Chief Technology Officer

Organisation/Company Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure - European Research Infrastructure Consortium Research Field Biological sciences » Biology Researcher Profile Established Researcher (R3) Positions Postdoc Positions Application Deadline 28 Oct 2026 - 18:00 (Europe/Paris) Country Portugal Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Part-time Hours Per Week 16 Offer Starting Date 1 Dec 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Other EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? Yes

Starting date: 01 December 2026 or earlier

Contract duration: Contract with indefinite duration, subject to periodic evaluations

Contract type: The CTO will be hired in the form of a service commission contract, as foreseen in the Portuguese Labour Code (articles 161 to 164), stating his/her role, duties and compensation.

Working time dedication: 40%

Location: MIRRI-ERIC Headquarters (Braga, Portugal), with the possibility of hybrid work within Portugal

Gross Salary: 25164,27€, corresponding to 40% of index 245 of the Portuguese Public Research career.

Applicable legislation: Portuguese Labour Code and applicable Portuguese legislation.

Work Authorisation & Relocation: Applicants must possess current and unrestricted authorisation to work in the country of employment. Please note that the employer will not provide visa sponsorship or assistance of any kind to obtain work authorisation. Additionally, this position is remote with occasional presence in the headquarters. The applicant is solely responsible for its own bureaucratic eligibility to work before the start date.

The Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium (MIRRI-ERIC) is a pan-European distributed Research Infrastructure that connects leading microbial domain Biological Resource Centres (mBRCs), culture collections, universities and research organisations.

MIRRI-ERIC provides coordinated access to high-quality microbial resources, associated data and expertise, supporting research and innovation in biotechnology, health, agriculture, food systems, environmental sustainability and the circular bioeconomy. By promoting harmonised standards, quality management and FAIR data principles, MIRRI-ERIC contributes to scientific excellence and Europe's competitiveness in biotechnology.

MIRRI-ERIC is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead the technical and scientific implementation of the MIRRI-ERIC.

Reporting to the Executive Director of MIRRI-ERIC, the Chief Technology Officer will work with the MIRRI-ERIC direction and team to modernise the infrastructure's technical capacity, services and data systems, and to ensure their long‑term sustainability.

The Chief Technology Officer will:

• Define and implement the MIRRI-ERIC technology strategy, aligned with its current and future scientific and service priorities;
• Lead the improvement of interoperability and FAIRness of microbial resource data, catalogues and information systems, including alignment with European data infrastructures and standards;
• Coordinate the technical harmonisation of quality management across microbial Biological Resource Centres and national nodes;
• Oversee the technical development of the MIRRI-ERIC services portfolio, including the integration of genomic, bioinformatic and data services;
• Monitor emerging technologies in sequencing, omics and computational biology and assess their adoption by the infrastructure and its nodes;
• Contribute to environmentally sustainable operations and to the technical resilience of the infrastructure;
• Support industry engagement and technology