Manager Ecosystem & Public FundingMarvel Fusion · Munich

Manager Ecosystem & Public Funding

🗓️ Posted 2026-09-08 Munich Hybrid Mining Resources Energy
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market 6,000 EUR–9,000 EUR/mo

About the Company

Founded in 2019, Marvel Fusion is Europe's leading fusion energy company, uniting 120 scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs across our locations in Munich and Colorado . Backed by over 385 million in public and private funding, we're driven by a shared mission: to deliver clean, abundant energy to the world. Why Marvel Fusion By joining us, you will be: Solving one of the most complex technological challenges known to humanity, harnessing Fusion on Earth Part of a highly purpose-driven team working on providing the world with clean, safe and abundant energy Working alongside world-leading scientists and entrepreneurs in the field of Fusion Part of a start-up where growth on a company and individual level is the default

Responsibilities

  • ● Build and operate Marvel Fusion's ecosystem and alliance program, modelled on leading industry alliance programs: partner mapping, alliance governance, onboarding, and working-group cadence.
  • ● Structure and advance technology collaborations aligned to the roadmap, including MoUs, JDAs, and joint development agreements, with judgement on partner selection, timing and location.
  • ● Own selected strategic partnerships and programs directly, including the Fusion Hubs.
  • ● Lead the coordination and delivery of public funding projects (IPCEI, Milestone-based-funding, Hubs): consortium setup, partner steering, manage internal bid narrative creation, and submission against fixed external deadlines.
  • ● Maintain the funding and partnership pipeline: a live view of instruments and prospective partners, with go or no-go recommendations against roadmap fit together with Corporate Affairs
  • ● Represent Marvel Fusion with industry partners, research institutes, consortia and Projektträger.
  • ● What you bring
  • ● University degree in engineering, industrial engineering, physics or a related technical field. A combined technical and business background is welcome.
  • ● + years in technology partnerships, consortium management, public funding or corporate development in a technical or industrial environment.
  • ● Demonstrated experience building or operating a partner or alliance programme, not only managing individual bilateral relationships.
  • ● Track record with German or EU public funding (BMBF, BMWK, Horizon Europe, IPCEI or comparable), including consortium setup and partner steering.
  • ● Proven ability to work with diverse stakeholders across industry partners, research institutes and consortia, and to assemble input from people who do not report to them.
  • ● Strong technical understanding and genuine affinity for deep tech topics; can hold a substantive conversation with physicists and engineers.
  • ● Commercially literate: reads a project budget, structures a consortium cost split, and supports negotiation of an MoU.

Benefits

  • ● Public transport reimbursement
  • ● EGYM Wellpass fitness club access
  • ● Complimentary health insurance
  • ● Professional development support
  • ● Company pension plan
  • ● Healthy office snacks
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