Who we are
Luxembourg National Data Service (LNDS) is a brand of PNED G.I.E. an organisation created by the Luxembourg Government, to implement Luxembourg’s strategies in research, innovation, and digitalisation. LNDS enables value creation from secondary use of data, for public and private partners and supports the sharing and re-use of public sector data, in a trustable manner. The LNDS service portfolio includes know-how, capabilities, tools, infrastructure, and data services. Through efficient & responsible use of data and improving the secondary use of data, LNDS will support the acceleration of economic, ecological, and societal transitions.www.lnds.lu | LNDS on LinkedIn
Purpose of the job / project
You will play a key role in supporting the timely and high-quality delivery of project milestones and
the achievement of the objectives of our current subsidy projectsfunded by the European Commission (EC). You will work closely with a diverse team of data analysts, curators, data scientists, data stewards, data engineers, software developers, DevOps and scrum masters. Together, you will contribute to the successful delivery of these projects and their contractual obligations to funders.
As a project manager, your primary role will be to manage the progress and reporting of ongoing
subsidy-funded innovation projects with a limited duration (2-4 years) and defined end dates. You will organise project meetings, events and contribute to project reviews and dissemination. You will also participate in setting up the project management process, tooling, best practice, quality framework, and standard operating procedures that are relevant to those projects.
What you will do
- Support project leaders in project management
- Manage project implementation, including communication with external project partnerships
- Follow and manage project timelines, identify implementation risks, issues and conflicts, and work on solutions
- Prepare, coordinate and submit monitoring reports to responsible managing authorities
- Manage communication with third parties and stakeholders during project implementation, including project meetings and events
- Coordinate the preparation and timely submission of deliverables, ensuring their completeness and compliance with project requirements
- Support applications, technical proposals, and budget planning under EC and national research and innovation programmes
- Contribute to project management frameworks and support their implementation Provide guidance on project management processes and tools to internal teams and partners, as needed
- Provide guidance to less experienced team members
Who you are
Required- MSc or PhD in natural science, technology or social science with technical skills
- 5 to 10 years of relevant experience in technical project management
- At least 3 years’ of experience in managing national and European Union (EU)-level innovation projects
- Good knowledge command of office software (MS Excel, Word, SharePoint, Power BI, Google Workspace, Webex/Teams & other collaboration tools)
- Excellent command of project management tools (e.g. Jira or similar)
- Good knowledge and experience in Agile methodologies and organisations (SAFe in particular)
- Excellent verbal communication skills in English
- Excellent writing skills (documentation, reports, etc.)
- Travel availability (Schengen and non-Schengen, 2-3 times a year)
- Responsibility, consistency, and adherence to strict deadlines
- Administrative, organisational, and communication skills
Optional (considered as advantages)- Knowledge of project reporting (both technical and financial)
- Knowledge of a second European language (especially German or French)
- Received formal project management training or otherwise proven knowledge of project management methods
- Basic understanding of GDPR in the research and development domain
- Good working knowledge of a project management framework such as the PM2 methodology (https://www.pm2alliance.eu/)
- Working knowledge of data processing tools
- Working knowledge of Atlassian Solutions (e.g. Confluence, Jira Service Management)
- Experience in managing EC projects in a coordinator’s institute
