Ecosystem and Stakeholder Manager

Role Overview

• Assume overall accountability for the successful delivery of the Supernovas Business Plan.
• Supervise and coordinate all Supernovas activities through structured planning and tracking of tasks, deliverables, KPIs, milestones, deadlines and responsibilities, ensuring roles clarity and timely execution across the consortium.
• Establish and maintain project management processes and governance mechanisms to ensure transparency, accountability and effective decision-making.
• Act as Supernovas’ spokesperson for EIT. Represent Supernovas in EIT cluster meetings.
• Ensure alignment across a cross-organisational team of 6 people from EIT Urban Mobility, EIT Food and 28Digital, maintaining a coherent and joint programme narrative.
• Organise and facilitate weekly and in-person Supernovas’ team meetings (a minimum of 2 per year), including agenda preparation, facilitation and follow-up.
• Facilitate cross-KIC collaboration, proactively addressing operational challenges and resolving conflicts when required.
• Build, manage and strengthen relationships with strategic stakeholders, including the European Commission, European Innovation Council, European Investment Fund, investors, corporates, start-up support organisations and entrepreneurship networks.
• Maintain a coherent programme narrative and ensure consistency of messaging across partners and communication channels.
• Lead the preparation of annual Business Plans, strategic roadmaps and programme presentations for EIT and partner organisations.
• Monitor programme budgets, expenditures and forecasts, ensuring alignment with approved Business Plans, funding requirements and financial targets.

Requirements

• A university degree in Business, International Relations, Innovation Management, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of professional experience managing complex multi-stakeholder programmes, projects or partnerships involving multiple organisations, budgets and senior stakeholders, ideally within innovation, entrepreneurship, or EU-funded environments.
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken).
• Proven ability to build, manage and maintain relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, including start-ups, investors, corporates, public institutions, academia and ecosystem organisations at European level.
• Excellent project management and organisational skills.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and public speaking skills, with the ability to confidently represent programmes and organisations in meetings, conferences, panels and high-level stakeholder engagements.
• Strategic and entrepreneurial mindset, with the ability to translate long-term objectives into actionable plans, partnerships and measurable outcomes.
• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail and a disciplined approach to execution, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced matrixed environment.
• High degree of ownership, autonomy and professional maturity, with a proactive and solution-oriented approach to challenges and stakeholder management.
• Collaborative, proactive and solution-oriented approach with high emotional intelligence and ability to thrive in multicultural and cross-functional teams.

Benefits

• 27 days of paid time-off to rest and re-energise.
• A yearly training catalogue to support your career development.
• A tax benefit powered by Cobee, allowing you to save on your personal income tax.
• A private health insurance borne by the Company.
• Work in a modern, flexible and collaborative workspace, located in the 22@ area.
• Bike to work and park safely in our premises.