Senior Innovation Consultant

Permanent employee, Full-time · Brussel

Your mission (What are you going to do in text) summarised down below
To realize our future growth ambitions, our PNO office in Brussels area “PNO Innovation”  is looking for a Senior Innovation Consultant to lead our energy and environment activities where you will be responsible for the conceptualisation and writing of full EU funding proposals, business development and network expansion, and organisation of key events with partners in the value chain.


As a senior Innovation Consultant, you will be in the lead for the full range of PNO services, including the conceptualisation of new innovative EU grant applications stemming from the participation in EU funded projects where you will be leading activities related to stakeholders, market and business analysis and workshop organisations, and commercial consulting. Typical tasks include:
  • Business development where you will be spotting opportunities with partners from the value chain for the generation of new innovative projects;
  • Writing of EU grant proposals while conceptualising, visualising and challenging the project ideas and ensuring high quality proposals
  • A leading role within EU funded projects from starting up to the realisation of official deliverables;
  • As such you will develop the project planning, market and stakeholder analysis, workshops organisation, business plan formulation and exploitation (and/ or replication) strategy planning;
  • Execution of high-end innovation consulting services on a senior level, especially for European Institutions, Technology Platforms, Sector Organisations and large corporate clients;
  • Expanding your network with potentially interesting partners;
  • Keeping yourself updated on the most important developments within your area of expertise and a coaching role towards the junior consultants in our team.

Your profile 1st part (in max 4 bullets)
  • You have a (technical) master’s degree or PhD (e.g. chemistry, material sciences, engineering etc.) preferably with focus on emerging energy topics such as batteries, hydrogen or other renewable energies;
  • At least 5 years of relevant experience in grant writing with track record on successful EU funding proposals developed by you, and experience in business analysis, such as development of business plans, economical analysis, LCA, LCC, etc.
  • Strong analytical skills, organizational capabilities, proactive and attention to details;
  • Eager to capitalise on your scientific and technological experience and quickly move to the innovation management field where you will manage large consortia and discuss technologies and business matters, and translate this into new project concepts and ideas.
  • Capable to work on deadlines and multitask;
  • You like to build a strong network;
  • Excellent writing, communication and editorial skills in English;
  • Creativity and a good dose of humour;
  • A senior and flexible team player willing to transfer your knowledge to your colleagues;
  • Coaching skills.
About us

PNO Group

PNO Consultants is a successful pan-European innovation and funding consulting firm with over 35 years of experience. We are an open team from a wide range of disciplines all with a common goal: to support private and public organizations in their innovation processes and in identifying funding programs and obtaining funding for research, development, and innovation.

Strong in the network: PNO Consultants is part of PNO Group, one of the largest consulting companies for publicly funded research and innovation projects.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!
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