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Market Development Officer
2014-08-07 12:41:21| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
The Market Development Department handles all matters related to the structure, functioning and growth of the European GNSS i.e. EGNSS market and works towards achievement of adoption of EGNSS. Some of the Departments tasks include Assessment of the evolution in size and structure of the satellitebased navigation market Management of users and stakeholders of different downstream applications to establish and implement roadmaps for the EGNSS adoption based on identified user communities needs and requirements Defining and implementing the EGNSS market entry plan for the main downstream segments Monitoring KPIs of downstream markets and modelling the market evolution Analysing of the EGNSS value chain and engage main players in adopting EGNSS Assessing projections of revenues and benefits from services and applications Motivating and supporting entrepreneurship for the development of new EGNSS applications Supporting European Commission initiatives for the development and adoption of regulated applications, particularly in cases where legislative and regulatory measures prove necessary to enable panEuropean applications Managing RD projects under delegation of the European Commission Establishing a database of information on GALILEO and EGNOS to encourage and facilitate the startup of new ventures in downstream markets Managing relations with innovation centres, user communities, entrepreneurships and other market agents TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES The Market Development Officer will be responsible for management of RD activities, both focussing on application development and development of user terminals and will support the Team in other related tasks as specified below Management of RD project portfolio Preparation of technical specifications of RD projects aimed at the development of applications and user terminals Planning, management of the projects, coordination of support teams, including procurement and legal team, technical and business experts and interfacing internal stakeholders at GSA and European Commission Contribution to the definition of RD strategy for EGNSS adoption. Contribution to the definition of GNSS services and system evolution requirements Having a deep understanding of GNSS features, competitive systems and user trends, preparation of annual update of Galileo and EGNOS value proposition, presenting the value added of European GNSS compared to other satellite navigation systems and other positioning technologies Support for the preparation of Mission Requirements Definition MRD document by translating user needs into services requirements for each user community. Implementation of actions aimed at EGNSS adoption Implement market development actions, giving highest priority to those most leveraging EGNSS differentiators for the users Analyse results of application market user tests Act as the entry point for key market stakeholders in each market segment Contribute to the overall GSA processes such as quality management and reporting. Furthermore, the Market Development Officer will also contribute to other tasks of the Market Development Department as deemed necessary. APPLICATION PROCEDURE For applications to be considered valid, candidates must submit an email to jobsgsa.europa.eu with a subject line of SURNAMENameVacancy Reference Number and which contains the Agencys approved application form Download it here httpwww.gsa.europa.eugsajobopportunities. This form must be Completed in English Fully completed, pointing out the professional experience relevant to this position incl. calculation of years, months Printed, signed and clearly scanned in in one single document Named as follows SURNAMENameVacancy Ref. number e.g. SPENCERMarcGSA.2012.123 In Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat pdf format The application shall be accompanied by a scanned ID card andor passport, and a copy of a diploma giving access to the gradefunction group bearing a date of issue. The application will be rejected if it is not duly completed, if it is not signed by hand or if it is not provided in the prescribed format. Further supporting documents showing evidence of the information given in the application will be requested at a later stage. No documents will be sent back to candidates. Applications must be sent to jobsgsa.europa.eu and received by the deadline listed on page 01 of this vacancy notice at the latest, clearly indicating the vacancy reference number in the subject line. Applications sent after the deadline will not be considered. Candidates are reminded not to wait until the final days before the closing date of applications submissions. The Agency cannot be held responsible for any lastminute malfunction due to any overflow of the mailbox.
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