Head of Opportunities, Innovation and Impact Management (f/m/d)

The DFG Cluster of Excellence TransforM is inviting applications for

Head of Opportunities, Innovation and Impact

Management (f/m/d)

Up to TV-L E13/14 (depending on qualification) | Full-time or Part-Time | start date as soon as possible

Fixed-term appointment until 31 December 2028, with the possibility of extension

Employment at Technical University of Munich (TUM)

About the position

To strengthen the newly established DFG Cluster of Excellence TransforM through the systematic development

of strategic fundraising, consortium building and grant writing, the building of mentorship and training

programs for scientific researchers and the identification of additional innovative impact opportunities and

outputs, we are seeking to appoint a Head of Opportunities, Innovation and Impact Management. The successful

candidate will be a senior researcher or research management professional with substantial experience

in project and partnership development, acquisition of competitive third-party funding, career development

training and research communication and translation. The successful candidate will work closely with the Cluster’s

scientific leadership and management team, and will play a central role in shaping TransforM’s external

funding portfolio, collaborative strategy, and long-term sustainability.

About TransforM

TransforM – the Munich Center for Transformative Technologies and Societal Change – is a new social science

research cluster funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of the Excellence Strategy. TransforM

tackles the dual challenge of advancing fundamental social science for highly technologized societies and

rethinking technology development through a social science lens. As an interdisciplinary social science cluster

with a principal focus on technology, our goal is to augment current theories and methods to comprehensively

understand and help shape transformative technology to better serve diverse societal needs. Better

knowledge about why, when, and how technologies become socially transformative will enhance our ability

to assess and inform transformation pathways ‘all the way through’ – from the early stages of their emergence

to their wider socio-economic impact.

TransforM is deeply embedded in Munich’s vibrant innovation ecosystem. Anchored by two of Germany’s

leading research universities – Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU)

– as well as an exceptional concentration of non-university research institutions concerned with technology

and innovation (including the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, the Deutsches Museum,

the ifo Institute for Economic Research, the ZEW Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, and UnternehmerTUM,

among others), the cluster brings together an unrivaled depth and diversity of social science

expertise focused specifically on technology.

www.transform-cluster.de

Your Responsibilities

• Strategic development of cluster opportunities:

o Support TransforM leadership in identifying, prioritizing, and pursuing key long-term scientific,

funding, and collaboration opportunities.

Stellenlokationen:

80333 München, Arcisstr. 21, BAYERN, DEUTSCHLAND