Global Project Manager

Job Reference

834_24_DIR_PM_PMO

Position

Global Project Manager - DARE

Closing Date

Sunday, 15 December, 2024
Reference: 834_24_DIR_PM_PMO
Job title: Global Project Manager - DARE

About BSC

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses Mare Nostrum, 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 Euro HPC 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.

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We are particularly interested for this role in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented 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.

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.

If you consider that you do not meet all the requirements, we encourage you to continue applying for the job offer. We value diversity of experiences and skills, and you could bring unique perspectives to our team.

Context And Mission

The DARE Global Project Manager will be responsible for providing timely and efficient coordination of DARE project (Digital Autonomy with RISC-V in Europe), a strategic project for BSC whose aim is to address Europe’s deficit in digital autonomy for High Performance Computing and AI, by creating truly European products for the next generation of EU supercomputers for research and industry.

The DARE Global Project Manager will closely work with the DARE Global Technical Coordinator.

This position will report to the Senior Project Manager for the BSC’s Computer science department and will be located within the Project Management Office (PMO).

Key Duties

- - Leading and managing a group of 5 project managers involved in the DARE project.

- - Implement cutting-edge project management tools and methodologies to enhance communication, streamline processes, and enable correct project management, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations.

- - Coordinate technical meetings and reviews, and organise and manage (potentially monthly) meetings with the funding authority as requested.

- - Carefully plan the use of resources, monitor work progress, anticipate possible problems, and maintain excellent communication with the DARE Global Technical Coordinator and the project officer from the funding agency.

- - Keep track of budgets and effort spent and produce use of resources reports to ensure the project resources expenditure is in track with the work progress.

- - Support the Global Technical Coordinator and the Technical Area Coordinators to monitor the technical progress of the project and the critical paths, to implement a top-down risk monitoring.

- - Deliver best in class project quality, scheduling, deliverables and budget management.

- - Prepare and submit high-quality periodic reports on time (collect and review consortium information).

- - Assist in resolving possible conflicts between partners.

- - Take the lead in negotiating, and supervising the drafting and signing process of DARE related contracts (especially the DARE consortium agreement but also NDAs or any other legal document which may arise during the DARE execution) ensuring that the BSC's and its researchers' interests are protected. Interface with BSC legal services, BSC researchers and external parties.

- - Others. Support to the department´s Computer Science in other management tasks within the Computer Science-PMO team when required and collaborate to improve the operation of the PMO by sharing best practices.

Requirements

- Education

- University degree

- Related courses in project management and research project proposal preparation a plus

- Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience

- At least five years of experience in European research project management (full lifecycle)

- Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience

- Experience coordinating research proposals and projects funded by the Framework Programme of the European Commission.

- Experience in the Spanish Plan Estatal as well as bilateral contracts with companies, would be an advantage

- Competences

- Fluency in English essential

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Willing to travel

- Used to working autonomously and taking the initiative

- Used to working under pressure with strict deadlines

- Good skills in word processing, spreadsheets and presentation applications (Word, Excel and Power Point or equivalents)

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: 23 paid vacation days plus 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
- Starting date: 01/01/2025

Applications procedure and process

All applications must be made through BSC website and contain:

- A full CV in English including contact details

- A Cover Letter with a statement of interest in English, including two contacts for further references - Applications without this document will not be considered

In accordance with the OTM-R principles, a gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for every vacancy at the beginning of the process. After reviewing the content of the applications, the panel will start the interviews, with at least one technical and one administrative interview. A profile questionnaire as well as a technical exercise may be required during the process.

The panel will make a final decision and all candidates who had contacts with them will receive a feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.

At BSC we are seeking continuous improvement in our recruitment processes, for any suggestions or feedback/complaints about our Recruitment Processes, please contact recruitment (at) bsc (dot) es.

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Deadline

The vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate has been hired. Applications will be regularly reviewed and potential candidates will be contacted.

OTM-R principles for selection processes

BSC-CNS is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the Open, Transparent and Merit-based Recruitment principles (OTM-R). This is applied for any potential candidate in all our processes, for example by creating gender-balanced recruitment panels and recognizing career breaks etc.
BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.
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