Corporate Relations Manager for ELEC

Aalto University; Espoo; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Health services

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Aalto University invites applications for a Corporate Relations Manager in the School of Electrical Engineering (ELEC) in Espoo. You will support ELEC leadership to foster industry partnerships, manage key accounts, and develop research collaborations with corporate partners.

The role combines relationship management with strategy development, onboarding professors to corporate activities, and coordinating consortia for public funding.

Qualifications

• Master’s or Doctor’s degree in ELEC or a related field.
• Experience of working with external partners or customers.
• Excellent command in English; Finnish fluency preferred.
• Excellent organizational and collaborative skills.
• Goal-oriented with a hands-on approach and ability to deliver from idea to implementation.

Responsibilities

• Drive partnership development and elevate industry collaborations.
• Facilitate new RDI initiatives by connecting industry needs with Aalto’s expertise.
• Plan and organize steering group and CEO meetings, workshops and stakeholder events with leadership and researchers.
• Help Aalto professors and researchers to build networks and find new industry contacts.
• Initiate and contribute to development of Aalto’s corporate collaboration offerings, processes, communications and ways of operating.

Skills

External partnerships experience

English

Finnish (fluency preferred)

Organizational skills

Collaborative skills

Education

Master's or Doctor's degree in ELEC related field

Job description

Aalto University is where science and art meet technology and business. We shape a sustainable future by making research breakthroughs across disciplines, sparking the game changers of tomorrow, and creating novel solutions to major global challenges. Our community of 14,000 students, 400 professors and 5,200 staff work on a vibrant, low carbon campus in Otaniemi, Espoo. Diversity, equity and inclusion are part of who we are, and we warmly encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to join our community.

The Aalto School of Electrical Engineering (ELEC) promotes high-quality science, technology and innovations for the benefit of the Finnish society and humanity. In our research environment, natural sciences, engineering, and information technology intertwines to form smart systems and innovations that save energy and promote well-being. With our research, we seek to respond to many challenges posed by sustainable development and the results are applied, for example, in mobile devices, electrical networks, health care, and in satellites. School’s special strength is linking the research with the Finnish and international business sector. We enroll currently approximately 2000, and award around 250 master’s and 50 doctoral degrees annually. Our staff consists of over 700 individuals, including more than 70 professors.

We are now looking for a Corporate Relations Manager for the School of Electrical Engineering (ELEC).

Your role and goals:

In this role you will support ELEC and its leadership team in their mission to systematically foster the mindset and engagement of professors and their research teams toward innovation and corporate cooperation activities. You will oversee at least one Aalto level strategic partnership, characterized by a long-term collaboration history and significant research collaboration volume. You will also support and grow other existing partnerships as a key account manager and prospect new partners. Your day-to-day job includes also onboarding new professors to corporate activities and helping academics in building research partner consortiums when applying for public research funding.

You will be part of Aalto level Corporate Relations unit where your supervisor and colleagues support you in your daily activities. You will do daily work at ELEC where you work closely with ELEC’s leadership and research teams, other staff members, and external partners. ELEC gives you strategic and practical guidance, and you will report in matrix to the dean of ELEC.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Drive partnership development, elevate existing industry collaborations and identify new partner companies across relevant sectors (e.g., electrical engineering, microelectronics, semiconductor, energy, automation, telecom, artificial intelligence), from multinational corporations to SMEs and startups
• Facilitate new research, development and innovation (RDI) initiatives by connecting industry needs with Aalto’s expertise, building strong consortia, and securing funding (e.g., Business Finland)
• Plan and organize steering group and CEO meetings, workshops and stakeholder events together with Aalto’s top management as well as and professors and scientists across schools
• Help Aalto professors and researchers to build networks and find new industry contacts.
• Initiate and contribute to development of Aalto’s corporate collaboration offerings, processes, communications and ways of operating.

To succeed in this role you need:

• A master’s or doctor’s degree ideally with subject matter expertise in a relevant field of ELEC (e.g., electrical engineering, automation, telecom, artificial intelligence)
• Experience of working with external partners or customers
• Excellent command in English and preferably fluency in Finnish
• Excellent organizational and collaborative skills
• Goal oriented, hands-on approach with openness to diverse tasks and the ability to deliver from idea to implementation

What we offer:

Aalto University is committed to building a sustainable future and offers you a chance to contribute to realizing our vision as a member of our team. We offer you a versatile and challenging position in a multicultural academic environment and an opportunity to develop your own expertise in corporate relations.

We work in a hybrid way, and the primary workplace is Otaniemi, Espoo. The Otaniemi campus is a thriving and connected community of 100 nationalities, 16,000 students and 5000 employees. Life at the transformed campus is vibrant and filled with amazing architecture, calming nature, and a variety of cafes, restaurants, services and good connections along the recently opened metro line. We offer health services and other wellbeing benefits and an innovative and supportive environment for developing your career and competences.

Want to know more about us and your future colleagues? You can watch these videos: Aalto University - Towards a better world, Aalto People, and Shaping a Sustainable Future.

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