For our client, the H2Start project in Stara Zagora, we are currently searching for a motivated and experienced

Operational project manager

to support in particular the organisational development and total capacity growth.

H2Start aims to establish a Centre of Excellence (CoE) to drive innovation in renewable hydrogen production. This initiative contributes to the transition towards a lowcarbon, energy-secure economy and is supported by Trakia University (TrU) and BGH2A, in collaboration with Politecnico di Torino (POLITO) and ITAE – CNR. It will provide modern infrastructure to attract and retain top-tier researchers, fostering academic and industry collaboration for cutting-edge innovation and technology transfer and is funded with € 30 Mio. from both EU and national funds.

Requirements for the Candidate:

• Experience as project manager or deputy in at least 3 projects during last 5 years, at least one with the size of 1M EUR
• Experience in organisational development
• Has experience with Bulgarian public procurements for at least 4 years
• Possibility to work part of the time on-site in Stara Zagora, plus conduct occasionally international business trips – mandatory
• Fluency in English (written and spoken)
• Higher education in Management or Economics

Preferences:

• Experience with scientific projects, especially in STEM field
• Work with international environment (working abroad or work with international partners)
• Has good knowledge of Horizon 2020 and/or Horizon Europe administration processes
• Fluency in Bulgarian language
• Experience with innovations and business development
• Experience in building sustained growth
• Enjoying managing change and organisational transformation (and has strong track record)
• Ability to adopt in fast growing, dynamic environments
• Leadership skills and personality to lead people thru periods of change and uncertainty, building new organisation, processes, tools

Main responsibilities:

• Overall coordination and operational management of the Horizon Europe H2Start project as a project manager
• Ensuring the key goal to build modern, highly sustainable and internationally competitive Hydrogen technologies research and innovation center in Bulgaria
• Supervision of reaching objectives, KPIs, milestones of the project
• Direct work with work package leaders and key task leaders as relevant to reach expected results
• Organization and supervision of project administration, financial, procurement and legal activities
• Organization and facilitation of project Consortium and operational meetings
• Work with international partners, boosting their engagement
• Coordination and oversight of development, compilation and submission of project periodic reports, deliverables, amendments
• Full engagement in timely setting up and development of the new H2Start Center of Excellence and all the relevant processes needed for its full operations
• Ensuring smooth implementation of the project and timely engagement of all relevant team members (H2Start center, Trakia University, Bulgarian Hydrogen Association, Polito, CNR)

Work conditions:

• Bulgarian Full time labour contract
• Hybrid working model with at least 50% of time in-person in Stara Zagora
• Other social benefits
• Opportunity to gain valuable experience in one of the largest scientific projects in Bulgaria

Please send us your application in English language using the form below.

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