Program manager / Working lead for domain Industry at TU/e – EAISI

Eindhoven University of technology (TU/e) is one of Europe’s top technological universities, situated at the heart of the innovative high-tech innovation ecosystem Brainport. Thanks to a wealth of collaborations with industry and academic institutes, TU/e’s research has real-world impact. TU/e has around 3,000 employees and 2,300 PhD students (half of which international, representing about 70 nationalities).

TU/e is at the heart of society with its focus on solving complex, societal challenges such as energy, health, materials and smart mobility using the latest technologies including Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors, Quantum computing and Photonics.

The Eindhoven Artificial Intelligent Systems Institute (EAISI) was established in the summer of 2019 as a cross-departmental institute. EAISI aims to develop AI-technology for real-time autonomous decision-making, which has a direct impact on the real world focusing on the application areas of health, mobility and high tech industry. Using our traditional strengths in systems engineering and our close ties with industry, TU/e wants to jumpstart the shift towards a next generation machine-data driven intelligence, which is intimately connected to the open world through: 1) data and algorithms, 2) humans and ethics, and 3) engineering systems. In other words: EAISI wants to make machines intelligent. We are convinced that EAISI will improve the development of meaningful technical solutions to societal challenges, via high-tech systems and robotics. We believe that TU/e can significantly contribute to speed up the AI transition with EAISI.

Visit the website for more information: www.tue.nl/ai

The Research Support Office (RSO) is the central Research Support Office of TU/e and is consists of a small, close-knit team of professionals who support the scientific staff in applying for European and national grants for research. The RSO team further consists of research funding advisors, grant consultants, corporate lawyers, and project managers.

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As Program Manager EAISI you will be embedded in the RSO and from there be allocated to work for EAISI. You will become part of a team of program managers and research support staff for other TU/e institutes such as EIRES, ICMS, and EHCI. This allows knowledge exchange and team building with colleagues with a similar role, albeit for a different institute. At the same time, you will be integral part of the EAISI program board and will have a physical location (office space) mainly in the institute.

The activities include:
Activities for the development of the TU/e Eindhoven Artificial Intelligence Systems Institute:

• Identifying promising national and European calls in relation to our mission and TU/e’s strength, forming consortia and managing the proposal writing process
• Drawing up scientific and industrially relevant AI research programs, together with TU/e researchers and industrial parties.
• Be an active member in relevant (NL and EU) networks (Public Private Partnerships, Associations and Thematic working groups), both to influence them, as well as to have an early view on upcoming possibilities.
• Initiate projects with industry and TU/e researchers and supervise acquisition projects.
• Initiate and (co-) organize Artificial Intelligence related symposia, workshops and master classes.
• Consortium formation in the field of Artificial Intelligence, including financing from the business community and research subsidy programs.
• Exploring new research ideas and supporting researchers in clearly articulating problems, approaches, solutions and impact in project proposals or business contracts.

As working lead, you actively contribute to the daily operations of the program management team while guiding its tactical and operational direction. You combine hands-on involvement in funding processes with leadership responsibilities—overseeing planning, ensuring quality delivery, and supporting team development. By bridging operational execution and coordination of the strategic execution, you empower the team to effectively support researchers in securing external funding and strengthening the institute’s position in the AI landscape.

We are looking for candidates that meet the following requirements:

• A MSc or PhD degree level in a relevant field;
• >5 years of comparable work experience, e.g. in industry, a research institute or an academic organization; preferably in in data science/ AI;
• A proven track record in defining and attracting innovative research projects and funding in international consortia, for collaboration projects in national and European research funding programs;
• Affinity with academic research;
• Excellent communication & networking skills (written and oral);
• Excellent command of English and preferably also Dutch;
• Extensive external network in national and international innovation and research networks with various cultural backgrounds and ability to maintain and pro-actively develop further the external network;
• Ability to connect the academic world and international external network resulting in well balanced consortia for successful research proposals.

• A challenging position in a dynamic, academic environment.
• 1.0-0.8 FTE employment position with a gross month salary in the range of € 6.603,- to € 8.405,- (scale 14 collective labour agreementfor Dutch Universities) based on your background and experience.
• Besides that, we offer an annual holiday allowance of 8%, an annual end of the year bonus of 8,3%, a total of 41 days of paid holiday leave and a broad package of fringe benefits (including an excellent technical infrastructure, savings schemes, child care and excellent sports facilities).

A more comprehensive job profile is available upon request.