The European Innovation Council is hiring a Programme Manager in Artificial Intelligence – Apply by 26 January 2024.

New developments in Artificial Intelligence have become daily news. Europe combines excellent AI research, a solid skills base, a growing group of promising start-ups and a wealth of industrial sectors that are eager to innovate through AI. The potential for European leadership in responsible and human-centric AI is evident.

The European Innovation Council (EIC) supports game changing innovations throughout the lifecycle from early stage collaborative research, to proof of concept, technology transfer, and the financing and scale up of start-ups and SMEs. More than just a funding programme, the EIC takes a proactive approach to turn frontier technological visions into business opportunities and societal benefit. The EIC Programme Managers provide the high-profile leadership to identify, develop, implement and promote such visions, and to nurture potential market creating innovation out of EIC-funded initiatives and projects.

A 4-year appointment as EIC Programme Manager is a career opportunity of high visibility across the academic, investment and entrepreneurial world and a stepping-stone for transitioning into important roles in start-ups, established companies, investment funds, academia, government agencies, etc. The unique remit of the EIC provides Programme Managers with a privileged insight into cutting-edge developments across a very wide range of science-and-technology domains, unmatched by any other organisation in Europe. As Programme Manager you will have the opportunity to lead initiatives in new and emerging ‘deep-tech’ in areas of strategic importance, like Artificial Intelligence, involving the best teams of researchers and innovators from across Europe, and to achieve impact beyond what any single project can do.

More information: the call to recruit new EIC Programme Managers