You are passionate about serious games, simulations and immersive media and would love to apply this to Marine Spatial Planning, Ocean Governance, Offshore Renewables or Marine Ecology. Use your skills to connect students, industry and colleagues during the Cradle projects (Cradle is the research and development lab at Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas)). As a Senior R&D Programme Manager (0.8-1FTE) you will be working near the city centre of Breda, on a green, sustainable and high-tech campus at a top-ranked academy interconnected with the industry. Are you ready to co-lead the development of serious games and immersive media innovations?
About our Research & Development (R&D) programme
The R&D programme on Digital Realities is organised in three professorships: Serious Games, Entertainment Games and Immersive Media. Together, this team of 24 enthusiastic researchers, engineers, designers and developers work in our Cradle R&D lab (see https://cradle.buas.nl) on state-of-the-art innovations in key areas such as Serious and Entertainment Games, Simulations, Digital Twins, Virtual Humans, Virtual Productions, and Immersive Media (VR, AR). We design, engineer, apply, and study these innovations to address societal challenges in energy, climate, ecology, health, broad prosperity, journalism, safety, education and more. Our national and international R&D projects are externally funded by the EU, NWO (Dutch Research Council), SIA (Taskforce for Applied Research) and other organisations, and we work with many regional, national and international partners in industry, universities, governments and society.
One key R&D area is the successful Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) Challenge simulation platform (www.mspchallenge.info) which combines with the EU Green Deal ILIAD Digital Twins for the Ocean (DITTO) initiative. For this platform, in particular, we are recruiting a Programme Manager and Lab Coordinator.
About this job
As an R&D Programme Manager and Lab Coordinator you combine your technical knowledge and expertise with a good understanding of the human and social-political dimension of decision making. You manage the Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) Challenge simulation platform.
A significant part of the work will focus on the programme and project management of the externally funded MSP Challenge/DITTO projects, including their technical development in the years to come. Depending on your background and interests there are many pathways available for personal and professional growth and development.
You will work with, and under the leadership of, the professor(s) within the overall management structure of the Academy for Games & Media (AGM) at Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas). You will form a team with two or three other Cradle programme managers. You will co-lead and manage substantial R&D projects conducted by small interdisciplinary teams of Cradle specialists and/or specialists from other BUas academies. You will also work with external R&D partners, in the Netherlands, in Europe and beyond. Excellent social and communication skills and a willingness to travel are therefore required. A demonstrated professional background in and ‘a passion for’ innovations involving AI, games and media technology is required.
Your tasks and activities will include:
Managing the execution of substantial EU and NWO R&D projects (participation in partner meetings, project reporting, etc.);
Programme management of one or two key topic areas, particularly the MSP Challenge simulation platform/DITTO;
Leading the technical development of innovations, particularly the MSP Challenge/DITTO;
Overall project management and day-to-day coordination of the Cradle project teams, including resource and capacity planning, agile and sprint sessions, leading several smaller project teams, managing deliverables, milestones, interim reporting to funders;
Contributions to applied research, such as data collection, publishing, talks;
Contributions to interactive sessions, such as serious game sessions, workshops, hackathons.
You love to work with experts and students and enjoy the benefits of working in an educational environment. BUas aims to create a stimulating workplace for both students and staff, to enable them to integrate knowledge and skills, to develop their talents to the fullest and apply these to society in a professional and responsible manner.
What do we offer?
The salary for this position amounts to a monthly minimum of € 5,122.09 and a monthly maximum of € 6,698.86 (gross amounts based on full-time employment);
This position is valued at level 12 of the CAO HBO (collective labour agreement). Your official job title will be Project Leader;
This position involves a one-year employment contract with the possibility of conversion into an indefinite employment contract;
Your commuting expenses will be fully reimbursed when you travel by public transport;
You will receive compensation for health insurance;
You will receive an end-of year benefit of 8.3% and an annual holiday allowance of 8%;
You will also be awarded professional development hours every year and almost eleven weeks of holiday entitlements in a full-time position;
You will be working at a top-ranked university of applied sciences on a green, sustainable campus near the city centre of Breda. You will work with the newest game and media technologies including photogrammetry, motion capturing and virtual productions studios, experience measurement labs and immersive media equipment;
You will be working in an attractive and friendly working environment together with enthusiastic colleagues from the industry, a highly experienced, international Research & Development team, and students from around the world;
Moving from abroad to Breda in the Netherlands? We provide support and financial reimbursements in the case of relocation and settling-in in the Netherlands. Dutch tax authorities may offer tax reduction to applicants from abroad (which makes tax rates comparable to the UK and US).
What do we ask of you?
You have a PhD in a relevant discipline, such as Technology, Policy and Management, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Innovation or Planning Studies, (Serious) Game and Immersive Media Technology, Geo Information Systems;
You have practical experience with programme and project management of complex (game and media) projects, including agile development, resource and capacity planning, partner and stakeholder management;
You have applied research skills, such as study design, data collection, publications and presentations;
You are interested in working on applied Research & Development at a university of applied sciences;
You have comprehensive knowledge on and/or affinity with working on serious games, simulations and digital twins for Marine Spatial Planning, Ocean Governance, Offshore Renewables and Marine Ecology;
You are good at multi-tasking, keeping oversight and delegating to others;
You have a positive and proactive attitude, with a team-oriented mindset;
The bachelor’s and master's programmes are entirely taught in English, and you will be working in an international and intercultural setting; therefore, having excellent verbal and written communication skills in English is a necessity;
If you do not meet all the job requirements, please feel welcome to apply anyway. If you are the right candidate, we can offer you a suitable, adapted position with matching tasks and responsibilities and a corresponding salary scale. We will then agree on a joint development path, in which you will eventually be given the tasks, responsibilities and powers that fit the job in question. At that point, you will naturally move up to the corresponding higher salary scale.
The application process
Please send us your application before 20 May 2024 via the online application form (see link on this page). Do you have any questions? Feel free to contact Igor Mayer via mayer.i@buas.nl with questions about the job itself, or recruitment@buas.nl for questions about the application process.
You will receive a reply to your application two weeks after the closing date at the latest. Among candidates with equal qualifications and experience, preference will be given to the internal candidate.
External recruiters need not inquire.
AGM2024006
Fulltime
Parttime
19-05-2024
A.s.a.p.
Breda
Mgr. Hopmansstraat 2 4817JS Breda