Partnership Officer for Driving Strategic Industry Collaboration and Research Funding within Energy - DTU Offshore

Are you passionate about connecting cutting-edge research with industry needs?

We are looking for an experienced and commercially minded Partnership Officer to strengthen and expand our collaboration with industry partners and authorities across the energy sector.

In this strategic role, you will be responsible for building, developing, and nurturing long-term relationships with companies and other external stakeholders, translating opportunities into research collaborations, innovation projects, and industry-funded activities.

You will work closely with our researchers, technical experts and leadership team as well as both new and potential partners to identify industry challenges that can be addressed through research and development, while ensuring that our competencies, facilities, and expertise create value for our partners and society.

This position is ideal for someone with a strong technical background in energy related topics and a proven ability to establish trusted partnerships that result in funded research and innovation projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to developing and executing a strategy for industry engagement and partnership development in collaboration with relevant employees at DTU Offshore.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across the energy sector, including utilities, developers, technology providers, consultancies, and public organizations.
• Identify opportunities for collaborative research, innovation, testing, demonstration, and consulting activities.
• Facilitate and negotiate industry-funded research and development projects.
• Work closely with researchers to translate scientific capabilities into compelling value propositions for industry partners.
• Expand and strengthen DTU Offshore’s network within the energy ecosystem.
• Secure external funding through strategic partnerships, contract research, consortium participation, sponsorships, and innovation initiatives.
• Represent the organization at conferences, industry events, networking forums, and stakeholder meetings.
• Support the development of long-term strategic alliances with national and international companies.
• Participate in monitoring industry trends, emerging technologies, and market needs to identify new collaboration opportunities together with researchers and technical experts at the centre.

Your Profile
We are looking for a highly motivated professional who combines technical insight with strong relationship-building and business development skills.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in Engineering, Applied Sciences, Energy Technology, or a related technical field.
• Strong technical understanding of geo-engineering and energy production, especially offshore energy, renewable energy, hydrogen, energy storage, CCS or related fields as well as the broader energy transition landscape.
• Several years of experience working in the energy sector, research organizations, innovation environments, or technology-focused businesses.
• Demonstrated success in attracting industry funding, establishing externally funded research and development activities or selling technology development and innovation.
• Proven track record of developing strategic partnerships and long-term customer or stakeholder relationships.
• Extensive professional network within relevant parts of the energy industry.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong ability to engage with both senior industry executives and leading researchers.
• Experience with contract negotiations, collaboration agreements, or business development activities is a plus.

Personal Competencies - you are:

• A network builder who enjoys connecting people and opportunities.
• Strategic and proactive, with a strong results-oriented mindset.
• Credible in technical discussions while comfortable engaging commercially.
• Collaborative and able to build trust across organizational boundaries.
• Skilled at translating industry needs into impactful research opportunities and successfully establishing commercial agreements with the industry.
• Motivated by creating societal and industrial impact through research and innovation.

What We Offer

• A unique opportunity to shape strategic collaborations between academia and industry in a developing organization with an entrepreneurial spirit and “can do” attitude. 
• A dynamic and international research environment at the forefront of energy innovation.
• Close collaboration with leading researchers and industrial partners.
• Significant influence on the development of industry collaborations and the development of the centre.

Salary and appointment terms
Salary and the appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). You are employed as Senior Executive Officer. In addition, supplements can be negotiated in accordance with DTU’s salary structure for academic staff employed in technical-administrative positions at DTU (AC TAP): https://www.inside.dtu.dk/en/human-resources/during-employment/salary/salary-structures 

The workplace is DTU Offshore, Lyngby Campus.

Application and contact
Please submit your online application no later than 3 December 2026. Open the “Apply now” link, fill out the form and attach your motivated application, CV and exam certificates.

If you would like additional information about the position, please contact New Projects Director, Charlotte Nørgaard Larsen, +45 93511536 or Centre Director, Elena Pachkova, +45 93511464. You can read more about DTU Offshore at https://offshore.dtu.dk/ 

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology, which is subject to special rules for security and export control, open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.

About DTU Offshore
DTU Offshore is Denmark's national R&D centre for offshore technologies, developing research-based solutions for the energy transition. We address critical challenges across CO₂ storage, water treatment, energy production and storage, abandonment, island energy systems, and impact on the marine environment. Through close collaboration with industry partners, regulatory authorities, and research institutions, we deliver applied innovations that support responsible on- and offshore energy operations. Our multidisciplinary approach combines decades of experience in the North Sea with world-class laboratory facilities.

DTU – For the benefit of society since 1829
DTU is one of Europe's leading elite technical universities. Through research and education at an international top level, we create solutions to the major societal challenges of our time and help secure Europe's global leadership in sustainable technological development. Since Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU almost 200 years ago, our mission has remained the same: We develop and create value through the natural and technical sciences for the benefit of society. DTU has 13,800 students, 1,600 PhD students, and 6,500 employees. We work in an international environment and have an inclusive, stimulating, and informal work culture. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland and collaborates with the best universities around the world.