Senior Consultant for Innovation and Funding Advisory

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Take the step towards your journey with us and join us as a Senior Consultant for Innovation and Funding Advisory in Estonia.

You will focus on writing competitive research funding proposals and implementing Horizon Europe projects. The ideal candidate has a strong background in medicine, biotechnology, engineering, or data science, and excels at translating complex scientific ideas into compelling funding applications while supporting project execution, stakeholder coordination, and reporting activities.

This position is open either in Tallinn or Tartu.

• Lead the preparation and writing of high-quality Horizon Europe funding proposals (RIA, IA, CSA, ERC, MSCA, etc.);
• Collaborate with researchers, universities, SMEs, and industry partners to co-develop project concepts;
• Conduct needs assessments, literature reviews, and market/scientific analyses to support proposal narratives;
• Coordinate the writing process, including technical, impact, and implementation sections;
• Prepare budgets, work plans, Gantt charts, and risk management strategies;
• Ensure proposals align with EC priorities and evaluation criteria (excellence, impact, quality and efficiency);
• Support the management and execution of funded Horizon Europe projects;
• Coordinate deliverables, milestones, and reporting in collaboration with project partners;
• Prepare periodic and final technical and financial reports, ensuring compliance with EC requirements;
• Organize and participate in consortium meetings, stakeholder workshops, and dissemination events;
• Identify key exploitable results (KERs) and contribute to exploitation and communication plans.

• Master's or PhD degree in Medicine, Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Data Science, Material Science or a related field;
• General knowledge of EU research funding programs, EC evaluation criteria, and grant agreement obligations;
• Excellent writing, communication, and coordination skills;
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple deadlines and stakeholders;
• Proven track record of successful proposals for Horizon 2020/Horizon Europe/ERC/ MSCA or other relevant grants is considered as advantage;
• Knowledge of intellectual property, ethics, and regulatory considerations is considered as advantage;
• Experience engaging with quadruple helix stakeholders (academia, industry, public sector, civil society) is considered as advantage.

• We believe in the fast professional growth of our employees, so we offer performance and salary review once a year;
• Professional growth opportunities in an international company with regular training and experience sharing sessions;
• Flexible working hours - we trust you to manage your time;
• Supporting environment and experienced colleagues;
• International offsite trips - every year we travel to a new location to spend time together with the whole team from all over Europe;
• Sports and health benefits contributing to your well-being;
• Fun activities with the team - we like finding new and creative ways to celebrate life together such as weekly joint lunches, Christmas party, Summer event.