Our vision - your future
Cofinity-X is a joint venture founded in 2023 by BASF, BMW Group, Henkel, Mercedes-Benz, SAP, Schaeffler, Siemens, T-Systems, Volkswagen, and ZF. Established by industry experts, our company is primed for growth and is intended to be further led by professionals like yourself.Your mission
- Take end-to-end responsibility for our portfolio of large-scale, publicly funded European AI research projects, from kick-off to final reporting
- Steer all work packages across multiple projects: plan scope, milestones and deliverables, track progress and resolve dependencies between partners
- Manage multi-partner consortia of industrial companies, research institutions and associations across several EU member states
- Act as the primary contact for funding bodies and project management agencies, owning interim and final reports, change requests and proof of use
- Own project financials in close alignment with Finance, including budget planning, cost tracking, personnel planning and eligibility of costs
- Ensure compliance with national and European funding and state aid requirements, including documentation, dissemination and open-source obligations
- Work closely with our Machine Learning team to translate project objectives into technical work plans and make sure deliverables land on time and in quality
- Coordinate dissemination activities such as publications, open-source releases and events across the dataspace ecosystem (e.g. Catena-X)
- Identify project risks early, escalate where needed and drive mitigation
Your profile
- 5+ years of project management experience, including at least 3 years in publicly funded R&D projects with multi-partner consortia (e.g. IPCEI)
- Ideally, you have already acted as consortium coordinator and bring experience with dataspaces and a project management certification (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2)
- Solid knowledge of German and European funding frameworks and their financial rules (e.g. AGVO)
- Strong technical affinity: you can discuss AI, machine learning and data architectures with engineers at eye level, without writing code yourself
- Proven ability to run several complex workstreams in parallel with a high level of structure and reliability
- Excellent stakeholder management skills and comfort working with senior representatives from industry, research and public authorities
- Fluent German and English, written and spoken
Why us?
- Hybrid working model
- Balanced work-life balance with flexible working hours
- Annual training budget for continuous professional and personal development (1.500 EUR)
- Free choice of hardware
- Monthly lunch subsidy (up to 115 EUR)
- Deutschland Ticket and Job Bike for environmentally friendly mobility options
- Workation to work remotely from different locations within the EU
- We offer every employee a pensions scheme (bAV) with company sponsorship
- Regular team events to strengthen cohesion and foster a positive working atmosphere
- A modern office with an impressive view of the Cologne Cathedral