Innovation Consultant - Spain - Catalyze
As an Innovation Consultant in Spain, you'll play a key role in shaping the future of cutting-edge innovations. Your expertise in crafting winning proposals and securing funding will help our clients bring their visionary projects to life.
At Catalyze we strive to accelerate innovations that have a positive impact on the world.
The development of disruptive innovations is a complex process, taking many years and requiring substantial funds. While many great relevant innovative ideas and technologies are emerging at an accelerating rate, it often proves difficult for academics and early-stage companies to make the translation from lab to the market. “How to position the innovation in the market best?”, “How to obtain funding for the next development step?”, “With whom can I collaborate to lift my innovation to the next level?” are all essential questions on the road to success.
Who we are
Catalyze is a leading consultancy company that drives the success of meaningful innovations in the field of Life Sciences & Health, Green & Sustainable Innovations and Industrial & Digital Tech. With over 20 years of experience in strategy and funding consultancy, we support our clients throughout their innovation journey to help bringing their groundbreaking innovations to life. Our clients include world-leading experts and great entrepreneurial minds that work on cutting-edge innovations. This allows us to be at the forefront of technological innovations and create a highly inspiring environment that fosters continuous growth.
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Spain Team
The Spain Team is a growing, dynamic unit established in 2024, based in Barcelona (Sarria-Sant Gervasi). You will be joining a highly qualified team, including our Country Manager and 4 experienced innovation consultants, collaborating closely with colleagues in the Netherlands to drive impact globally. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new and expanding division, where your contributions will directly shape business development efforts in Spain’s Life Sciences & Health sector. Our Spain based consultants are integrated into our teams based in the Netherlands and work on the projects together with our consultants based in Netherlands.
For our Spain Team we are looking for an:
INNOVATION CONSULTANT
(CALLING APPLICANTS WITH BOTH SPANISH & ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS. LIVING IN, OR WILLING TO MOVE TO BARCELONA & EXPERIENCED GRANT WRITERS)
As an innovation consultant, you work closely with our clients to transform their innovative ideas into projects and set-up valuable partnerships. You take a leading role in conceptualizing and co-developing their project plan, development pathway and commercialization strategy. You act as the trusted guide and critical partner of our clients to lead them towards success. You will report to the Managing consultant and have the opportunity to grow into a Managing Consultant or Senior Consultant position.
Responsibilities
- Independently developing project proposals for our clients in the fields of Life Sciences & Health, Green & Sustainable Innovations and Industrial & Ditial tech.
- Coordinate and manage the project application process with client and (large) stakeholder groups.
- Writing project proposals, business cases and business plans for clients.
- Accompany Country Manager / Business Developers to client meetings to close the deals.
- Providing strategic advice on the positioning of projects towards funding agencies.
- Actively thinking with clients about business, commercialization and/or development strategies and positioning of their innovations and technologies.
- Performing market research and desk research within the diverse fields of our clients.
- Bringing together companies, universities, and research institutes to establish long-term partnerships.
- Actively follow new developments and innovations in the industry and contribute to strengthen our expertise.
- Guiding and coaching of fellow team members.
- Establish and maintain long-term client relationships and identify and act on new funding opportunities for our established clients.
Qualifications
- Passion for Life science & health innovations, experience is preferred.
- A relevant Master’s degree, preferably with a Life Science & Health and/or business focus.
- Substantial experience (3+ years) in grant writing such as EIC Accelerators, writing strategic plans or business plans, science communication, or in managing and coordinating large projects.
- At least 3 years of work experience in a commercial environment, preferably in a supporting role to business development teams in a consulting/advisory firm.
- Demonstrable insights into the development of Life Science & Health innovations, from ideation to commercialization.
- Strong understanding of the local Spanish grants/loans such as NEOTEC, RETOS Colaboracion, ENISA Loans, Torres Quevedo, R&D Nuclis Accio.
- Proven track record in writing and securing local Spanish grants, including knowledge of the application process, timelines and guidelines.
- Ideally, the candidate will be located within commuting distance of the Catalyze Spain office Sarria-Sant Gervasi, Barcelona but we also welcome candidates from other locations in Spain & Portugal as long as they are willing to travel to Barcelona once a month.
We are always open to evaluate less experienced but keen to learn candidates and hire them as Associate Consultants, so if you are not meeting all the above criteria but are qualified & confident that this is your path then we would welcome your application.
Competences & skills
- Excellent analytical, conceptual, and critical thinking skills
- Highly organized, independent, and result-driven with a strong commercial awareness
- Personal and situational leadership qualities
- Excellent social, communication and people-management skills
- Pro-active and client-oriented attitude
- Excellent English and Spanish communication skills (written and spoken)
Offer
- Permanent contract
- For this contract we work on an Employer of Record Basis.
- A competitive gross salary based on experience.
- Bonus potential.
- Flexible working conditions
- 23 vacation days per year
- Commuting allowance
- Monthly working from home allowance
- Laptop
- A professional and dynamic working environment that values independence, entrepreneurship, and self-development.
Are you interested in this position? Then we would like to receive your motivation with CV by submitting our Online Application Form.