As a (Senior) Innovation Consultant Environment in Portugal, you will support our innovative clients in achieving their green ambitions in the environmental sector. You will make the connection with possible innovation and funding strategies whether it concerns their new project involving new recycling process, applying the circular economy concept in a city, or supporting them on any other exciting topic they are currently working on.
Clients can always count on your sector expertise, creativity and communication skills to help them take their innovations a step further. Additionally, you will guide and support our younger colleagues in reaching their full potential.

• Assessment of opportunities to accelerate the green innovations of our clients, specifically in the environment domain.
• Drafting high-quality project plans, reports, funding applications, or business cases in direct coordination with clients.
• Performing environmental or innovation assessment studies (CBA, stakeholder analyses, access-to-finance studies, partner searches).
• Supporting the growth of EGEN by means of business development or by strengthening/development of our (new) services.

• You have an intrinsic motivation to achieve sustainable impact.
• You have a university degree in a sustainability-related subject, economics/innovation sciences, or in one of our business areas.
• You have a strong track-record in at least two of the following services: writing funding/bid proposals, project management, business case development, environmental or impact assessments (e.g. CBA, LCA, MFA), technology roadmapping, business development.
• You have at least eight years (Senior Consultants) of professional working experience at relevant organizations.
• Ideally, you are fluent in English

As a truly European company, the PNO Group is dedicated to contributing to the challenges of our society. We offer extensive expertise in crucial sectors such as energy, environment & mobility, bio, food & agro, life sciences & health, ICT, chemistry and education.
We advise and engage in innovation processes, enabled by national and European public funding. We work in networks on the crossroads of academia, industry and public organisations.
We use our European wide network of experienced consultants, with a large clients’ portfolio and proprietary open Innovation instruments (i.e. www.innovationplace.eu), to deliver high quality consultancy with a hands-on mentality.

• The opportunity to be part of the team that is intrinsically motivated to change the world.
• A dynamic, inspiring international working environment among like-minded professionals.
• The possibility to experience green innovations up close and make real impact on environmental challenges.
• The opportunity to grow and the freedom to develop the entrepreneur in you by generating new businesses of services for EGEN.