Job Description

1 - Working at the VUB

Are you our Flemish Supercomputer Centre Business Developer who will make the connection between companies and the VSC?

VUB is always looking for new talent to grow with us.

For almost 50 years, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel has stood for freedom, equality and connectedness. These values are strongly present on our campuses, in our students as well as our staff. At the VUB, you’ll find a diverse collection of personalities: pure innovators and especially people who are 100% their authentic selves With about 4.000 employees, we are the largest Flemish-speaking employer in Brussels, an international city with which we are all too happy to be connected, and around which our four campuses are located.

The VUB is also a member of EUTOPIA, an alliance of ten like-minded European universities, all ready to reinvent themselves.

2 - Position Description

The VSC ( Flemish Supercomputer Centre) supports the HPC (high performance computing) activities in all Flemish university and university associations for more than 10 years. Within the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), the local VSC hub is part of the Scientific Data and Compute team ( https://hpc.vub.be) which provides centralized services for scientific computing and data storage to the research community. The VSC hub at the VUB is responsible for the Research, Development, and Innovation (RDI) office of the VSC. With the RDI office, we offer HPC services outside the academic world (companies, SMEs, etc.). A selection of the applications we support can be found at https://www.vscentrum.be/stories
The VSC is also part of the EuroCC Belgium ( https://www.enccb.be), the Belgian National Competence Centre (NCC) for high performance computing, which promotes the adoption of HPC, AI, and advanced computing technologies by industry, academia, and the public sector. EuroCC Belgium operates within the framework of the European EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU).

We are looking for a new colleague to join our team to work as a business developer, acting as a bridge between existing and new RDI users and the VSC. Within EuroCC Belgium, the selected candidate will lead the task on User Needs Analysis and Service Management, focusing on systematically supporting SMEs, large enterprises, and public administrations in accessing the most appropriate HPC and related services.

A quick look at your work package:

• You will be responsible for connecting to new RDI users while identifying and understanding their needs or business cases.
• You will develop and maintain a strong understanding of the EuroHPC JU ecosystem, including AI Factories (and their Antennas) and European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) and their respective roles, to effectively connect RDI users with complementary services and expertise.
• You will follow up on new RDI leads.
• You will design and use a structured feedback process to assess impact and drive service improvement, reporting, and user retention.
• You will help translate computational problems into solutions built with VSC services.
• Together with your colleagues, you will actively promote the VSC and the EuroHPC services at national and international events.
• You will be responsible for reporting on intake of RDI users both at the European and Flemish level
• You will provide input for the VSC and EuroCC Belgium marketing and documentation.
• You will build a network with valorization offices at the university associations, spin-off communities, and other company hubs, such as (pre)incubators.
• You will maintain and actively use the customer relationship management (CRM) system to manage and track interactions with RDI users and stakeholders.
• You will monitor industry trends to stay informed and to adapt our outreach strategies accordingly.

For this function, our Campus in Etterbeek will serve as your home base (partially working from home is allowed).

3 - Profile

What do we expect from you?

• You have a master's degree or sufficient relevant experience.
• You feel at home in an IT environment
• Experience with HPC is a big plus.
• You have some affinity with industrial RDI. You have the needed skills to set up a RDI network within Flanders (VLAIO, Agoria, Voka, companies, …)
• Knowledge of any of the main domains of industrial RDI is a big plus: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Machine/Deep Learning, Data science, Quantum Chemistry, Bioinformatics, …
• You have strong social/communication skills, including public speaking skills to deliver effective presentations
• You like to share knowledge and express yourself fluently in English and Dutch.
• As a (non-)EEA national, meet the conditions for obtaining a valid permit for VUB and comply with the VUB residence requirements. More info here

4 - Offer

Are you going to be our new colleague? You’ll be offered a permanent full-time contract at a salary linked to grade 7, 8 or 9, depending on your competences and previous relevant work experience. Salary scales can be consulted here

At the VUB, you’re guaranteed an open, involved and diverse workplace where you are offered opportunities to (further) build on your career.

As well as this, you will also enjoy various other benefits

• Extensive homeworking options, a telework allowance of 50 euros per month OR an internet fee of 20 euros per month;
• An open and informal working environment where attention is paid to work-life balance, and exceptional holiday arrangements with 35 days of leave (based on a fulltime contract), closure between Christmas and New Year and 3 extra leave days;
• Cost-free hospitalisation insurance;
• Full reimbursement of your home-to-work commute with public transport according to VUB-policy, and/or compensation if you come by bike;
• A wide selection of meals in our campus restaurants at attractive prices;
• Excellent and affordable facilities for sport and exercise, a range of discounts via Benefits@Work (in all kinds of shops, on flights, in petrol stations, amusement parks...) and Ecocheques;
• Nursery near campus, discount on holiday camps;
• The space to form your job content and to continuously learn through our VUB learning platforms and training courses;
• And finally: great colleagues with a healthy drive.

5 - Interested?

Is this the job you’ve been dreaming of? Apply before 16/04/2026

Your application will undergo various steps as follows:

• Step 1: CV screening by one of our recruiters.
• Step 2: A Practical test on our campus;
• Step 3: A final interview

Do you have questions about the job content? Contact Ward Poelmans at ward.poelmans@vub.be.

Do you have questions about the selection procedure? Contact annelies.jongert@vub.be

Would you like to know what it’s like to work at the VUB?

Go to www.jobs.vub.be and find all there is to know about our campuses, benefits, strategic goals and your future colleagues.

6 - For office use

Regulation: ext fin

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Head unit/faculty: Directie ICT

FTE: 1

Function: ICT consultant

Pay grade group: 7-8-9

Recrutement type: recruitment