"Strategic Collaboration Lead"

Department:

Hamilton Institute
Vacancy ID: 040683
Closing Date: 02-Apr-2026

Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued.

We are seeking a results-oriented and self-driven Strategic Collaboration Lead who will be responsible to coordinate and support collaboration between academic groups and industry/public sector organisations, on the topic of data and digital transformation. The aim is to establish strategic research collaborations to groups inside and outside of academia in order to attract external funding. In the initial phase the focus will be on supporting postgraduate research initiatives for doctoral students in data and digital transformation by establishing co-funding arrangements with non-academic organisations. In the longer term the focus will be on developing strategic collaborations and scale funding opportunities.

The Strategic Collaboration Lead will manage collaboration and interdisciplinary research with non-academic partners and drive interdisciplinary research in data and digital transformation within Maynooth University. The Strategic Collaboration Lead will be responsible for initiating, driving and leading joint activities (e.g. projects, funding proposals, seminars, webinars etc) and liaising with the operations teams in the Innovation Value Institute (IVI), Hamilton Institute (HI) and other departments & other institutes across the University on topics of data and digital transformation.

Salary:
Administrative Officer I (2026): €59,812– €85,339 p.a. (9 points)

Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.

Closing Date:
23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Thursday, 2nd of April 2026.

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.

Late applications will not be accepted.

Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer

The position is subject to the Statutes of the University