Water Tech Innovation Project Lead

Water Valley Denmark; Aarhus kommune; On-site; DKK 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Central role in innovation projects

Collaboration with leading companies

Emerging technologies and testing

Job summary

Water Valley Denmark is seeking a technically minded Project Manager to lead innovation projects from identifying a challenge to scaling. You will identify challenges, develop concepts, form consortia, secure funding and oversee technical execution.

You will coordinate testing, demonstrations and implementation across Danish and international partners, ensuring milestones, KPIs and value creation while driving commercial potential.

Qualifications

• Requires a technical or scientific degree and experience in project management, technical consulting, process optimisation or technology development.
• Ability to identify challenges and develop innovation projects from concept to delivery.
• Strong collaboration across diverse partners and disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Identify and qualify challenges with partners and stakeholders.
• Prioritize the project pipeline based on strategic relevance and value.
• Develop project concepts, objectives and KPIs for delivery.
• Build partnerships and consortia by matching challenges with technologies and knowledge partners.
• Develop proposals and identify funding opportunities including national and European programmes.
• Coordinate testing and demonstration of technologies in real environments.
• Monitor progress, document results and identify opportunities for implementation and export.
• Engage international partners and platforms to strengthen collaboration and scaling.

Skills

Project management

Technical consulting

Process optimisation

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Technical or scientific degree

Job description

Water Valley Denmark is seeking a technically minded Project Manager to lead innovation projects from identifying a challenge to scaling. You will identify challenges, develop concepts, form consortia, secure funding and oversee technical execution.

You will coordinate testing, demonstrations and implementation across Danish and international partners, ensuring milestones, KPIs and value creation while driving commercial potential.