EU Proposal Writer, Funding Specialist

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🇬🇷 Greece – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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AI2CYBER

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2023

🎖️ Defense

💼 Consulting

🔒 Cybersecurity

Defense • Consulting • Cybersecurity

AI2CYBER is an innovative technology startup specializing in AI-driven cybersecurity solutions. The company focuses on developing advanced tools for dynamic threat mitigation, leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance threat detection and response capabilities. With a commitment to staying ahead of evolving cyber threats, AI2CYBER equips organizations with continuous threat monitoring and proactive defense strategies, ensuring comprehensive protection for their digital assets and privacy.

📋 Description

• Identify and assess relevant funding opportunities across Horizon Europe, Digital Europe, EDF, Eurostars and cascade funding calls. • Analyse call documents, expected outcomes and evaluation criteria, and recommend aligned opportunities. • Develop project concepts and write complete proposals covering technical excellence, methodology, implementation, impact, exploitation and dissemination. • Work with technical specialists to describe the state of the art, proposed innovation, use cases, validation activities and technology readiness levels. • Structure work packages, tasks, deliverables, milestones, performance indicators and risk management plans. • Identify potential partners, support consortium development and coordinate contributions from companies, research organisations and stakeholders. • Prepare project budgets, effort allocations and supporting financial information with finance and technical teams. • Support EDF proposal preparation, including call-specific requirements and eligibility, consortium and security-related checks. • Manage submission schedules, supporting documents and application platforms; check completeness, consistency and compliance. • Support clarification requests, grant preparation and handover of successful proposals to the project delivery team. • Maintain proposal records and reusable material, analyse evaluation feedback and improve future submissions. • Work directly with technical teams developing AI2CYBER’s cybersecurity technologies and delivering specialist security services.

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrable experience writing and submitting European funding proposals, with clear personal responsibility for substantive sections or complete applications. • Excellent written English and the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly and persuasively. • Working knowledge of cybersecurity, including cyber threat intelligence, application security, vulnerability management, security operations and critical infrastructure protection. • Understanding of AI and machine learning concepts, including generative AI, intelligent automation, trustworthy AI and the security of AI systems. • Familiarity with quantum technologies and their security implications, particularly quantum computing, post-quantum cryptography and quantum-safe communications. • Knowledge of the European Defence Fund, including its research and development focus, call documentation, proposal requirements, evaluation approach and consortium considerations. • Ability to connect technical objectives with measurable outcomes, implementation plans, budgets and exploitation opportunities. • Strong research, organisational and stakeholder coordination skills, with the ability to manage parallel deadlines and maintain document quality. • Confidence working independently while actively seeking input and validation from technical and business colleagues. • A substantive contribution to proposals selected for funding, particularly in cybersecurity, AI, quantum technologies or defence. • Direct involvement in EDF proposal writing or consortium development. • Experience with defence research, dual-use technologies or collaboration with industrial partners and research institutions. • Familiarity with the EU Funding & Tenders Portal and other funding submission platforms. • Experience developing exploitation strategies, business cases, intellectual property approaches and commercialisation plans. • Experience supporting grant preparation, project reporting or technical deliverables after a funding award.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive remuneration, with periodic reviews. • Involvement in European research initiatives and challenging technology projects. • Professional development alongside experienced cybersecurity, AI and engineering specialists. • Access to learning materials and company resources. • The equipment and software needed to perform your role effectively. • An informal working environment without a prescribed dress code.

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