European R&D Funding Manager GE - General Electric

Business Segment:

Global Growth & Operations - Europe

About Us:

We are GE. We’re a global infrastructure, finance and media company taking on the world’s toughest challenges. And we are taking the strengths that have made us an industry leader and putting them to work in service of a new era of global business, with a focus on the world and the people we share it with. Through initiatives like ecomagination and healthymagination, we are developing the next generation of products and services to improve the way we use resources, impact our communities and care for each other. Join GE and you’ll discover a career opportunity of incredible diversity – across disciplines and around the globe. No other company invests in the development, training and advancement of its employees the way we do, because we believe it is our innovative thinking that is our strength, and that strength is what enables GE to make a positive impact on tomorrow, today. From jet engines to power generation, financial services to water processing, and medical imaging to turning imaginative ideas into leading products and services. GE is imagination at work.

Posted Position Title: European R&D Funding Manager, GE Global Growth & Operations

Career Level: Experienced
Function Business Management
Function Segment: Executive Management

Role Summary/Purpose:

The position holder will lead GE’s actvities in Europe to access EU and European government funding for innovation and R&D projects. The position holder will be based in Brussels and will work closely with GE Global Research Center in Munich, Germany.

Essential Responsibilities

• Operational Excellence: Coordinate a group of GE experts active in the various GE businesses in Europe to increase funding for GE innovation and R&D projects. Develop and share best practices, tools and processes among team members, and setting up operating rhythms to track and pursue opportunities and successes.
• Counseling and Advice: Assist GE Businesses in their applications for R & D grants (FP and other EU schemes) and in the setting up of consortia. Advise GE Businesses on contractual issues, particularly relating to IP. Assist in reducing time of external and internal approval processes; increase the connections between internal stakeholders.
• Policy: Develop and implement strategies to shape innovation policy and implementing legislation (eg EU Common Strategic Framework). Working with the European Commission for early identification of initiatives and upcoming calls for proposals.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Education: Business, Engineering or Public administration degree from a recognized European University. Post-graduate degree preferable.
• Experience: 10 + years of practical experience in external R&D funding (in-house or as a consultant).
• Deep knowledge of EU and European funding programs, regulation, policies and practices.
• Proven track record of managing teams and in project management.
• All candidates must have unrestricted work authorization in the region into which they apply.

Desired Characteristics:

• Ability to cope with pressure and multiple deadlines contemporaneously.
• Strategist, who is able to prioritize multiple tasks on hand while still paying attention to detail
• High level of influencing skills combined with an ability to build excellent working relationships within a matrix environment (both cross-functionally and globally)
• Proven ability to lead and execute effectively at all levels of the organization
• Advanced communication skills - both written and verbal
• Demonstrated ability to think and lead on a strategic level within a complex organization
• Ability to deal effectively with people and work in diverse teams
• Level headed approach to risk and managing such risk against business objectives
• High level of energy and the ability to pass it on to other team members.

To apply for this role, please visit the following link: http://jobs.gecareers.com/job/Brussels-European-R-26D-Funding-Manager-2C-GE-Global-Growth-26-Operations-Job/1356126/

If you have any trouble reaching the application page, please visit www.ge.com/careers and search job number 1406474.