Senior Advisor International Partnerships - Maritime Security Ecosystem
About this role
*We seek a Senior Advisor to**
build **peer-cluster partnerships** with leading Northern European maritime security clusters such as Kiel, Gdańsk, Gothenburg, Horten and translate them into continuous joint activity.
position the Turku region in **EU and alliance-level programmes** (ENDR, EnSure Collaborative, EDF consortia, NATO DIANA, NATO Innovation Range).
establish **ecosystem-level connections** to the industrial ecosystems of Northern European prime contractors cluster-to-cluster, not individual customer relationships.
coordinate the regions **international event presence** as a recognized European maritime security cluster
Connect international work to **Turku Technology Campus** (University of Turku, Åbo Akademi, Turku UAS, Novia) and to Finnish national authorities and industry associations.
*_In this role you will_**
build peer-cluster partnerships with Northern European maritime security clusters
connect international work to Turku Technology Campus
position the Turku region in EU and alliance-level programmes
establish ecosystem-level connectios to the industrial ecosystems of Northern European prime contractors
*_You should have_**
a strong combination of commercial and institutional substance
demonstrated experience in international networking and partnership building.
*_Considered an advantage_**
existing networks in the maritime, defence or security sector in Northern Europe.
familiarity with EU and alliance-level instruments
experience a commercial diplomacy, export promotion or investment promotion
understand of dual-use technologies, autonomous systems or industrial AI.
*_Note on eligibility_**
applicants must hold citizenship of a NATO member state. Finnish citizen ship is not required.
*_We offer_**
a high-visibility role in the most strategically important industrial ecosystem in the region.
a clear mandate to build somethin that does not yet exist in the Finnish national structure: ecosystem-leve
Responsibilities
- *We seek a Senior Advisor to**
- build **peer-cluster partnerships** with leading Northern European maritime security clusters such as Kiel, Gdańsk, Gothenburg, Horten and translate them into continuous joint activity.
- position the Turku region in **EU and alliance-level programmes** (ENDR, EnSure Collaborative, EDF consortia, NATO DIANA, NATO Innovation Range).
- establish **ecosystem-level connections** to the industrial ecosystems of Northern European prime contractors cluster-to-cluster, not individual customer relationships.
- coordinate the regions **international event presence** as a recognized European maritime security cluster
- Connect international work to **Turku Technology Campus** (University of Turku, Åbo Akademi, Turku UAS, Novia) and to Finnish national authorities and industry associations.
- *_In this role you will_**
- build peer-cluster partnerships with Northern European maritime security clusters
- connect international work to Turku Technology Campus
- position the Turku region in EU and alliance-level programmes
- establish ecosystem-level connectios to the industrial ecosystems of Northern European prime contractors
- *_You should have_**
Requirements
- a strong combination of commercial and institutional substance
- demonstrated experience in international networking and partnership building.
- *_Considered an advantage_**
- existing networks in the maritime, defence or security sector in Northern Europe.
- familiarity with EU and alliance-level instruments
- experience a commercial diplomacy, export promotion or investment promotion
- understand of dual-use technologies, autonomous systems or industrial AI.
- *_Note on eligibility_**
- applicants must hold citizenship of a NATO member state. Finnish citizen ship is not required.
- *_We offer_**
- a high-visibility role in the most strategically important industrial ecosystem in the region.
- a clear mandate to build somethin that does not yet exist in the Finnish national structure: ecosystem-leve