Innovation Project Officer

The University of Luxembourg is an international research university with a distinctly multilingual and interdisciplinary character.

Created in 2003, it strives today to meet tomorrow's major societal challenges, by nurturing an interdisciplinary approach and international outlook, investing in scientific quality and innovation, as well as offering personalised and multilingual teaching. The institution places particular emphasis on research with impact. To achieve this goal, its research priorities focus on digital transformation, medicine and health, as well as sustainable and societal development. 
The University invests in its knowledge and technology transfer through an attractive intellectual property policy and numerous partnerships. 7,500 students are enrolled at Uni.lu, of which 1,000 are doctoral candidates. With 300 professors, students have privileged access to world-renowned expertise.
Times Higher Education ranks Uni.lu 20th in the Young University Ranking 2024 and among the top 250 universities in the world.

The Partnership, Knowledge & Technology Transfer office (PaKTTo) is a young, inclusive and very dynamic team! Transfer activities are booming at the University and the workload is supported by a friendly atmosphere and daily exchanges within the team.

Missions:

• participate in the identification and analysis of potential transfer projects, alongside the support staff in the research teams and at PaKTTo
• integrate 4 to 5 maturation and development projects as part of the project team led by a scientific manager, to ensure that the progress of the projects is in line with the development plan defined upstream,
• Participate in writing applications for national or international funding, in particular to develop proofs of concept (e.g. FNR-JUMP program, ERC-PoC)
• Participate in the search for market/industry/user information; understand, analyse and formalise potential use cases for technologies; search for industrial or institutional partners (possibly interacting with players in the Luxembourg innovation ecosystem and with experts recruited to support the projects’ Business approach).
• reporting on activities to the PaKTTo team (colleagues and manager) and liaising with the projects’ teams
• prepare interim and final reports to the FNR for the KITS project

• Scientific background (Masters, PhD, Ing...), with experience in technology transfer, innovation or valorisation of public research
• Very good command of English and at least one other official language in Luxembourg
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with a variety of people involved in technology transfer projects (academic researchers, research support teams, business experts, lawyers, etc)
• Successful project management experience
• Synthesis skills
• Good knowledge of the business environment and of the activities involved in marketing or disseminating knowledge to users
• Good command of information search tools, particularly those based on AI technologies
• Knowledge of entrepreneurship and start-ups is an advantage
• Experience of scientific projects
• Knowledge of intellectual property issues and tools