Consultant supporting Agile transformation engagements at team and portfolio levels in Life Sciences. Engaging actively with client leaders and contributing to thought leadership in a dynamic environment.
About the role
- Innovation Consultant developing EU proposals for an established European innovation consultancy in Madrid. Engaging with international partners for project management and proposal writing.
Responsibilities
- Lead the preparation of EU proposals end-to-end with limited supervision
- Collaborate closely with senior colleagues and external partners across Europe
- Proposal writing, including proposal conceptualisation, consortium building, benchmarking, work plan development, and proposal coordination
- Support project implementation, reporting, and coordination activities when proposals succeed
- Take ownership over proposals, client relationships, and strategic positioning depending on strengths and development path
- Designing work plans (WPs, tasks, deliverables, milestones), budgets, and partner contributions
- Preparing technical benchmarking and state-of-the-art analyses to support project ambition
- Developing market studies, exploitation pathways, & innovation/business plans (as required by the call)
- Coordinating inputs from multiple partners and ensuring proposal consistency, quality, and compliance with call requirements
- Supporting project implementation and reporting (technical and financial) depending on project needs
- Contributing to proposal strategy: topic screening, consortium building, and positioning of innovation concepts
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience, with proven hands-on EU proposal writing experience
- Overall track record of 4–5 EU proposals (H2020 / Horizon Europe / BBI JU / CBE JU…)
- Experience in the writing of 2 full collaborative EU proposals (+10 partners) from beginning to end: idea conceptualisation, consortium building, overall writing supervision and integration, budget and work packages development, and submission through the Funding & Tenders Portal
- C2 level English and Spanish, written and oral
- MSc (or equivalent) in Agricultural Engineering or related scientific/technical disciplines (environmental sciences, biology, etc.)
- Experience in technical roles requiring strong writing skills (reports, scientific documents, technical documentation)
Benefits
- Hybrid (2 days/week office)
- 38h/week (40h contract)
- Structured recovery time after major submissions
- Extra leave: birthday (when Mon-Fry) + Dec 24 & Dec 31
- Fully remote periods (summer month + Christmas)
- Team celebrations & 2 annual team-building events
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