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Deputy Director (f/m/x) for ITERM

Helmholtz Zentrum München

City:

Neuherberg

Country:

Germany

Our mission as research center: Discover personalized medical solutions for environmentally triggered diseases to promote a healthier society in a rapidly changing world.

The newly established Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (ITERM) develops and implements 3D imaging technologies to enable development of personalized medicine for complicated diseases including cancer, neurodegeneration and metabolic disorders. At ITERM, we bring together cutting-edge science from biology, chemistry, engineering, and computer applications. Our overarching aim is to study biological systems as a whole in an unbiased way. We use deep learning-based algorithms (AI) to analyze large imaging and molecular data.

We are seeking a highly motivated and talented PI level scientist (at least 3 years of experience as a group leader) or senior postdoc (at least 4 years of experience in guiding projects and students) (f/m/x) to act as the Deputy Director of our Institute.

Deputy Director (f/m/x) for ITERM

101434

Full time

Neuherberg near Munich

professionals, management and executives

Your responsibilities

Support the development of strategic institutional targets, mentor students, and help manuscript preparations

Management of diverse scientific projects and grants

Develop and write grant applications for the institute and coordinate and manage the post-award activities including communication with multiple academic / legal partners

Support hiring process for new talents and the communication with HR

Support the activities around our spin-off

Your qualifications

A PhD in life or computer sciences field and several years of postdoctoral experience in a relevant field (i.e: in vivo mouse work, cell culture, organoids, omics, nanotechnology, 3D bioprinting)

Extensive experience in supervising PhD students and postdocs

Broad experience in project management and grant applications

Demonstrated aptitude to organize, coordinate and write scientific reports, manuscripts, and grant applications

Finally, excellent communication skills in English, team player mentality, independence and problem-solving skills are expected

What we offer you

work-life balance

flexible working hours and working-time models

continuous education and training

30 days annual leave

on-site health management service

home office options

on-site nursery and holiday care

elder care

company pension scheme

discounted public transport ticket

Munich, with its numerous lakes and its vicinity to the Alps, is considered to be one of the cities with the best quality of life worldwide. With its first-class universities and world-leading research institutions it offers an intellectually stimulating environment. ITERM is an interdisciplinary and international team (17 nationalities and 24 members). Our working language is English.

Our research received high attention from high-profile scientific journals (Nature Methods Pan, Cai…Ertürk, 2016; Nature Neuroscience Cai, Pan…Ertürk, 2018; Cell Pan, Schoppe…Ertürk, 2019; Cell Zhao…Ertürk, 2020; Nature Methods Todorov, Paetzold…Ertürk, 2020) and media including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Süddeutsche Zeitung. You can find more about us at www.erturk-lab.com

and https://twitter.com/erturklab.

Provided that the prerequisites are fulfilled, a salary level up to E 14 is possible. Social benefits are based on the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD). The position is (initially) limited to two years, under certain circumstances an extension can be arranged.

To promote diversity, we welcome applications from talented people regardless of gender, cultural background, nationality, ethnicity, sexual identity, physical abilities, religion, and age. Qualified applicants with physical disabilities will be given preference. If you have obtained a university degree abroad, we require further documents from you regarding the recognition of the degree. Please request the recognition as early as possible.

Interested?

If you have further questions, simply contact

Hr. Dr. Ali Ertürk, Tel. 089 3187-43234, who will be happy to be of assistance.

Helmholtz Zentrum München

Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)

ITERM Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Ingolstädter Landstraße 1

85764 Oberschleißheim

Award for excellent gender equality policy for women and men. Helmholtz Zentrum München is particularly committed to promoting professional equality between women and men. It therefore aims to increase the proportion of the underrepresented sex in the respective field.

The Helmholtz Zentrum München is part of the Helmholtz Association, Germany’s largest scientific organization. Altogether 42,000 people currently work in its 19 scientific-technical and biological-medical research centers. The Association’s annual budget amounts to around five billion euros.

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