Innovation Consultant – Manufacturing
Pubblicato il 11-09-2026 - PNO Innovation in Roma
Are you passionate about advanced manufacturing, industrial innovation, and strengthening Europe’s industrial competitiveness? At PNO Innovation, we turn ambitious ideas into funded, high impact projects. As a leading European innovation and funding consultancy, we support organisations in accessing and managing major EU programmes such as HORIZON Europe, the Innovation Fund, RFCS, and LIFE, with a strong focus on industrial transformation and technological excellence.
We are looking for a driven Innovation Consultant to join our Manufacturing team in Italy. You will collaborate with leading manufacturing companies, technology providers, and research organisations to develop competitive EU funded projects that accelerate industrial innovation, digitalisation, sustainability, and process optimisation.
What are you going to do?
As an Innovation Consultant, you will bridge the gap between industrial innovation and EU funding success. Your core responsibility will be writing and coordinating competitive EU proposals, ensuring technical excellence, strategic positioning,
and strong industrial impact.
You will work closely with manufacturing clients to structure high quality projects in areas such as advanced manufacturing, Industry 4.0, digitalisation, automation, circular production systems, energy efficient manufacturing, and low carbon industrial processes.
Develop, write, and coordinate high quality grant proposals under HORIZON Europe, the Innovation Fund, and CEF.
Lead proposal development processes, ensuring excellence in technical content, impact, and implementation sections.
Provide strategic consulting to manufacturing clients on innovation strategy and EU funding opportunities.
Translate industrial roadmaps and technical concepts into competitive EU project proposals.
Support consortium building, stakeholder alignment, and proposal coordination activities.
Advise clients on navigating EU funding landscapes and selecting the right instruments.
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