Innovation Consultant for Data Spaces

i2CAT is looking for an **Innovation Consultant and Project Manager** with at least 4 years experience in innovation consulting and management to join its growing "Data Spaces" team. Data Spaces are the new EU data and digital service ecosystems in development for strategic verticals, such as Mobility, Health and Industry. The team is made up of 7 individuals (tech leads, engineers, innovation managers), with 10 colleagues from other i2CAT teams collaborating with them in data space projects. i2CAT leads key initiatives related to the topic, and participates in many more. Examples where the new position will be working in: - The Data Space Demonstration Centre in Catalonia, in coordination with the Generalitat de Catalunya. The initiative works with ecosystems in Mobility, Health and Industry to help identify, design and implement use cases, acting as demonstrators for developing scalable ecosystems. This requires extensive work with a variety of local Catalan clusters, and engagement with both the private and public sectors to help them understand the technology and standards applied to their business and strategy goals, and support their definition of use cases in their respective sectors in workshops and 1:1 sessions. - European Mobility Data Space, a large EC co-funded project, where i2CAT is coordinating and implementing pilots in Barcelona (1 of 9 EU regions participating in the initiative). The overall project is developing, deploying and piloting a data and service ecosystem for Europe's future mobility. Use cases involve both the public and private sectors in areas such as public transport and traffic optimization. - Various local, national and EU forums and working groups that are advancing data spaces with aspects complimentary to their technical state of the art and implementation (e.g. use case definition, business and governance models, etc) in various verticals. i2CAT's data space team has a holistic role in these projects: coordination, technical architecture design, development, implementation, use case piloting, evolution of IP, ecosystem engagement, development of new opportunities, and more. The position will carry out a variety of different activities and responsibilities: - Engage local, national and EU companies, administrations and institutions to help them understand how these data and service ecosystems ("data spaces") can resolve business and technical challenges, as well as create new opportunities. This engagement is done through participation in events, workshops, forums, 1:1 meetings, etc. - Analyse business and technical challenges and design innovation projects to help resolve them. The challenges are focused on data provision, governance, privacy, provenance, and other related topics. - Actively participate in various local, national and EU working groups focused on data space topics complementary to the technical standards: business models, governance models, product/servce development, ecosystem development, etc. - Develop new project opportunities with partners and clients (companies and administrations), in collaboration with i2CAT business developers for the private and public sectors. - Analyze new trends in products and services developed for data spaces in the EU market, and identify how i2CAT can complement its own value proposition. - Support the development and monitoring of IP strategy. - Coordinate use case pilots in a variety of verticals, such as mobility, health and industry. Pilots include a mix of data providers, service providers and technology partners. **Who we are**: The greatest value of i2CAT is the talent of the people who make up our human team. We enjoy a team of people from more than 13 different nationalities and work every day to create and foster a work environment where we all feel comfortable creating, innovating and growing. **What will you enjoy?** - Work from our offices or from home, whichever works best for you. We only ask for one day in person at the office to coordinate with the rest of the team. - This is a full-time vacancy. - We have a flexible work schedule respecting your work-life balance. - Reduced working hours on Fridays and in July and August. - Fix + variable salary based on objectives. - You decide wether you preferr to receive your salary in 12 or 14 payments. - Optional benefits: Configure your salary according to your needs. We offer you the option of restaurant vouchers, public transport vouchers, nursery services, and medical insurance. - Annual leave of 27 working days. - We have fruit in the office to promote a healthy lifestyle - Free coffee and tea. - If you are interested, you can participate in events of your sector. - You will work with a laptop. You can choose your operative system, Mac, Linux or Windows. - Company social and team-building events (virtual & in-person). - You can develop your own and personal training programme with our support. - We will work so that you have a career plan to promote y