Would you like to become the leading project manager for a European research and innovation consortium about new AI-based hearing technology? Are you able to drive large-scale projects within a complex landscape of many European stakeholders?
Then this position may be an excellent fit for you.
We are seeking a senior project manager for a fixed‑term, three‑year appointment to coordinate and manage the EU‑funded research and innovation project WeHear
, which aims to create future hearing solutions for smart glasses. WeHear
brings together a multidisciplinary consortium of leading academic and industrial partners across Europe working in hearing research, audiovisual AI, egocentric vision, spatial audio technology, neuromorphic sensing, and cognitive science. The project’s mission is to create next-generation audio-visual hearing assistive solutions that use video to identify and enhance relevant sounds in order to help people with hearing loss communicate in everyday noisy environments.
As senior project manager, you will play a central role in ensuring effective governance, high‑quality project execution, contractual compliance, and scientific impact across the consortium. You will be working closely with the EU, the Project Coordinator, Executive Board, and work package leaders across Europe.
The job
The senior project manager will be responsible for the day‑to‑day leadership and coordination of the project and acts as the primary interface with the European Commission. Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and coordinating the project’s governance structures (General Assembly and Executive Board), ensuring efficient decision‑making and communication across the consortium
- Acting as the primary contact with the European Commission and ensuring alignment with Horizon Europe requirements
- Managing the Grant Agreement and Consortium Agreement, ensuring partner compliance with contractual, legal, and administrative obligations
- Coordinating the preparation, review, and submission of deliverables, periodic reports, and financial statements, and supporting partners in financial and reporting procedures
- Monitoring project progress against the work plan, milestones, and KPIs, identifying risks or delays and coordinating corrective actions
- Developing and maintaining the project’s risk management and mitigation plan and coordinating ethics procedures in collaboration with the project’s Ethics Advisor
- Coordinating the External Expert Advisory Board and supporting strategic scientific and innovation alignment
- Overseeing the project’s Data Management Plan, ensuring compliance with FAIR principles, GDPR, and EC Open Science requirements
- Supporting intellectual property management, innovation activities, and exploitation planning across the consortium
- Leading dissemination and communication activities, including the Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of Results, and representing the project in EU networks and clustering activities
Our expectations of you
We are looking for a highly qualified and proactive professional with:
- Experience managing EU‑funded research and innovation projects or major research initiatives, preferably Horizon Europe
- Strong expertise in project governance, reporting, financial coordination, and EU compliance
- Proven ability to work with large, multidisciplinary, international consortia
- Excellent organisational, documentation, and communication skills in English
- The ability to operate independently and take leadership responsibility in a complex project environment
As a person, you are skilled at building bridges and thrive in a role where not everything is defined in advance. You are analytical, structured, decisive and enjoy working in a research environment with many stakeholders. Experience with research projects in AI, digital health, or advanced sensing technologies is considered an advantage.
As a formal qualification, you must hold a master’s degree.
What we offer in return
We offer an exciting position with significant autonomy in a research field of immense importance for future developments in hearing technology. You will have a key role in an ambitious research project with substantial visibility. Your work will play a key role in the successful execution of the WeHear project and thereby contribute directly to the development of future hearing technologies with the potential to improve the quality of life and well-being of millions of people with hearing loss. You will become part of an exciting international research environment, working closely with senior researchers, engineers, and industrial partners across Europe.
The position is placed at DTU, Department of Health Technology, at the Hearing Systems Section. The Hearing Systems Section offers a stimulating and highly international environment with close interactions between academic and management staff and students of a wide range of disciplines and nationalities. The section characterized by high professional standards, strong collegiality, and a positive working atmosphere.
Salary and appointment terms
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC).
The period of employment is 3 years.
The workplace is DTU Lyngby Campus.
Application and contact
Please submit your online application no later than 1 July 2026 (23:59 Danish time).
Open the “Apply now” link, fill out the form and attach your motivated application, CV and exam certificates.
If you would like additional information about the position, please contact Associate Professor Jens Hjortkjær jhjort@dtu.dk
or Assistant Professor Axel Ahrens aahr@dtu.dk
.
Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology, which is subject to special rules for security and export control, open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.
DTU Health Tech
creates health technology to improve health and well-being for humans in collaboration with companies, hospitals as well as national and international researchers. The cross-disciplinarity at the department, which includes mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry and biology, provides the foundation for new and innovative technology for the future. The Hearing Systems Section conducts research in auditory signal processing and perception, speech communication, audiology, objective measures of auditory function, computational models of hearing, hearing instrument signal processing, and multi-sensory perception. Our goal is to increase our understanding of the human auditory system and to provide insights that are useful for technical and clinical applications. The section offers outstanding infrastructure and facilities, including a multi-speaker anechoic Audiovisual Immersion Lab (AVIL) for acoustic virtual reality, state-of-the art physiology and psychoacoustics facilities, and dedicated communication laboratories.
DTU – For the benefit of society since 1829
DTU is one of Europe's leading elite technical universities. Through research and education at an international top level, we create solutions to the major societal challenges of our time and help secure Europe's global leadership in sustainable technological development. Since Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU almost 200 years ago, our mission has remained the same: We develop and create value through the natural and technical sciences for the benefit of society. DTU has 13,800 students, 1,600 PhD students, and 6,500 employees. We work in an international environment and have an inclusive, stimulating, and informal work culture. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland and collaborates with the best universities around the world.
