for the job offer because we value diversity of experiences and skills, and you could bring unique perspectives to our team.
Context And Mission Reporting to the head of the BSC Project Innovation Management Unit, the BSC Project Innovation Officer will contribute to maximising 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.Guide the researchers through the Impact section during proposal preparation. Monitor 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