Programme Manager responsible of industry outreach and case acquisition - DTU Entrepreneurship

We are looking for an organised professional who can manage a large network of industrial partners as potential sponsors and case providers. You will need to also provide organisation support to professors and course responsible to align the case offerings to the industry partners. 

The job
You will be required to identify and understand various course across DTU for their suitability to offer cases to industry partners.  At the same time, you will be managing a network of industry partners to find suitable cases and sponsorships to go into the various educational offerings.

The job therefore requires good and organised stakeholder management and communication.   

Additional tasks may also be grant writing, reporting and supporting other funded projects.

Our expectations of you
For this role we are looking for someone who has experience in working on projects involving collaboration between academia and industry.  Competent communicator in both Danish and English is a requirement. Past experience in running/managing such projects is more important for this role than qualifications. 

However, the following would be beneficial:

• Masters level degree in Engineering, Science, Management or Business

What we offer in return
We offer an interesting and challenging job in an international atmosphere with the focus on research, teaching, innovation and scientific advice for the benefit of the surrounding community. We place emphasis on a high level of professionalism among our staff, so skills development is an integral part of our organization. We offer a great flexibility in the position. In the area of technical and natural sciences, DTU is one of the leading research and education institutions in Europe.

Salary and appointment terms
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). 

The position is a full-time position. Starting date is 1 January 2025 (or according to mutual agreement).

The workplace is DTU Lyngby Campus.

Application and contact
Please submit your online application no later than 10 December 2024 (23:59 Danish time) . Open the “Apply now” link, fill out the form and attach your motivated application, CV and exam certificates. 

If you would like additional information about the position, please contact Professor Thomas Howard, [email protected] .

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology, which is subject to special rules for security and export control, open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.

Centre for Technology Entrepreneurship (DTU Entrepreneurship)
DTU Entrepreneurship is a centre aiming to be a world-renowned centre of excellence for building the entrepreneurial and technology innovation capabilities of students, researchers and organizations. The centre currently employs approximately 35 people including eight faculty and about 15 PhD students. 

Academic members of the centre publish in the top journals in entrepreneurship and innovation management and conduct research in the fields of start-up creation and success, entrepreneurial teams, entrepreneurship and health, corporate entrepreneurship, IP and technology transfer, digital business model innovations, sustainability, and entrepreneurship didactics. Digitalization, sustainability, and entrepreneurship didactics are the growing areas of interest within the group. Furthermore, researchers in the centre are characterized by a strong dedication to the implications of their research for delivering excellent entrepreneurship education.

The centre offers a suite of BSc, MSc and PhD courses specializing in entrepreneurship and innovation. The centre also hosts a two-year interdisciplinary post-graduate programme on Technology Entrepreneurship since 2020. We also take pride in supervising entrepreneurship theses and project courses for students across DTU as a means to spur entrepreneurial mindset and culture.  DTU Entrepreneurship has, in addition to the research and teaching activities, also a series of projects that focus on experimenting and translating research knowledge into practice and enhance industrial collaboration. For further information on DTU ENT, please visit:  www.entrepreneurship.dtu.dk .

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.