Grant Project Manager

**Job Reference**:

- 68_25_DIR_PMID_GPM

**Position**:

- Grant Project Manager - National projects (Life Sciences)

**Closing Date**:

- Friday, 21 February, 2025

**Reference**: 68_25_DIR_PMID_GPM

**Job title**: Grant Project Manager - National projects (Life Sciences)

**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.

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**Context And Mission**

**Key Duties**
- Funding Opportunities: Identify and proactively communicate funding opportunities across all schemes (regional, national, European, and international) aligned with BSC’s research strategy, with a focus on maximizing opportunities from national funding programs. Collaborate with research group leaders to establish and maintain a call calendar for efficient proposal planning.
- Proposal Management: Lead the development of project proposals for funding programs of all levels, with a particular emphasis on national and regional programs. Focus on management sections and coordinate contributions on governance, budgets, and resources. Support researchers during the preparation process to enhance the quality of submissions, ensuring compliance with administrative and eligibility requirements.
- Project Coordination: Monitor the implementation of ongoing projects, including resource planning, timeline tracking, and budgeting. Organize and participate in project-related meetings, reviews, and events. Prepare and submit high-quality reports for funding agencies, ensuring adherence to contractual obligations and funding requirements.
- Contract Management: Oversee the negotiation, drafting, and signing of legal agreements, including Consortium Agreements, NDAs, and funding contracts. Liaise with BSC legal services, researchers, and external stakeholders to protect BSC’s interests.
- General Support: Provide administrative support for project implementation, maintain project databases, and organize meetings and events. Collaborate with the PMO team to improve internal processes. Develop strong relationships with research group leaders and other stakeholders to help them achieve their objectives.

**Requirements**:

- Education
- University degree, with interdisciplinary backgrounds considered an asset.
- Additional training in project management or proposal preparation is a plus.
- Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- At least two years’ experience in research project management, especially in Spanish and Catalan funding schemes.
- Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Demonstrated expertise in preparing collaborative proposals for public and private funders, across different funding levels.
- Proven experience in managing projects funded by regional, national, European, and international schemes.
- Competences
- Fluency in Spanish is essential; English proficiency is required; Catalan is a plus.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with experience interacting with diverse stakeholders at research and managerial levels.
- Willingness to travel when required.
- Autonomous, proactive, and capable of working under pressure to meet strict deadlines.
- Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities effectively.
- Advanced knowledge of competitive research funding landscapes, including regional, national, and European opportunities, and transversal research aspects such as ethics, open science, gender dimension, and innovation.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

**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 va