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Development and Operation Director

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Location
Athens or Pisa
Working Time
Full time
Level
Senior

Overview

OpenAIRE is looking for a Development and Operation Director, responsible for overseeing the technical roadmap planning, developments, and high-quality delivery of the OpenAIRE infrastructure data and services, namely the OpenAIRE Research Graph and the added-value end-user applications OpenOrgs, PROVIDE, DEVELOP, EXPLORE, MONITOR, CONNECT, Observatory, and UsageCounts.


The activity will be carried out in strict collaboration with the OpenAIRE Chief Technology Officer and the Team Leaders of all the OpenAIRE products.

Activities include, in collaboration with the CTO:

  • Definition and implementation of the technical roadmap with respect to the activities in various projects, MoUs, collaborations, and the OpenAIRE grand vision;
  • Managing development activities in projects and supervising relationships with stakeholders and customers;
  • Coordinating team leaders and members to ensure maximum performance, dedication, and personal satisfaction;
  • Supervising the system infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency
  • Adaptation and balancing of the available resources to ensure optimal delivery;
  • Coordination of development tasks across different product development teams;
  • Solving complex technical problems, by breaking them down into logical streams or sprints;
  • Establishing standards on technological best practices for the development and deployment of software
  • Identifying technology trends, opportunities, and risks that may favor or impede the delivery and success of the infrastructure
  • Setting comprehensive goals to measure performance and goals

We expect a solid background in:

  • Distributed and parallel system architectures;
  • Service and data interoperability;
  • Software development (quality, continuous deployment, distributed teams);
  • Data management, aggregation, and analysis;
  • Team management;
  • Roadmap planning and delivery.

What we offer

  • A lively international environment, formed by people across different European countries and organisations, collaborating with hundreds of research organizations and service providers worldwide;
  • Experience in the growing sectors of Open Science and cutting-edge Open Source technologies and digital services for scholarly communication;
  • The salary ranges from 50,000 EUR to 65,000 EUR gross annually, depending on the level of entry experience
  • The position requires regular presence at the offices in Pisa (Italy) or Athens (Greece).

Application deadline: December 7, 2024, at 12:00 CET

OpenAIRE reserves the right to withdraw this job announcement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

How to apply

If you're interested in applying for this position, submit your application and cover letter explaining your motivations to apply and how you meet the requirements outlined above to amke [at] openaire.eu.
Please note that we do not issue or fund a working VISA for Europe.

About OpenAIRE

OpenAIRE is a non-profit organisation (working from 2008, but establlished as a legal entity in 2018 with 47 members from 34 countries) operating an open scholalry communication infrastructure in Europe. Our services are used by resarchers and actors in the R&I ecosystem around the world.

OpenAIRE headquarter is based in Athens, Greece, but operates a virtual office of 18 staff members, a technical team of 30+ developers and engineers in Pisa (Italy), Athens (Greece), Warsaw (Poland), Geneva (Switzerland), Minho (Portugal), and a network of 34 Open Science experts placed in every European country,

An equal opportunity employer

Here at OpenAIRE we believe in equality & diversity. OpenAIRE ensures equal opportunities, treatment and access to all candidates regardless of their sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation.
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Ioanna Giannaki

Our office manager will acknowledge the receipt of your application, will forward any questions you might have to the responsible team member, and will ensure your application is processed within the advertised deadlines. 

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