Innovation and Pre-Award Project Manager

Fondée en 2019 avec le soutien de l'Union européenne, SiPearl incarne le rêve de l'Europe de maîtriser le cœur technologique de ses supercalculateurs : le microprocesseur.

SiPearl développe Rhea, le microprocesseur européen haute performance et basse consommation dédié au supercalcul et à l’inférence d’intelligence artificielle.

Cette nouvelle génération de microprocesseurs s’adressera d’abord à l’écosystème d’EuroHPC qui déploie des supercalculateurs de classe mondiale en Europe pour résoudre des défis majeurs dans la recherche médicale, la sécurité, l'intelligence artificielle, la gestion de l’énergie et le climat, avec une empreinte environnementale réduite.

SiPearl travaille en étroite collaboration avec ses 30 partenaires du consortium European Processor Initiative (EPI) - grands noms de la communauté scientifique, des centres de calcul intensif et de l'industrie - qui sont ses parties prenantes, futurs clients et utilisateurs finaux.

SiPearl emploie plus de 200 personnes en :

• France (Maisons-Laffitte, Grenoble, Massy, Sophia Antipolis),
• Allemagne (Duisbourg)
• Espagne (Barcelone)
• et Italie (Bologne)

SiPearl fait partie de la promotion 2024 du programme French Tech 120.

About SiPearl

SiPearl is building the European high-performance low-power microprocessor dedicated to supercomputing and AI inference. This new generation of microprocessors will first target EuroHPC Joint Undertaking ecosystem, which is deploying world-class supercomputing infrastructures in Europe for solving major challenges in medical research, security, energy management and climate with a reduced environmental footprint.

SiPearl is working in close collaboration with its 30 partners from the European Processor Initiative (EPI) consortium - leading names from the scientific community, supercomputing centres and industry - which are its stakeholders, future clients and end-users.

SiPearl employs more than 190 people in France (Maisons-Laffitte, Grenoble, Massy, Sophia Antipolis), Germany (Duisburg) and Spain (Barcelona).

About the role

As part of collaborative research team, the Innovation and Pre-Award Project Manager has the mission to develop the portfolio of research projects.

You will be in charge of transforming the technical roadmap of the company into proposals by applying for national and European Funding programs and create the conditions for bringing new research projects by identifying programs and key partners and by federating internal R&D teams.

What a regular day at the job might look like

• Understand the value chain and ecosystem in different domains relevant to the research strategy of SiPearl
• Build a complete and sound knowledge on the programs and calls available at EU and national levels relevant to the global research strategy of SiPearl
• Identify and participate to relevant EU and national innovation and research events
• Along with the head of collaborative research programs, define calls of interests and priorities between the different calls of interest
• For all the calls of interest, understand and ensure compliance with the rules in force, the timeline, the participant portal and all the specificities of the calls
• Maintain an annual plan of relevant calls available at EU and National levels
• Attend networking events on the different programs for match making
• Identify and reach out to contacts to build valuable consortium of partners
• Coordinate interactions within SiPearl to prepare proposal and define the scope, timeline, effort, budget, skills needed internally and the approach to cooperate with the partners
• Prepare proposals with the support of SiPearl’s stakeholders and in collaboration with involved partners under the responsibility of the project coordinator
• Analyze the feedback received on any submitted proposal
• Manage DoA and more generally the submission-to-signature workflow on the participant portal
• Prepare the Grant Agreement and Consortium Agreement with SiPearl legal department
• Prepare smooth transition to Post-Award project team
• Maintain the budget projections for the business plan and update the resource activity forecast
• Document the processes and methodology for managing the proposals from the preparation to award decision
• Create and enrich a knowledge database to improve efficiency in preparing proposals
• Provide regular reports and updates on calls funnel to SiPearl management

What would make you succeed in this role

• Master degree in science and ideally in computer science (or relevant field)
• 5+ years of project management in international or multi-cultural context, including experience in facing public institutions, clients and diverse stakeholders from science, industrial, technical, political, academia domains
• You have a proven experience of working within a compliance framework with a strict respect of deadlines
• You can prioritize and multitask between projects
• You are proactive in building strong relationships with diverse stakeholders and foster cross functional collaboration
• You can delegate while controlling quality
• You can embrace new challenges and act within ability for strategical thinking
• You have appetite for innovation and understanding new technologies
• You have excellent communication skills and are proficient in English, both written and spoken
• Proficiency in Spanish or German would be highly appreciated

Dear candidate, even if you consider you do not fulfill all the qualifications mentioned above, please still apply and share with us why you believe you would be a good fit.

Recruitment process

• Discovery interview with our Talent Acquisition Partner (30 min)
• AssessFirst personality test - no need to worry, there is no wrong or right answer; our goal is to see beyond your resume (45')
• 2 Technical interviews (1h each)
• Interview with one HRBP in order to answer to your last questions (30 min)

Benefits and conditions :

• Contract : Permanent Contract (CDI)
• Benefits : annual bonus; meal vouchers (60% covered by SiPearl); health insurance (70% covered by SiPearl); 5 days per year of remote work from any EU location;

illimited access and pre-paid sessions with a practitioner of your choice on our mental health partner app, moka.care; technical, linguistic and personal development trainings; BSPCE

• Work model : Hybrid (2 days / week remote)
• Office : This role is open for our locations in France (Maisons-Laffitte, Massy, Grenoble and Sophia Antipolis), Spain (Barcelona) and Germany (Duisburg)
• Awesome activities such as : Hackathons, Training Challenges, Quarterly Kick-off sessions, team events, Company events and much more

Please note that while we do not provide VISA Sponsorship, we are committed to assisting international candidates with the visa application process to the best of our ability.

Are you curious to learn more about us?

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• Get updated about our recruiting activities : Sipearl careers webpage
• Get to know a bit more about our team culture : Welcome to the jungle

At SiPearl, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that thrives on the strength of varied perspectives and backgrounds.

We recruit talent based on merit, experience, and alignment with our company's goals and values.