Photo: © Alexandra Gasparini, LNCMI Grenoble.
Published on Aug 24, 2021.
LNCMI Grenoble.
I was hired by CNRS at the beginning of 2021, as European Project Manager in charge of SuperEMFL, a Horizon2020 project coordinated by LNCMI. Since I arrived in Grenoble from Milan in 2015, I have worked in similar positions, in the public as well as the private sector. My background has been diverse and enriched by each experience I went through: From geography with a bachelor degree to urban planning with a master degree obtained in Milan. I ended my studies with an international cooperation master in Grenoble. Thanks to my proficiency level in three languages, English, French, and Italian, I could easily find a job in the international environment of European projects. Being a project manager is like being an octopus. Coordination, administration, financial check, meeting organisation, communication, legal aspects, and editing reports. All of this is part of the job. Multitasking is a required skill to deal with consortium coordination and to guide partners in following European Commission rules and requirements and in reporting the project’s scientific advancements. My everyday job is about to ensure, with the scientific coordinator, that partners work together on the research and also on non-scientific issues, like external communication about the project. I do not need to understand the scientific advancements and project’s results, but I need to identify problems and help partners to solve them in order to meet European Commission obligations. Everyone has his role to play in the project, everyone is important and I like to feel like the glue that holds the parts together. I can see collective intelligence at work in collaborative projects and I hope our project will end with a good success story!
