Are you an experienced Senior Project Manager with the ability to guide and support up to 50 different partner organisations from all over Europe through a multi-year innovation project? Do you excel in organizing, communicating, and motivating others towards success? Do you want to be a key member in the newly established project services (PCO) unit in our company?

Spinverse is the Nordic leader in innovation consulting, helping customers solve global challenges. We are proud to be able to contribute to projects that drive progress toward making this world a better place. Most projects are focused on smart cities and mobility, solving the energy crisis, bioeconomy, green transition, health, sensors and semiconductors and digitalization of services. We are committed to support customers in securing funding by helping them find partners for collaboration, creating project proposals and when successful, to support their multi-year projects which aim to make a positive impact for Europe with ground-breaking innovations.

Spinverse is now looking for a “Senior Project Manager” to join our Project Coordination Office (PCO) business unit. The unit is relatively new, and we are gathering talented and experienced team players to work together in our role to support the coordinator and consortium partners with the administrative tasks within these large and complex EU projects, where multiple partners collaborate across European countries.

The PCO team has a double role: first, we work directly with our clients, to guide and support their needs during the project. Second, we continually look to refine our internal methods and processes to deliver first-class project support to our clients.

This position suits a skilled and experienced project manager with a proven track record. We expect you are a person who takes pride in your accuracy and attention to detail. We expect that you have excellent communication skills as you will need to balance politeness with persistence, proactively communicating with partners from across Europe in a positive manner whilst maintaining a strong focus on achieving deadlines. You should have the motivation to find the information you need with the knowledge that Spinverse colleagues are very experienced and extremely willing to support you. Asking for help when you need it is easy and rewarding. 

We guide and support large, complex projects throughout Europe, ranging between 20-50 partners. Most projects are three to four years in duration and focused on research and innovation actions with a strong emphasis on technology development. We support the project to run smoothly over the years and our project manager is the key contact point and becomes the trusted support partner for the project consortium.

You should be passionate about building positive relationships and involving the partners in the project. The ability to communicate and confidently lead actions, interacting with collaborators from various types of organizations and cultures, is an important asset.  

In this role, you will have the opportunity to develop methods and processes together with your team colleagues that span many projects and will be beneficial for all your colleagues at Spinverse. Today we’re about 100 employees and growing.

This position could be at our office in Espoo, Finland or in Gothenburg, Sweden. All our teams are working across countries, and we are building the PCO team presence in both Finland and Sweden.

Skills and experience that would help you succeed in this:

• More than 10 years’ experience in large scale project management lead role.
• Formal education (degree or other certification) related to business topics is preferred.
• Experience from one or more European funded projects is extremely beneficial.
• Excellent skills in organizing and communication.
• Experience in building trust and motivating people across distributed teams.
• Experience with budgets, reporting and supporting ICT tools.
• Fluent English language skills. English is our company language and most used language in the project work.
• Willingness to learn and follow strict processes (and regulations) where necessary is important.
• You have the passion to jointly develop processes to improve services.

What you can expect from us:

We are a friendly, experienced team that respect each other. We value our open, inclusive, positive atmosphere. We work hard to deliver high quality service and we look for continuous improvement. We want to be the heroes who bring new value to our customers!

With us, you will have an opportunity to participate in demanding innovation projects where a wide range of client organisations such as Research and University organisations, large enterprises and small-mid size enterprises collaborate to try and solve pressing global challenges.  

You will work with colleagues in both Sweden and Finland and with customers all over Europe. Your colleagues represent almost 20 nationalities and a broad range of expertise.

We are Great Place to Work certified for 4^th year in a row and extremely passionate and proud of the impact we are creating through our work and our culture.

How to apply:

Please submit your application letter and CV no later than Wednesday 12^th April 2023. For more information on this open position, do not hesitate to contact John Sperryn, PCO Team Leader, mobile: +358 45 314 8404 at these times: 28^th March 11:30-13:30 CET or 31^st March 11:30-13:30 CET.

Contact person:

John Sperryn +358 45 314 8404

Are you looking for a new position where you can combine your knowledge in Finance with a strong interest in supporting innovative European projects? Do you have experience of financial reporting in EU projects and public funding? Are you eager to share your know-how and develop methods to make our work even better?

Spinverse is the Nordic leader in innovation consulting, helping customers solve global challenges. We are proud to be able to contribute to projects that drive progress toward making this world a better place. Most projects are focused on smart cities and mobility, solving the energy crisis, bioeconomy, green transition, health, sensors and semiconductors and digitalization of services. We are committed to support customers in securing funding by helping them find partners for collaboration, creating project proposals and when successful, to support their multi-year projects which aim to make a positive impact for Europe with ground-breaking innovations.

Spinverse Sweden is now looking for a “Project Manager focus Finance” to join our Project Coordination Office (PCO) business unit. The unit is relatively new, and we are gathering several talented and experienced team players to work together in our role to support the coordinator and consortium partners with the administrative tasks within these large and complex EU projects, where multiple partners collaborate across European countries.

The PCO team has a double role: first, we work directly with our clients, to guide and support their needs during the project. Second, we continually look to refine our internal methods and processes to deliver first-class project support to our clients.

This position suits a financial star who understands (and is willing to learn) the principles and constraints of public funding instruments and is passionate about guiding and supporting clients and colleagues. We expect you are a person who takes pride in your accuracy and attention to detail. Together we strive to give the right guidance at the right time. You will need to balance politeness and persistence, proactively communicating with partners with a strong focus on deadlines and the motivation to find the information you need. Spinverse colleagues are very experienced and extremely willing to support each other and asking for help when you need it is easy and rewarding.  

Our headquarters are in the Helsinki area, but this position will be situated at our Swedish office in Gothenburg.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to develop methods and processes together with your team colleagues that span many projects and will be beneficial for all your colleagues at Spinverse. Today we are about 100 employees and growing. We coordinate and support large, complex projects throughout Europe, ranging between 20-50 partners. Most projects are three to four years in duration and focused on research and innovation actions with a strong emphasis on technology development. High quality financial administration, management and reporting is a key enabler for the project to run smoothly over the years. The person who takes on this position will have a vital role in such projects.

Skills and experience that would help you succeed in this role:

• Background in finance with experience from public funding, particularly EU funding.
• Formal education (degree or other certification) related to financial topics is preferred.
• Comfortable with budgets, accounting principles and reporting practices.
• Several years of experience with financial applications and supporting ICT tools is expected.
• Project management experience, curiosity to improve processes.
• Experience and confidence working directly with clients, building relationships and trust, with clear, consistent communication.
• Willingness to learn and follow strict processes (and regulations) where necessary.
• Fluent Swedish language skills.
• Fluent English language skills. English is our company language and most used language in the project work.

What you can expect from us:

We are a friendly, experienced team that respect each other. We value our open, inclusive, positive atmosphere. We work hard to deliver high quality service and we look for continuous improvement. We want to be the heroes who bring new value to our customers!

With us, you will have an opportunity to participate in demanding innovation projects where a wide range of client organisations such as Research and University organisations, large enterprises and small-mid size enterprises collaborate to try and solve pressing global challenges.  

You will work with colleagues in both Sweden and Finland and with customers all over Europe. Your colleagues represent almost 20 nationalities and a broad range of expertise.

We are Great Place to Work certified for 4^th year in a row and extremely passionate and proud of the impact we are creating through our work and our culture.

How to apply:

Please submit your application letter and CV no later than Wednesday 12^th April 2023. For more information on this open position, do not hesitate to contact John Sperryn, PCO Team Leader, mobile: +358 45 314 8404 at these times: 28^th March 11:30-13:30 CET or 31^st March 11:30-13:30 CET.

Contact person:

John Sperryn +358 45 314 8404

Spinverse is the Nordic leader in Innovation Consulting, specialized in creating open innovation ecosystems, funding, corporate renewal and boosting growth. We drive innovation in all key industries: health, electronics, ICT & security, circular bio-economy, manufacturing and energy to solve the major global challenges.

Our customers range from largest corporations to the smartest growth companies in the Nordic countries and other parts of Europe. We help our clients to manage innovation portfolios, build project plans, select partners, find funding and lead the projects. Together with our clients we build new businesses from 100 M€ upwards.

Spinverse employs more than 60 international professionals at its offices in Finland, Sweden and Germany.

To increase our delivery capacity and client reach, we are looking for experienced freelancers around Europe. You will be involved in a wide range of consulting assignments, typically in the areas of Open Innovation, corporate renewal and growth.

Our value proposition for the freelance partners is a win-win relationship that allows the freelancer to:

1. better focus on assignments in their core areas of expertise and together win assignments that neither of the partners alone could sell or deliver;
2. increase the sales and the share of billable hours by leveraging the Spinverse brand as well as marketing and sales resources;
3. leverage Spinverse’s capacity of delivery support and administration to reduce the time spent on supplementary activities.

We are looking for different freelancers for a variety of roles, including:

1. Bid writing expert, with successful track record in national and EU funding instruments and proposal preparation;
2. Multi-party program and ecosystem expert, with good project work and management skills in certain industries or across industry boundaries;
3. Customer relationship guru, capable to act as the interface between the client and Spinverse’s program execution team.

Relevant Competencies:

• M.Sc. or D.Sc., for example in engineering, industrial management, economics or natural sciences
• Excellent writing and presentation skills in English (especially technology-related), other European languages are a plus
• Business and / or industrial experience especially within bio-refining, ICT (e.g. 5G, cyber security, FinTech, AI/ML, BigData) or Industry 4.0 (e.g. digital twins, sensors, data analytics) sectors as well as private fundraising and public funding applications (National/EU instruments)
• Understanding of business cultures of entrepreneurs, corporate executives, scientists etc.
• Good social skills and ability to interact with customers and project stakeholders in a client-oriented way
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to challenge the customers
• Ability to prioritise and attention to detail

To express your interest in the freelancer relationship, please send your LinkedIn Profile URL or resume, cover letter (max 500 words) with an indication of your typical daily rates in relevant projects.

Contact person:

Dijana Soininen +358 400 248 973