Manager, Corporate Relations

at  Aalto University

Aalto University is where science and art meet technology and business. We shape a sustainable future by making research breakthroughs in and across our disciplines, sparking the game changers of tomorrow and creating novel solutions to major global challenges. Our community is made up of 13 000 students, 400 professors and close to 4 500 other faculty and staff working on our dynamic campus in Espoo, Greater Helsinki, Finland. Diversity is part of who we are, and we actively work to ensure our community’s diversity and inclusiveness. This is why we warmly encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to join our community.
Are you passionate about win-win partnerships in research, education and innovation?
We are now looking for a Manager, Corporate Relations for the School of Electrical Engineering
We are looking for a pro-active and organized professional to join our dynamic
Corporate Relations team
which focuses on creating societal impact with industry partners and the whole Aalto community.
Your role and goals
In our team you will be a key contributor in identifying new local and international industry partners for Aalto University. You will be doing business development activities with the support of our academics and the corporate relations team. Additionally, you will also concentrate on systematically elevating several existing smaller industry collaborations to the next level and help our researchers to find new industry contacts.
In addition, you might also oversee one of our strategic partnerships, characterized by a long-term collaboration history and significant volume. You will be ensuring continued favorable development of the relationship and actively pursuing new collaboration possibilities. You will work very closely with professors and scientists across schools and with Aalto’s top management when organizing steering group and CEO level meetings. To be successful, you need a positive and proactive attitude towards the task at hand and towards people.
You will take an active role in initiating and contributing to further development of Aalto’s corporate collaboration offerings, processes, communications and ways of operating. Your adeptness in maintaining satisfaction among our industry partners and internal academic customers will be paramount. You support the School and its leadership team in their mission to systematically foster the mindset and engagement of academics toward innovation and corporate cooperation activities.
Your experience and ambitions
You are a quick learner and with a keen interest in technologies and new collaboration opportunities. You are a solid team player but you are also great in performing tasks and meet deadlines independently. You work well across matrix organization and engage effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds. As a hands-on person you execute tasks effectively from inception to completion. While humble, you are also courageous enough to demand a response from busy leaders and academics. To be successful in your role, you need a friendly and proactive attitude towards tasks and people, combined with pragmatism and a good sense of humor.

To succeed in this role you need:

• master’s degree or equivalent is required, but we strongly appreciate Ph.D., preferably with subject matter expertise.
• Preferably experience in working in research, development, and innovation heavy environment such as universities and/or technology industry (telecom, automation, electrical engineering, artificial intelligence). Own prior R&D experience is considered as a strength, but is not the requirement.
• Experience of partner/account management and successfully prospecting new partners in Finland and internationally.
• Excellent command in English and preferably fluency in Finnish.
• Knowledge of relevant funding instruments.
• Excellent organizational and collaborative skills, as well as interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills.
• An open mind for various work tasks and helping the school’s management team to reach ambitious goals.
• Experience using a CRM system and implementing co-marketing activities with partners, is a plus.

What we offer

Aalto University is committed in ambitiously building a sustainable future and offers you a chance to contribute to realizing our vision as a member of our team. We offer you a versatile and challenging position in a multicultural academic environment and an opportunity to develop your own expertise in corporate relations. The work is located at our vibrant and beautiful campus in Otaniemi with good connections through public transportation.

• Meaningful and inspiring environment. We are proud of our purpose to shape a sustainable future. We spark the game changers of tomorrow, and renew society with research-based knowledge, creativity and an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Culture that inspires and includes everyone. All our work is guided by the values of the university: responsibility, courage, and collaboration. It’s the people that create Aalto, now and in the future. We want to be an open community where equality and inclusion enable curiosity, innovation, collaboration and wellbeing.
• Responsible and meaningful role with true impact in our University’s/ School’s success, and in the end, in the wellbeing and development of our society.

We work in a hybrid way, and the primary workplace is Otaniemi, Espoo. The Otaniemi campus is a thriving and connected community of 100 nationalities, 13,000 students and 4,500 employees. Life at the transformed campus is vibrant and filled with amazing architecture, calming nature, and a variety of cafes, restaurants, services and good connections along the recently opened metro line. We offer health services and other wellbeing benefits and innovative and supportive environment for developing your career and competences.
The School of Electrical Engineering
promotes high-quality science, technology and innovation for the benefit of the Finnish society and humanity as a whole. In our research environment, the natural sciences, engineering, and information technology intertwine to form smart systems and innovations that save energy and promote well-being. With our research, we seek to address many challenges posed by sustainable development and the results are applied, for example, in mobile devices, electrical networks, health care and in satellites. The school’s special strength is linking the research with the Finnish and international business sector. We currently enroll approximately 2000 students, and award around 250 master’s and 50 doctoral degrees annually. Our staff consists of over 700 individuals, including more than 70 professors.
Ready to apply?
If you want to join our community, please submit your application with a motivation letter and CV in one single pdf through our recruitment system at latest on 16th October, 2024. We will start interviews already during this time period. Applications without a motivation letter will not be read.
If you already work at Aalto University, please apply via our internal Workday system.
This is a permanent position.
If you wish to hear more about the position, you can reach out to Outi Toijala, Head of Corporate Relations, +358 050 544 7096.
We do not respond to email enquiries.
Want to know more about us and your future colleagues? You can watch these videos:
Aalto University – Towards a better world
,
Aalto People , and
Shaping a Sustainable Future.
Check out our new virtual campus experience:
https://virtualtour.aalto.fi/
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Aalto.fi
youtube.com/user/aaltouniversity
linkedin.com/school/aalto-university/
www.facebook.com/aaltouniversity
instagram.com/aaltouniversity
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• master’s degree or equivalent is required, but we strongly appreciate Ph.D., preferably with subject matter expertise.
• Preferably experience in working in research, development, and innovation heavy environment such as universities and/or technology industry (telecom, automation, electrical engineering, artificial intelligence). Own prior R&D experience is considered as a strength, but is not the requirement.
• Experience of partner/account management and successfully prospecting new partners in Finland and internationally.
• Excellent command in English and preferably fluency in Finnish.
• Knowledge of relevant funding instruments.
• Excellent organizational and collaborative skills, as well as interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills.
• An open mind for various work tasks and helping the school’s management team to reach ambitious goals.
• Experience using a CRM system and implementing co-marketing activities with partners, is a plus