Research Manager

**RESEARCH MANAGER/PROGRAM MANAGER/GRANT OFFICER**

**Role**

Within the Foundation, reporting directly to the General Director, the role will have the objective of managing and monitoring the execution of strategic, organizational and governance support services, coordinating a small (but with the possibility of expansion) team of resources.

**Activities**:
The sought-after profile will be asked to carry out the following activities:

- Coordinate projects by monitoring all phases (initiation, planning, execution, control and closure);
- Create the action plan and the implementation of the start-up actions of the assigned projects;
- Ensure the correct implementation of development activities;
- Define models and systems to support the governance, programming and reporting of PNRR resources;
- Carry out analyzes to identify all cost reduction opportunities and anticipate any potential project risks, identifying possible corrective actions;
- Define and estimate the main project indicators (costs, effort, risks, etc.) with a view to monitoring the progress with respect to the identified objectives and KPIs;
- Implement the tools and tools necessary for the implementation and monitoring of projects;
- Coordinate the human and economic resources of the various operational units involved;
- Collection and analysis of data and processing of reports.

**Wanted Profile**:

- **Background and Hard Skills**:

- Experience in the role, in structured and modernly organized companies / institutions / universities or similar experiences;
- Previous experience in managing funded projects;
- Excellent knowledge of the operating principles of national, European and PNRR funding;
- Knowledge of the legislation linked to European projects;
- Mastery of project management techniques;
- Excellent knowledge of the Office package (Word, Power Point, Excel).
- Fluent knowledge of the English language.
- **Soft Skills**:

- High sense of responsibility, rigor and seriousness;
- Strong aptitude for team work and flexibility and availability;
- Excellent interpersonal and assertive communication skills;
- Leadership and authority skills;
- Good organizational skills (overall vision, planning by priority and working towards objectives);
- Proactivity, dynamism and openness to innovation;
- Practical sense and high problem solving ability.

**Agency**:
Our client is a Foundation, recognized as an innovative and strategic organization that operates in the field of sustainability, with a wide network of partnerships, which includes both public and private entities, among the most well-known, innovative and involved in research. The Foundation is actively engaged in allocating PNRR funding and maintaining close contacts with key institutional figures and influential members of the scientific community, thus ensuring a significant impact and a constant connection with the latest discoveries and innovations in the sector.

**Place of work**:

- Northern Milan.

**Framework**:

- Full-time, permanent employment contract.
- Salary in line with skills and experience actually gained.

**Hashtags and Key Words**:
Sustainable Mobility | Sustainability / ESG | Project Management | Research Management | Scientific Research | Financing management | Grant Management | Scientific Research | PNRR

Ref. **SP20127**

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