CaRMEN FOR TRANSITIONS

Université Sorbonne Paris Nord; France; Sur place; EUR 40 000 - 50 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A prominent university in France is seeking a Project Manager to oversee the CaRMEN FOR TRANSITIONS project. Responsibilities include managing partnerships, budget oversight, and ensuring project deadlines are met. Candidates should have a doctorate or engineering degree, project management experience, and strong communication skills. The role offers significant autonomy and collaboration with industry and academia, contributing to innovation and training in strategic sectors.

Prestations

Contribute to French reindustrialisation

Participate in innovative training

Collaborate with major industry players

Qualifications

• Experience in collaborative project management (e.g. ANR projects, Horizon 2020).
• Experience in teaching in fields of engineering or physics.
• Experience in report writing for scientific and educational reporting.

Responsabilités

• Ensure daily coordination of the project between partners.
• Assist the project coordinator with strategies and supervision.
• Responsible for the financial management of the project.
• Monitor and ensure timely delivery of project results.
• Participate in internal and external communication of the project.
• Main contact with ANR for exchanges and reports.

Connaissances

Project management

Knowledge of higher education

Setting up training

Formation

Doctorate or engineering degree in relevant field

Description du poste

Organisation/Company Université Sorbonne Paris Nord Research Field Engineering > Electronic engineering Technology > Energy technology Computer science > Digital systems Physics Engineering Engineering > Communication engineering Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Leading Researcher (R4) First Stage Researcher (R1) Established Researcher (R3) Country France Application Deadline 1 Dec 2025 - 00:00 (UTC) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Offer Starting Date 1 Jan 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Project Manager

As a European Project Manager, your main task will be to ensure the operational management and monitoring of the CaRMEN FOR TRANSITIONS project. In this capacity, you will support the project coordinator, you will be responsible for coordinating the project, budgetary and administrative management, and monitoring deliverables and deadlines, to communicate on the project and participate in its dissemination and to liaise with the ANR and the Caisse des Dépôts.

• Project coordination: You will ensure the daily coordination of the project between the different partners (academic and industrial) at the regional level, and ensure the achievement of educational, scientific, technical and administrative objectives.
• Support to the project coordinator: You will work closely with the project coordinator, assisting in the implementation of the overall project strategies. You will support him/her in pedagogical and scientific supervision, major decision-making, and communication with strategic partners.
• Budgetary and administrative management: You will be responsible for the financial management of the project (monitoring budgets, preparation of financial reports, optimisation of resources) in accordance with the rules of the ANR and the USPN.
• Follow‑up of deliverables and deadlines: You will be in charge of planning, monitoring, and ensuring the delivery of the various results expected by the project (scientific, technical, and financial reports) within the allotted time.
• Communication and dissemination: You will participate in the internal and external communication of the project, in the drafting of periodic reports for ANR, as well as in the organisation of events and workshops to promote the results of the project.
• Interface with the ANR: You will be the main point of contact for exchanges with the ANR, including for financial and scientific reports.
• Interface with the other consortium partners, in particular the industrial partners.
• This position involves frequent trips to Île de France and France in the context of seeking new training contracts with companies, project monitoring, meetings with industrial partners.

Laboratory:
Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers
Field of research: Electronics, Microélectronics, Photonics

Skills: Project management, Knowledge of higher education, Setting up training

Qualifications

• Training: You hold a doctorate or an engineering degree in a relevant field (electronics, physics, microelectronic semiconductors, nanotechnologies, photonics, laser engineering).
• Experience in collaborative project management (e.g. ANR projects, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, EIC Pathfinder). Applications without specific experience in project management will be considered if the candidate demonstrates a good knowledge of the environment of higher education and academic research.
• Experience in teaching in the fields of engineering, electronics, physics, optics, or processes, ideally in a clean room environment (an asset).
• Experience in report writing for scientific and educational reporting (an asset).
• Skills: Ability to plan and manage consortia involving academic and industrial actors; Rigor, organisation, and ability to evolve in a multidisciplinary environment; Relational ease, leadership, and ability to listen and work with various partners (academic, industrial, institutional); Heterogeneous group animation; Excellent writing and communication skills (fluency in English appreciated); Knowledge of financing mechanisms (ANR, OPCO, Europe) or strong motivation to acquire this expertise.
• Personal qualities: Autonomy and initiative capacity; Aptitude for geographical mobility and availability for frequent business trips (Île‑de‑France and France); Commitment to diversity, inclusion and ecological transition issues.

Why join us?

• Concrete impact: Contribute to French reindustrialisation and the training of tomorrow’s talents in strategic sectors.
• Innovation: Participate in the creation of agile training related to the latest technological advances.
• Autonomy and visibility: Benefit from a wide margin of manoeuvre to develop partnerships and set up innovative devices.
• Professional network: Collaborate with major players from industry, academia and institutions.