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Head of Market Development Department
2018-07-23 15:29:17| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
The European GNSS Agency GSA is responsible for the operations and service provision for the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems GNSS EGNOS and Galileo. By developing a new generation of GNSS, Europe is laying the foundation for new hightechnology industry development, leading to job creation and economic growth. In this context, the Market Development Department main responsibilities are related to develop the market, innovative applications, valueadded services and user technology that promote the achievement of full European GNSS adoption, ensuring at the same time that the European GNSS services answer to current and future user needs. The main tasks and responsibilities will in principle include Ensuring a full understanding of the market, the user needs, the downstream value chain, with particular focus on the European industry and SMEs Ensuring an indepth technical understanding of the user technology, including chipsets and receivers, and their implicationslinks with the European GNSS services Publishing periodically high quality reports, such as on the GNSS market, user technology and user requirements Managing a large and diversified network of downstream stakeholders, such as receiver manufacturers, application developers, service providers, large multinational companies, SMEs and startups, users representatives, etc. Designing and implementing roadmaps for adoption by market segments as well as other activities to create demand of European GNSS products and applications including support to EU policies, in cooperation with the European Commission Managing and controlling the implementation of Research and Innovation projects in the field of innovative applications and user technology Interfacing with the other GSA operational departments, to ensure the continuous improvement of the services and the design of future services according to user needs For hisher area of competence, preparing and implementing the Single Programming Document, managing the delegation agreements with the European Commission, implementing the budget and managing the external contractors Manage the Market Development Staff Representing the Agency with external stakeholders including the European Commission, Member States and other EU and international Institutions Ensuring compliance with ISO 9001 quality objectives Contributing to the other tasks of the Agency as necessary ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA The selection procedure is open to applicants who satisfy the following eligibility criteria, on the closing date for application 1. A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma when the normal period of university education is four years or more OR A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma and at least one year of appropriate professional experience when the normal period of university education is three years 2. In addition to the above, appropriate professional experience of at least fifteen years 3. Be a national of a Member State of the European Union or Norway 4. Be entitled to his or her full rights as citizen 5. Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the applicable laws concerning military service 6. Meet the character requirements for the duties involved7 7. Have a thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the European Union8 and a satisfactory knowledge of another language of the European Union to the extent necessary for the performance of hisher duties 8. Be physically fit to perform the duties linked to the post SELECTION CRITERIA All eligible applications, according to the aforementioned criteria part A, will be assessed against the requirements listed below. The Selection Board responsible for this selection will determine the criteria to be assessed in the various phases of the selection procedure assessment of the application forms, interview and written test prior to being granted access to the names of the applicants. At least all essential criteria will be assessed during the applications evaluation phase. Please note that noncompliance with any of the essential requirements B.1 may result in the exclusion of the candidate from the selection process. Advantageous requirements B.2 constitute additional assets and will not result in exclusion, if not fulfilled. 1 Essential requirements i. University degree in a relevant field, such as engineering, physics, mathematics andor economics ii. Experience in business and market development of space technological products, services or applications acquired in the public andor private sector iii. Experience in interfacing with stakeholders having diverse technical backgrounds, including in particular the engineering competency iv. Experience in managing teams v. Excellent command of both written and spoken English 2 Advantageous requirements vi. Experience in developing GNSS based applications and services vii. Experience in managing large network of stakeholders at international level viii. Experience in downstream Research and Innovation projects ix. Experience andor knowledge of the institutional framework and functioning of the EU 3 Behavioural competencies x. Motivation xi. Excellent communication and negotiation skills xii. Leadership and people management skills xiii. Cooperative, collaborative, practical and resultsoriented approach
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