Partnership Relations Officer (M/F)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

We are recruiting a Partnership Relations Officer (M/F). You will join the Centre Ingénierie Projets (CIP) of the Direction des Grands Projets of Lyon 1 Université, which ensures the engineering and management of structuring research and training projects. You will join the steering team of the SHAPE-Med@Lyon project, composed of 3 scientific coordinators, a project manager, a support officer, an administrative and financial assistant, and a communication officer. Your missions:

• Identify, develop, and monitor partnerships with local authorities, private actors, and civil society to develop project actions and increase the visibility of the global health site.
• Define the strategy for the valorization of research projects funded by SHAPE-Med@Lyon.
• Represent the establishment and manage relations with institutional, industrial, funding partners, and innovation actors.
• Contribute to the sustainability of SHAPE-Med@Lyon.
• Work in synergy with the establishment's global health initiatives.
• Participate in the construction of a partnership relations department at Lyon 1 Université and contribute to the peer community.

Main activities:

• Advise the Board of SHAPE-Med@Lyon on research valorization, in connection with the scientific policy of the Lyon-Saint-Étienne site.
• Develop national partnerships (notably with ExcellencES projects) and international partnerships (e.g., One Health cities alliance).
• Negotiate structuring and strategic partnerships (framework agreements, joint laboratories...).
• Organize the operational chain of partnership and valorization: awareness and training of researchers, detection of innovative projects, valorization methods, and intellectual property management.
• Support the deployment of the One Health axis actions of the Contrat Local de Santé of the Ville de Lyon, led by SHAPE-Med@Lyon.
• Defend the scientific, legal, economic, and financial interests of the units and the establishment.
• Support project leaders in business creation.
• Develop a prospecting strategy and maintain a contact database.
• Participate in project setup and the search for co-financing or contracts.
• Work with valorization structures (Pulsalys, Inserm-Transfert, PUI Impulse...) and actors of the Lyon innovation ecosystem.

Specific software or hardware used: Pack Office / Other management tools

REQUIRED PROFILE:

Expected skills:

• Initiate and conduct partnerships
• Manage a network
• Manage a project
• Play a role of advice or decision support
• Know how to represent the establishment
• Conduct a negotiation
• Ensure monitoring
• Build and maintain a performance evaluation system
• Manage service providers

Knowledge:

• Research and innovation policy of an academic establishment
• Management techniques
• Negotiation techniques
• Knowledge of one of the SHAPE-Med research areas would be a plus
• Organization and functioning of higher education and public research
• Professional environment and networks
• Project management methodology
• Proficiency in written and spoken English

Soft skills:

• Autonomy and sense of initiative
• Ability to develop a strategic vision
• Versatility
• Rigor and reactivity
• Sense of organization and anticipation
• Interpersonal skills and teamwork in an international context
• Respect for data confidentiality
• Ability to inform and report to superiors

Desired experience level: between 1 and 3 years in the scientific field, in a specialized firm, or in a research valorization service.

Position available on 01/11/2026 The position is open to category A IGR contract workers Gross monthly remuneration: €3,012.21 By joining Lyon 1 Université, you can benefit from:

• 48.5 days of annual leave, from the first academic year, possible adjustment of working time to 4.5 days, 37h30 / week, the possibility of having regular and/or occasional teleworking days, under certain conditions,
• participation in the reimbursement of transport costs, sustainable mobility allowance, complementary health insurance costs up to €15/month,...
• access to social action benefits, access to nursery and leisure center services located on the Lyon Tech La Doua campus
• access to the university's artistic and sporting activities, preferential leisure rates,
• possibilities for internal professional development (competitive exams, mobility, continuing education, and professional career paths)
• catering on campus with financial participation from the university