EC R&I Director

I2CAT is looking for a Director to lead our European Comission R&I team to lead our European Comission R&I team in order to support the organization in the definition and implementation of the R&I strategy within the European Research ecosystem and the new European Research programme.

The main responsibilities of the successful candidate are:

• Reporting to the CTIO and in close collaboration with our research areas, define i2CAT’s R&I approach and strategy, in order to be aligned with the vision and priorities set up by the European Commission.
• Lead the EC R&I team
• Define a strategically roadmaps towards positioning I2CAT in different areas within EC R&D frameworks.
• Lead networking tasks that facilitate the identification of potential partners and the creation of Research Consortiums on the European level.
• Create, maintain and develop partnerships with universities, research institutions, companies and public administrations
• Contribute to make i2CAT become a more strategic research partner on the European level, creating alliances with European research key players.
• Identify funding opportunities on verticals where ICT and i2CAT’s know-how can be applied.
• Participate in the definition and drafting of research proposals together with our Research Areas.

This position will report directly to our CTIO and will require close collaboration with all i2CAT’s Research Directors, being part of i2CAT’s Research Committee.

Who we are:

The i2CAT Foundation is a CERCA centre with the vision of leading the challenge of designing and building the digital society of the future based on research and innovation in advanced digital technologies. Highlighting the generation of talent and in order to generate economic and social impact, i2CAT wants to turn Catalonia into a creative, empowered and innovative society, where knowledge and digital technology are at the service of people, promoting:

- The generation of excellence knowledge aimed at solving the challenges of companies, citizens and public administration (mission-driven research).
- The collaboration and establishment of synergies with other agents of the local ecosystem of research and digital innovation to co-develop solutions and products that generate a transformative impact.
- The digital empowerment of citizens through digital, open, participatory social innovation with territorial capillarity.
- The leadership of pioneering initiatives and tractors that increase the international projection and visibility of Catalonia as a digital and innovative country.

i2CAT is a constantly growing organization that has extensive experience in the leadership and development of research and innovation projects at national and international level in the technological fields of 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), virtual and immersive technologies, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Space Communications and digital society technologies.

Want to know more? Visit our webpage!  (http://www.i2cat.net/)

What do we offer:

• You will be part of a multicultural team. We have a fun loving and friendly international work environment.
• Be in contact and work with cutting-edge technology
• Work in challenging R&D projects
• Fix + variable salary
• Fix full time contract
• Option of flexible retribution (restaurant card, transport card, medical insurance, kindergarten)
• Flexible working schedule - We know you have a life outside of work and we will work with you to make sure it's kept that way
• Fridays afternoon off
• Intensive work schedule in July & August
• Home-office option
• Open space office in Barcelona
• Discounted Gym-access
• 25 vacation days per year
• Casual dress code
• Let us know which trainings you need
• You will have the opportunity to attend tech conferences and events.

The i2CAT Foundation seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and, therefore explicitly, encourages women to apply.

The i2CAT Foundation seeks to increase the number of persons with disabilities among its workforce, and therefore explicitly encourages this collective to apply.