Transport Innovation Consultant

Permanent employee, Full-time · Italy, Rome, Milano

Job summary (Short promotional text)

Are you a motivated consultant with a passion for smart, sustainable mobility? At Ciaotech – PNO Group, we help public authorities, infrastructure managers, and transport innovators turn bold ideas into funded European projects. We’re now looking for a Transport Innovation Consultant to strengthen our team and contribute to high-impact initiatives in decarbonised transport, smart logistics, and digital infrastructure.

Your mission (What are you going to do in text) summarised down below

As a Transport Innovation Consultant, you’ll support clients in developing successful EU funding proposals—particularly under CEF (Connecting Europe Facility), Horizon Europe (Cluster 5), and LIFE programmes. You’ll be at the intersection of mobility policy, technology, and innovation, guiding clients through both strategic and technical aspects of EU project development.

Your tasks 1st part (in max 4 bullets)

As an Innovation Consultant, you will:

Write and Manage EU grant proposals: Conceptualizing, visualizing, and refining project ideas to ensure high-quality proposals.
Deliver High-Quality Consulting: Provide strategic innovation consulting to our clients facilitating their engagement in transport, logistics, and smart mobility projects.

Leading EU-funded projects: Overseeing projects from inception to the delivery of official deliverables, including project planning, market and stakeholder analysis, workshop organization, business plan formulation, and exploitation (and/or replication) strategy planning.

Stay Connected with Industry Trends: Keep up to date with developments in transport, logistics and smart mobility, expanding both your own expertise and the knowledge base of our team.

Your profile 1st part (in max 4 bullets)

Relevant Experience: 3-5 years in R&D and consulting roles, especially with Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, as well as other EU funding Programs.
Industry Knowledge: Experience in the fields of most innovative topics in transport, logistics, and smart mobility, such as connected and automated mobility, electric and zero-emission vehicles, sustainable fuels, intelligent transport systems, traffic management system, mobility data exchange. If you have experience within areas such as automotive engineering, energy systems, urban planning, or logistics will be positively evaluated.

Your Profile 2nd part (In max 4 bullets)

Educational Background: A relevant business or technical degree.
Language Skills: Fluency in English and Italian, both written and spoken, is required.

Why us? (What do we offer) 1st part (in max 4 bullets)

Competitive Salary Package: €35,000 - €40,000
Flexible Work Environment: Primarily remote, with (bi-)weekly office presence, based on your location within Italy. Presence is required for periodical company and Team meetings. Travelling required for the attendance at project meetings.
Dynamic Project Opportunities: Collaborate on high-impact European projects across multiple industries.
Training in both hard and soft skills to help you develop your potential.

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About us

PNO Innovation is the leading innovation and funding consultancy in Europe. With our broad sector expertise, generative AI tools and more than 40 years of experience in national and European grants, we help give space to good ideas and make innovation happen.

PNO Innovation employs more than 600 professionals across offices throughout Europe: Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and the UK. What started more than 40 years ago as a student project in the Netherlands has grown into a European industry leader with a focus on creating sustainable impact.

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