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Admissions & Programme Manager of Venture Building Programmes (m/f/d)

EIT Health e.V.
Full-time
Temporary

Your responsibilities

You are familiar with the challenges that healthcare venture building presents, and how they relate to knowledge, education and mentoring. You are familiar to the target audiences - early stage entrepreneurs and researchers - and you wish to join a dynamic team of education and training professionals aimed at supporting the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs in Europe’s healthcare landscape.

You will assess them from the admissions cycle onwards, and will guide them for an excellent learning experience towards their successful programme completion, including pitching days, etc. You will team up with the Head of Unit and the Unit’s team, learning designers, platforms managers, Exploitation Unit, etc. in the different stages and development of activities (i.e. capacity building, venture building programmes, etc.). You will lead its quality assurance, labelling and accreditation, imprinting an active and continuous improvement vision to portfolio development.

Occasional travel (2-4 times per year) may be required.
  • Admissions cycle: assessing profiles and candidates, guiding them towards the most suitable programme of the entrepreneurship and venture support portfolio according to their moment, expectations and departing point. These could be venture building or business creation programmes, bootcamps, Catapult, and other opportunities such as scholarships towards venture building for earlier stage entrepreneurs.
  • Implementation: leading from the call for start-ups / consortiums’ publishing, to its public launch for applicants engagement. This would include support for relevant scouting, potential consortium meetings and management, project management of the content development process and the public launch of the educational service, etc.
  • Providing all the required information to the ecosystem managers for a smooth and successful public launch of new programmes. Reviewing and enhancing the existing ones from the financial sustainability and profit and growth perspective.
  • You will also support the exploitation of the existing contents in future implementations -according to lessons learnt, market and clients' needs.
  • Administrative and financial processes: managing invoices and developing reports in relation to the assigned programmes. Careful observance of Horizon Europe funds is expected.
  • Collaboration with other portfolio programmes and projects for a smooth transfer of candidates, innovators and entrepreneurs from a programme to another. I.e. towards programmes for more advanced start-ups or a step towards deepening the knowledge in an area (bootcamps).
  • Pitching days and showcase events: supporting the agenda and event’s organisation in close collaboration with other fellow programme managers and events management.

Your skills & knowledge

  • Master’s degree or higher in health, science, business or entrepreneurship education studies or equivalent professional experience/qualifications.
  • High level international project management skills, with a good understanding of the complexities involved in developing and delivering project outcomes; proven ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders.
  • Good understanding of the start-up journey in healthcare; ability to identify their opportunities for improvement and growth; experience in setting and managing standards of delivery to support the cost-effective and targeted delivery of activities and/or programmes.
  • Sound knowledge of higher education programmes in Europe.
  • Excellent presentation, communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Solution-oriented team player and comfortable working primarily remotely.
  • Ability to work with an international team in a multidisciplinary context and to multi-task and manage a set of deliverables simultaneously.
  • Languages: English fluent (spoken, written), other European languages an advantage.
  • Experience in grant management, particularly European Grants (Erasmus+, Horizon 2020, EIT, Horizon Europe …) is a plus.
  • Prior experience in entrepreneurship education and training is a plus.

What we offer

  • We are a 100% “Remote First” company, hiring in Germany, Spain and Poland
  • The possibility to join offices in various locations around Europe during business travel.
  • Flexible working hours
  • Straight forward internal communication, non-hierarchical structure, and freedom to operate with autonomy.
  • A large and vibrant network in the healthcare sector, with exposure to high-level and senior representatives from key players and influencers.
  • The opportunity to work on critical projects of European interest, contributing to improving the lives of citizens and patients.

About us

EIT Health is one of Europe’s largest and most dynamic health innovation communities, dedicated to improving the lives of citizens and patients and strengthening healthcare systems across the continent.

Our mission is simple: to drive healthcare innovation and create positive societal impact across Europe. In a landscape marked by an ageing population, rising chronic disease, workforce shortages, and increasing pressure on healthcare budgets, our community serves as a catalyst, enabling creative thinking, cross-border collaboration, and evidence-based solutions that deliver real-world impact.

As a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), our pan-European network brings together over 80 members, exceptional in the worlds of business, education, research and health service delivery, alongside thousands of start-ups, entrepreneurs and healthcare professionals. By combining their collective expertise we help new solutions reach the people and services that need them most.

For more information please visit our website: www.eithealth.eu