Innovation Manager

Functie Innovation Manager
Aanvraagnummer 117281
Expertise Quantum Technologies, Large multi-actor and multidisciplinary R&D Projects
Regio Delft
Startdatum ASAP
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IT Recruitment is looking for her client TU Delft for an Innovation Manager. Are you passionate about turning cutting-edge research into real-world technological advancements? Do you excel at building bridges between scientific research and innovation?  We are seeking a passionate Innovation Manager with some experience in deep tech innovation / business development to join our team and help drive the next generation of network technologies – quantum internet!

In this unique role, you will be working at QuTech, dedicating all your efforts to QIA, the Quantum Internet Alliance, a collaboration involving more than 40 industrial and academic organizations across Europe.

QIA’s mission is to build a global Quantum Internet by developing a full-stack prototype quantum internet network that validates all key subsystems. As a pioneering community dedicated to advancing a groundbreaking technology, QIA’s ambition extends beyond scientific leadership. The aim is to build an innovative European Quantum Internet ecosystem, capable of scaling all sub-systems to achieve world-leading European technology. In this regard QIA has launched the world’s first global quantum internet technology forum (QIATF) and is expanding its ecosystem further.

As Innovation Manager, you will support QuTech’ s Quantum Internet team and the QIA consortium in bringing technological advancements closer to real-world applications. You will identify innovation opportunities and help building strategies that connect research outcomes with future societal and industrial needs. Finally, you will grow collaborations with industry, academia, and key partners through QIATF.

This is a growth-oriented role, ideal for someone with (early) experience in deep tech innovation, technology transfer, or project support who is eager to develop into a quantum technologies senior innovation or business development career path.

Key Responsibilities

  • Support the translation of QIA’s technological results from lab to potential real-world applications.
  • Assist in identifying innovations with commercial and/or societal potential.
  • Contribute to IP awareness, documentation, and early-stage capture in collaboration with researchers.
  • Perform market and technology landscape scanning to monitor trends and competitors in relevant areas for QIA.
  • Support the development of innovation and exploitation plans within the QIA programme.
  • Maintain regular contact with QIA’s technical teams to stay updated on progress and emerging opportunities.
  • Contribute to building and maintaining a consolidated innovation strategy for the consortium together with the QIA Innovation Team.
  • Manage the QIATF membership and the QIA Technology Forum Special Interest Groups (SIGs).
  • Expand QIATF by setting up new Special Interest Groups (SIGs) on relevant topics (e.g., network architecture, societal impacts and other relevant pre-standardization topics).
  • Monitor and report on the impact of the QIATF activities to continuously improve the strategies in alignment with QIA vision and QIA’s technical teams.

Requirements

Three or more years of experience in innovation management/support, project management /coordination, or technology transfer, preferably in a technical or academic setting.

  • Experience with multi-stakeholder collaboration.
  • Familiarity with large multi-actor and multidisciplinary R&D projects; experience with EU projects is a plus.
  • Background or interest in engineering, computer science, or physics, with curiosity for quantum technologies is highly desired.
  • Excellent networker, capable of maintaining long-term relationships and establishing new ones.
  • Strong organizational and coordination skills, with enthusiasm for connecting science with innovation.
  • Curious, proactive, and willing to learn.
  • Strong communication skills in written and spoken English.

QuTech

QuTech is a mission-driven research institute of TU Delft. Together we are working on a radical new technology with world-changing potential. We are developing scalable prototypes of a quantum computer and a secure quantum internet.

We believe quantum technology will be a game changer in many social and economic sectors – including health, agriculture, climate, and security. To achieve our ambitious goals, we bring scientists, engineers, and industry together in an inspiring environment, with plenty of room for ambition, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

Conditions of employment 

    • Duration of contract is 1 year Temporarily with a posibility for extension
    • A job of 38 hours per week.
    • A salary based on Scale 11 of the CAO for Dutch Universities with a salary between €4728 – €6433 gross per month based on a fulltime contract (38 hours), plus 8% holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%. The goal being to start on the lower side of the scale and to grow up every year.
    • An excellent pension scheme via the ABP.
    • The possibility to compile an individual employment package every year.
    • Discount with health insurers on supplemental packages.
    • Flexible working week.
    • Every year, 232 leave hours (at 38 hours). You can also sell or buy additional leave hours via the individual choice budget.
    • Plenty of opportunities for education, training and courses.
    • Partially paid parental leave
    • Attention for working healthy and energetically with the vitality program.

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