Entrepreneurship Lead

EIT Health Spain

Barcelona Science Park **T**: +34 934 020 800

**ROLE DESCRIPTION**

**Co-Location Center - Entrepreneurship Lead | SPAIN**

**ROLE TITLE**

Entrepreneurship Lead (EL)

**ROLE LOCATION**:
Co-Location Center (CLC) SPAIN***

**REPORTS TO AND/OR MANAGED BY**:
Reports to CLC Managing Director (MD)***

**WORKS WITH**:
**In addition to the relationships above**:

- **At CLC**

Engages with
- CLC MD to understand priorities.
- Communications Lead to assist in promoting programmes using EIT Health

channels.
- Collaboration Lead, and Pillar Leads for day-to-day co-ordination and

knowledge-sharing.
- CLC MD, Collaboration Lead and Public Affairs & Stakeholder Relations Lead

(PASRL) for widening the network and seek new opportunities including

business activities.
- Open Innovation Project Officer to develop and implement Open Innovation

as a Service (OIaS) projects.
- **At CO**

Works with
- Chief Partnership Management Officer to align at Central Office level.
- Marketing to drive local promotion of programmes.
- Programme Managers across Pillars to feedback insights from local

audiences, and to better understand the programmes.
- Professional Education Lead to feed insights and connections to drive

and Industry professionals.
- **Other CLCs**
- All entrepreneurship leads from all over Europe to align in campaigns,

activities and best practices.

EIT Health Spain

Barcelona Science Park **T**: +34 934 020 800

**ROLE OVERVIEW**:
The Entrepreneurship Lead (EL) will engage with the region’s potential trainees/students,

opportunities. Specifically, the post holder will oversee all marketing activity in the region

directed at these audiences working collaboratively with other CLCs and Marketing at Central

Office. Moreover, the EL will manage Spanish start-ups’ accounts that are already part of EIT

Health’s portfolio.

The EL will get to know its audience in the region, understand their needs and feedback

insights to the relevant colleagues. They will represent the CLC in external eco-system events

and run all local aspects of programmes for these audiences (e.g. Infodays, local selection

events, Bootcamps etc). They will also be responsible for running collaborative activities

focused on entrepreneurship with local Network Partners.

Another important component of the position holder will be to attract, consolidate and

overview new opportunities for Open Innovation as a service (OIaS). Besides OIaS, the EL will

work with the PASRL to source additional funding and secure the sustainability of the

organization in the future.

**OBJECTIVES OF THE ROLE**:

- Build connections and a central role in the region’s start-up and entrepreneur eco
- system as an EIT Health representative.
- Successfully promote and market EIT Health opportunities to students, trainees,

entrepreneurs and start-ups in the region and organize local information/selection

events.
- Feedback insights and knowledge from engagement in the region to the various

Leads to inform future calls and EIT Health programmes.

programme.

entrepreneurs and start-ups from the region for EIT Health programmes and

activities.
- Proactively liaise with other staff and EIT Health stakeholders ensuring the adequate

regional and organisation alignment among EIT Health activities to support the

integration of the knowledge triangle across the region and beyond.
- Be spokesperson at events targeting the selected community, to raise awareness

about EIT Health and its programmes.
- Provide CLC perspective into all Business Creation programmes/criteria and decisions

by engaging with your key counterparts and colleagues.

EIT Health Spain

Barcelona Science Park **T**: +34 934 020 800
- Create leads for Open Innovation as a Service, contributing for the CLC’s sustainability

strategy.
- Coordinate the DeepTech Venture Programme (and similar future programmes) at

CLC level, with the required alignment with other CLCs and Central Office.
- Manage Network Partners’ accounts focused on entrepreneurship area.

**DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE ROLE**:

- Engage target audience to market and promote relevant EIT Health programmes and

attract suitable participants from local eco-system.
- Secure efficient exposure of EIT Health programs in the region
- Support CLC MD, Collaboration Lead and PASRL as required.
- Interact with regional stakeholders and drive identification of new potential business

opportunities.

relevant EIT Health programs and assist Collaboration Lead in providing guidance and

programs.
- Together with marketing, map, maintain and update a knowledge reference and local

marketing assets for trainees, entrepreneurs, start-ups and other relevant

stakeholders to attract future interest in EIT Health programs at the regional

ecosystem.
- Coordinate the DeepTech Venture Builder Programme (and similar future

programmes) at CLC level, with the required alignment with other CLCs and Central

Office.
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