For over 10 years we have been changing the world for the better, by supporting innovative life sciences academics and entrepreneurs in Healthcare, Biotechnology, and Agri, Food and Bioeconomy to reach their full potential. Catalyze is an international market leader in obtaining funding for innovative companies and leading researchers for their ambitious R&D projects, from pre-clinical research up to clinical stage development and market entry. In addition, Catalyze provides strategic and business consulting to companies (start-up, small and medium-sized (SMEs), research institutions, and (start-up) campuses, empowering their research and innovation. Catalyze helps their clients to speed up, remain focused, get financed, create value and make impact.

Driven by the motto "for entrepreneurs by intrapreneurs", Catalyze values a commercial and collaborative mindset. This means that we regard our clients as co-development partners and that we approach the stakeholders within our projects with positivity and transparency. We pride ourselves for our dedication, characterized by a supportive and service-oriented point of view. We foster a can-do mentality and think in opportunities and challenges. Catalyze values team players that show initiative, creativity and ownership. To expand our Project Management team we are looking for a:

EU Grants and Project Manager 

(CALLING ONLY APPLICANTS WITH EXCELLENT DUTCH & ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS)

Are you passionate about being a part of a young and professional team that is committed to making a positive difference in the world? As Project Managers, we work in teams of highly talented, studious people with different backgrounds. Our clients include world-leading experts and great entrepreneurial minds.
This creates a highly inspiring environment that fosters continuous growth. The EU Grants and Project Manager role is a role within the Project Management department, which is a fast-growing department with a large and diverse portfolio of EU funded projects. You will manage, monitor and provide expertise to a wide array of different stakeholders and clients and ensure projects achieve maximum success and create maximum impact.

Why you?

• You enjoy creating organizational clarity and guiding coordinators and consortia to create todays and future challenges, maximizing project impact and output.
• You have Horizon 2020/Europe experience and are looking for the next (commercial) challenge in managing a portfolio of different projects.
• You are proactive and independent, and a great planner
• You thrive in a commercial and fast-paced environment.
• You are a team player and easily connect to others.
• You have good analytical skills and a great eye for detail.
• You have excellent Dutch & English language skills.

What are you going to do?

As EU Grants and Project Manager you must have at least 1 – 2 years of EU Horizon 2020/Horizon Europe project management experience. At Catalyze, you will be responsible for managing a large portfolio of projects, consisting of Horizon, EIC and Eurostars funded projects. You will also support Senior Project Managers on complex projects of Catalyze customers.

You form the central point of contact for these (international) partnerships and the funding agency (e.g., European Commission). You form the sparring partner and advisor to the Project Coordinator, and partners and guide and facilitate meetings.

As EU Grants and Project Manager you support the drawing up of Grant Agreements and Consortium Agreements, and all work related to this. Post approval, you are responsible for supporting the project management of the overall project, monitoring progress, changes in the project, as well as the financial, administrative and legal issues surrounding the project. In close consultation with the Senior Project Manager you will take care of the work of project partners and you contribute to the timely achievement of the milestones.

We manage projects across a wide-range of research topics, predominantly in the biomedical, life science and health field as well as the green and sustainable innovation field. Therefore, knowledge of one of these field is therefore an absolute advantage as EU Grants and Project Manager. All European grant projects, in which Catalyze plays a role, are state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary (universities, SMEs and research organizations) and at international level.

Responsibilities

• Lead on ensuring correct execution of EU (and other grant) funded projects in accordance with Grant Agreement legislation and regulations of the funder (EU and national funding).
• Instigating, managing and submission of progress reports of projects.
• Reporting and submitting project results.
• Organizing and chairing (international) project meetings.
• Scheduling and consult periodically with (international) project partners.
• Reporting any project changes to the grant provider – managing EU Amendment procedures.
• Managing and supervising the correct spending of the budget.
• Advising project partners.
• Collect relevant project information from participating partners. The EU Grants and Project Manager maintains close contact with the consortium partners and secretary (PI) of the project.

Qualifications:

• Academic working and thinking level in a biomedical and/or sustainable direction.
• 1 - 2 years of relevant EU project management: this is essential experience
• Current knowledge of laws and regulations regarding European grant funding is desirable.
• Excellent command of the Dutch and English language.
• Strong communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• A good team player.
• A good networker.
• A commercial mindset

Our Offer

• A competitive gross salary based on experience with excellent secondary conditions.
• Permanent position after successful temporary (1-year) appointment.
• Performance based bonus structure
• 8% holiday allowance
• 27 vacation days per year
• Commuting allowance
• Pension plan
• Monthly working from home allowance
• Laptop
• Possibility to work completely location-independent for a maximum of 2 months
• Lease bike plan
• Healthy lunch at the office
• Great colleagues and a pleasant and fun work environment and lots of social activities.
• A professional and dynamic working environment that values independence, entrepreneurship, and self-development.

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