Join us in driving innovations and be part of our growth in Spain to help groundbreaking startups and researchers secure funding and to bring their ideas to life. Engage with CEOs, university leaders, and pioneering entrepreneurs working in cutting-edge fields.

As a Managing Consultant in Spain, you'll play a key role in shaping the future of cutting-edge innovations. Your expertise in crafting winning proposals, securing funding and leading teams will help our clients bring their visionary projects to life.

At Catalyze we strive to accelerate innovations that have a positive impact on the world.

The development of disruptive innovations is a complex process, taking many years and requiring substantial funds. While many great relevant innovative ideas and technologies are emerging at an accelerating rate, it often proves difficult for academics and early-stage companies to make the translation from lab to the market. “How to position the innovation in the market best?”, “How to obtain funding for the next development step?”, “With whom can I collaborate to lift my innovation to the next level?” are all essential questions on the road to success.

Who we are

Catalyze is a leading consultancy company that drives the success of meaningful innovations in the field of Life Sciences & Health, Green & Sustainable Innovations and Industrial & Digital Tech. With over 20 years of experience in strategy and funding consultancy, we support our clients throughout their innovation journey to help bringing their groundbreaking innovations to life. Our clients include world-leading experts and great entrepreneurial minds that work on cutting-edge innovations. This allows us to be at the forefront of technological innovations and create a highly inspiring environment that fosters continuous growth.

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Spain Team 

The Spain Team is a growing, dynamic unit established in 2024, based in Barcelona (Sarria-Sant Gervasi). You will be joining a highly qualified team, including our Country Manager and an Innovation Consultant, collaborating closely with colleagues in the Netherlands to drive impact globally. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new and expanding division, where your contributions will directly shape business development efforts in Spain’s Innovation ecosystem. While our Spain based consultants are currently integrated into our Netherlands-based consultancy teams, we have the ambition to establish a dedicate Spain consultancy team by the end of 2025.

For our Spain team, we are now looking for a:

MANAGING CONSULTANT 

(CALLING APPLICANTS WITH BOTH SPANISH & ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS & EXPERIENCED TEAM LEAD)

As a Managing Consultant, you lead, guide, and strengthen a team of ~6 innovation consultants to create impact for our clients and society. You will act as a role model in Innovation Consultancy at Catalyze and play a critical role in enhancing organizational performance. You play a critical role in expanding market position of Catalyze, closely collaborating with our Country Manager in Spain.
You have what it takes to bring innovations to live. You can quickly identify the key challenges in our client’s innovation development path and define the right projects that will help our clients to overcome these challenges and create impact. You have profound expertise in innovation consultancy, and establish and maintain an active network of clients and generate new business opportunities.As Managing Consultant, you act as the ‘team optimizer’ and ‘performance enhancer’ within the department and are responsible for the overall performance of the Consultancy team, and aligning operations with the company’s mission while maintaining high-quality client service.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Provide clear guidance and purpose to strengthen team cohesion and morale. Address internal or client-related escalations to maintain a productive and harmonious work environment.
• Performance Management: Serve as the end-responsible for the overall performance and results of the team. Monitor team performance and financial outcomes accurately, intervening proactively to ensure set targets are being met. Implement strategies that optimize both individual and team productivity and contribute to achieving organizational goals.
• Planning and Resource Allocation: Make strategic use of available resources and skills, assigning projects to consultants effectively to maximize team output.
• Personal Development and Engagement: Stimulate the personal and professional development of team members, being attentive to their needs, interests, and career ambitions. Foster an environment that supports continuous learning and engagement to build a motivated, high-performing team.
• Quality Assurance and Operational Oversight: Ensure that all projects and services delivered by the team meet or exceed Catalyze’s quality standards. Maintain up-to-date personnel, business, and financial administration, overseeing processes like HR, contracts, invoicing, and planning. Actively contribute to internal strategic initiatives, process enhancements, and quality management efforts.
• Strategic Contribution: Align with and uphold Catalyze’s vision and mission in all activities. Pro-actively contribute to improving organizational performance.
• Client Support: Execute client assignments and provide hands-on project support, contributing to the team’s success through both leadership and direct project involvement, acting as a role model in Innovation Consultancy
• Account Management & Business development: Establish and maintain an active network of clients. Actively contribute to identifying client needs and business opportunities. Being up to date on the innovation initiatives in spanish national funding opportunities and EU. Collaborating with the Spain Country Manager to enhance Catalyze’s market presence in Spain.

Your qualifications

• Proven leadership skills and experience in a consultancy environment.
• Passion for innovations in the fields of Life Sciences & Health, Green & Sustainable Innovations or Industrial & Digital tech.
• A relevant Master’s degree, preferably with a science and/or business focus.
• Substantial experience (6+ years) in grant writing such as EU Funding programs, writing strategic plans or business plans, science communication, or in managing and coordinating large projects in a client-facing role.
• At least 5 years of work experience in a commercial environment, preferably in a supporting role to business development teams in a consulting/advisory firm.
• Demonstrable insights into the development of Scientific innovations, from ideation to commercialization.
• Strong understanding of the national Spanish grants/loans such as NEOTEC, RETOS Colaboracion, ENISA Loans, Torres Quevedo, R&D Nuclis Accio.
• Proven track record in writing and securing natonal Spanish grants, including knowledge of the application process, timelines and guidelines.
• While our office is based in Barcelona, we welcome candidates from other locations as long as they are willing to travel to Barcelona once a month.

Competences & skills

• Excellent leadership and people management skills
• Result-driven
• Excellent strategic thinking, conceptual and critical thinking capabilities
• Highly organized, pro-active and independent
• Strong commercial awareness, account management and business development skills
• Quality-and improvement driven
• Excellent social, communication and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent English and Spanish communication skills (written and spoken)

What we offer:

• Permanent contract
• For this contract we work on an Employer of Record Basis.
• A competitive gross salary based on experience.
• Bonus potential.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 23 vacation days per year
• Commuting allowance
• Monthly working from home allowance
• Laptop & mobile phone
• A professional and dynamic working environment that values independence, entrepreneurship, and self-development.

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