Project Manager for the Innovation Unit

REF. 25-187_MS_LT

About the research group

The Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) is a research center in biomedicine promoted by the Bellvitge University Hospital and the Viladecans Hospital, both from the Catalan Health Institute, the Catalan Institute of Oncology, University of Barcelona and L’Hospitalet de Llobregat city council. In 2017, the Center for Regenerative Medicine of Barcelona (CMR[B]), now part of IDIBELL, launched the Program for Advancing the Clinical Translation of Regenerative Medicine of Catalonia (P-CMR[C]) together with IDIBELL.

IDIBELL research is focused in cancer, neuroscience, translational medicine and regenerative medicine. Research, innovation and society are the axes on which researchers work every day with the goal of improving the quality of life of citizens. IDIBELL is located in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, south of Barcelona.

The Innovation Unit is part of the Business Development and Innovation Area at Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL). The Business Development and Innovation Area is responsible for enhancing the value of innovative projects that are generated to IDIBELL to promote the establishment of translational research-industry collaborations.

The main responsibilities of the Unit are to identify and promote scientific and innovative projects that can be provided by the Campus through the identification and search for research results, the management of licenses and patents, the promotion of the innovative culture and the transfer of IDIBELL's knowledge, with the final aim of ensuring the valorization of the results.

IDIBELL is currently seeking an Innovation Manager who is passionate about supporting the knowledge and technology transfer process of innovative projects on campus and supporting IDIBELL’s role in the UMBRELLA consortium. The UMBRELLA (Unleashing a CoMprehensive, Holistic and Patient Centric Stroke Management for a Better, Rapid, AdvancEd and PersonaLised Stroke Diagnosis, TreAtment and Outcome Prediction) project aims to revolutionise stroke management by implementing a comprehensive approach that addresses gaps along the whole continuum of the stroke care pathway. UMBRELLA is a holistic approach to progress, reshape, and benchmark the overall stroke care pathway and set new and improved standards of care in terms of primary and secondary prevention, rapid access to treatments, early accurate diagnosis, stratification, management and real-time monitoring, therapeutic targets identification, and rehabilitation, recurrent stroke and related cardiovascular events.

IDIBELL as an EATRIS expert center will support the roadmap development to regulatory compliance and future certification for selected stroke cases’ management and the UMBRELLA FL-platform.

This role involves managing cutting-edge research projects with significant potential for market transfer and bringing these ideas from concept to market. Our Business Development and Innovation Area is committed to translating new knowledge into tangible solutions that address public health needs effectively by fostering public-private collaborations and entrepeneurship.

About the role

• Participate in the process of evaluating innovative projects at scientific, technical and market perspective.
• Knowing the activity of research groups of the Campus to identify innovative projects.
• Order, manage and prioritize the projects and patents of the Innovation Unit.
• Evaluate and stablish technology transfer channels.
• Develop preliminary regulatory roadmaps for medical devices and in vitro diagnostics in the UMBRELLA framework.
• Prepare roadmaps, advise and support innovation projects to increase their market value.
• Drafting of commercial arguments of the projects.
• Develop business cases for projects.
• Draft and negotiation of collaborative agreements.
• Draft competitive calls to present innovation projects
• Regular contact and support to principal investigators and their teams
• Attending innovation congresses and participating in the technology transfer strategy.
• Promotion of the institution's innovation portfolio. Networking with companies and trading partners.

Job requirements

Professional experience

• Previous experience in similar roles, minimum 2 years
• Customer and results orientation
• Proactivity, initiative, relational skills and restlessness of improvement
• Knowledge, skills and professional experience in the areas of Biotechnology or biomedical research.

Education and training

•  University degree in life sciences

Technical & soft skills

• Project Management
• Good command of Microsoft Office
• Communicative and organizing skills, flexible, with autonomous work and responsible
• Critical Thinking
• Teamwork
• Autonomy
• Negotiation

Languages

• Good command of the English, Spanish and Catalan languages

We will value, but not required

• Previous experience in healthcare research and technology transfer
• Ph.D. in the field of life sciences
• Previous experience in innovation management and innovation training
• Knowledge of intellectual property rights, patents and market-driven databases
• Knowledge or experience in IP protection
• Business development dxperience

What do we offer

•  No. of positions: 1
•  Estimated start date: 01/01/2026
•  Contract duration: Permanent by project
•  Estimated annual gross salary: The salary will be in accordance with IDIBELL's salary scales and the experience provided.
•  You will be part of a multicultural team. We have a fun loving and friendly international work environment.
•  Flexible working schedule - We know you have a life outside of work and we will work with you to make sure it's kept that way.
•  Possibility to work some days in remote -Teleworking
•  26 working days of holiday per year
•  System of accumulated hours for employees, from 88 to 104 hours depending on the year (11 to 13 working days), to attend to personal matters.
•  Paid leave package
•  Benefits of constant training are offered
•  We offer and promote diverse and inclusive conditions. Applicants are made free from any discrimination. Specifically IDIBELL works to improve gender equality in all areas with the aim of achieving gender balance, but maintaining the most scrupulous respect to any choice at the level of gender identity. Please express yourself freely, safely and non-binarily, if that's the case.

Deadline: Please submit your application by  25/12/2025

Data protection notice

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Our institute

IDIBELL is a research center that integrates the biomedical research of the Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), and the University of Barcelona in the Bellvitge Campus (UB), and the Viladecans Hospital (HV). The research focuses of IDIBELL are cancer, neuroscience, translational medicine and regenerative medicine. Research, innovation and society are the pivots on which researchers work every day in order to improve the quality of life of citizens.

Observations:

The 'HR Excellence in Research' award represents IDIBELL’s commitment to the implementation of Human Resources policies, which oversee the attracting and development of talent in an open, transparent, and based on personal merit, in alignment with the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment Researchers (Charter and Code).

IDIBELL is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the implementation of open, transparent and merit-based recruitment (OTMR).