Deputy Director and Head of Unit Partnerships Management (AD 11)

The EIT is now organising a call for expressions of interest with a view to establishing a reserve list for Temporary Agents for the profile of Deputy Director and Head of Unit Partnerships Management (Chief Operating Officer). The place of employment will be Budapest/Hungary, where the EIT seat is located.

The Deputy Director and Head of Unit Partnerships Management - Chief Operating Officer (COO) will manage EIT operations of the EIT Headquarters (HQ) in Budapest, backing and supporting the EIT Director in achievement of the EIT overall objectives and annual work program. As such, he/she will play a key role in building a cohesive management team, aligning activities across HQ services. He/she will be accountable and report to the EIT Director. Based in Budapest, the COO will have the capacity of Deputy Director, thereby supporting and backing the Director when required in managing the EIT overall plan of activities, particularly Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KIC) partnerships operations. Under the responsibility of the Director, the COO will drive business policies and simplified processes necessary to shape the EIT's current and future partnerships with KICs.