Head of Transfer (m/w/d)
About The Position
As Head of Transfer, you will be responsible for the transfer activities of the WvSC and shape the interface between research and industrial application. You will develop and manage projects for Industrial Community Research (IGF) as well as other research, innovation, and transfer projects. Your main tasks will include developing, acquiring, and leading publicly funded research and transfer projects. You will coordinate project outlines, funding applications, work plans, project consortia, and exploitation concepts. You will take on the technical leadership of data and AI projects from conception to demonstrator. You will develop transfer-oriented solutions in the areas of digitalization, data management, Industrial AI, and Edge Computing. You will ensure data quality, model accuracy, and the technical transferability of the developed solutions. You will translate research results into industrial applications, pilot projects, demonstrators, and marketable solutions. You will manage interdisciplinary project teams as well as research, development, and industrial partners. You will develop transfer and exploitation strategies and identify application and scaling potentials, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. You will be responsible for project controlling, milestones, reporting, proof of performance, and communication with funding bodies. You will further develop the WvSC Experience Centre as a platform for demonstration, exchange, and innovation communication. You will design demonstrators, showcases, workshops, and transfer formats for business, science, politics, and the public.
Requirements
- An above-average successful academic degree in a technical-scientific, natural science, business, or comparable field.
- A doctorate or comparable scientific qualification is expressly desired.
- Several years of experience in leading research, innovation, or transfer projects.
- Proven many years of expertise in the field of Additive Manufacturing as well as experience in the development, application, and transfer of additive and hybrid manufacturing technologies, for example in the field of Cold Spray Technology, into industrial research and application scenarios.
- Sound knowledge in digitalization, data management, Industrial AI, and data-driven transformation processes in industrial environments.
- Experience in transferring innovative technologies into industrial applications, pilot projects, or demonstrators.
- Expertise in project, funding, stakeholder, consortium, and network management.
- Experience in the technical leadership of interdisciplinary teams and the management of external development and project partners.
- Strategic, structured, and independent working style.
- Strong communication, moderation, and networking skills.
- Confident demeanor towards companies, research institutions, funding bodies, and public actors.
- Very good German and good English language skills, both written and spoken.
Responsibilities
- Develop, acquire, and lead publicly funded research and transfer projects.
- Coordinate project outlines, funding applications, work plans, project consortia, and exploitation concepts.
- Take on the technical leadership of data and AI projects from conception to demonstrator.
- Develop transfer-oriented solutions in the areas of digitalization, data management, Industrial AI, and Edge Computing.
- Ensure data quality, model accuracy, and the technical transferability of developed solutions.
- Translate research results into industrial applications, pilot projects, demonstrators, and marketable solutions.
- Manage interdisciplinary project teams and research, development, and industrial partners.
- Develop transfer and exploitation strategies and identify application and scaling potentials, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises.
- Be responsible for project controlling, milestones, reporting, proof of performance, and communication with funding bodies.
- Further develop the WvSC Experience Centre as a platform for demonstration, exchange, and innovation communication.
- Design demonstrators, showcases, workshops, and transfer formats for business, science, politics, and the public.
Benefits
- A responsible key position with great professional and strategic scope for design.
- The opportunity to actively further develop the transfer area and the WvSC Experience Centre.
- Responsibility for application-oriented research, innovation, and IGF projects.
- Participation in shaping a special research and transfer ecosystem at the future location Siemensstadt Square.
- Access to an interdisciplinary network of industry, science, politics, and funding institutions.
- A dynamic and innovation-oriented work environment in Berlin-Siemensstadt.
- The opportunity to shape technological developments early on and transfer them into industrial applications.
- A project-related fixed-term full-time position for an initial period of 24 months.
- Remuneration in accordance with TV-L E14, depending on qualifications and professional experience.
- The possibility of an extension or follow-on employment with appropriate project and financing prospects.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
