Senior Manager, Project Management

EBRAINS is a European digital research infrastructure for brain research developed by the EC-funded Human Brain Project. Its ambition is to be an enabler of brain science in Europe, offering state-of-the art resources of data, models, tools and computing platforms to the scientific community.
EBRAINS is currently entering a new phase, further developing its service offering, gaining maturity and robustness, improving its user experience, and broadening the community of neuroscientists and developers who benefit from its resources and services. This fixed term and hybrid position reports to Head of Project Team and Institutional Relations and is based in the EBRAINS office in Brussels, Belgium.

Project manager F/M (this position is based in Belgium)

Planning and monitoring a consortium-wide engagement effort, and reporting the activities to the Project leadership and funders of all the EC projects in the portfolio of EBRAINS and in line with the project’s timelines (this applies to all the activities: of all the EC projects in the portfolio of EBRAINS and in line with the project’s timelines)
• Manage the activities, ensuring the implementation of the Work Plan, anticipating divergences and
Take the lead, plan, and manage coordination activities. Ensure that the various participants are informed and feel that their voices are heard in the planning of management and coordination activities.
• Organize and chair meetings with the teams, partners, and with other related stakeholders in the projects. Lead on, manage, and design the processes, and tools ecosystem supporting the Quality Control (QC),
monitoring, and performance management framework in order to provide actionable insights for projects steering, increase information sharing across the projects, and decrease the administrative effort required for reporting and monitoring
• Manage directly the coordination, monitoring and reporting for Milestones, KPIs, Risks, Publications,
Ensure timely delivery of project-related financial data for monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
• Support creation of standardized templates for budgeting, forecasting, and reporting together with finance team
• Regularly review and analyze projects monitoring and reporting data to detect trends and mitigate risks,
Manage the preparation and continuous improvement of visualization tools and dashboards

Master’s degree in a field relevant to the position
~4-8 years of experience in management of European projects, preferably for an academic institution or a non-profit organization and in the science fields
~ Proven writing skills and track record of drafting content for different communications channels (e.g., website, social media, press releases)
~ Excellent speaking and writing/editing skills in English
~ Good command of MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Adobe Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Premier)
~ Experience working under consultancy contracts with EU-funded projects is an advantage
~ A can-do attitude, eagerness to grow and to learn, and will do so proactively by own initiative through the guidance of manager and team members


The EBRAINS AISBL team plays a central role in the EBRAINS research infrastructure in Europe and worldwide. We are a young, dynamic, interdisciplinary and international team. Work in the team involves open feedback, with opportunities for additional training to improve our skills.
Deadline for application : 13.12.2025
Duration of contract: end 2026
Contract type: Please specify in your application whether you are interested in a fixed-term employment contract or a consultancy agreement.
Applications that do not comply with this request will not be considered.