Programme & Technical Manager
See job offer: https://digital-commons-edic.eu/careers/programme-technical-manager/
About DC-EDIC
The Digital Commons EDIC is a European consortium that develops, maintains, and scales digital commons: open-source software, open standards, and shared digital infrastructure for public administrations, enterprises, and citizens. Established under the EU Digital Decade programme, it brings together EU Member States to pool resources and invest collectively in open technologies that reduce Europe’s dependency on external providers. Five founding members (France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands), seven observers, and growing. Launched in December 2025 and currently assembling its founding team in Paris.
Our Values
- Openness: Open collaboration, open standards, open source.
- Sustainability: We support digital commons that are resilient and community-driven.
- Collaboration: Inclusive models involving public actors, civil society, academia, industry, and technical communities.
- EU digital public space: Digital ecosystems that reinforce fundamental rights, public participation, and transparent governance.
Your Role
The EDIC delivers a growing portfolio of projects including challenge campaigns (hackathons, install parties, demo days), ecosystem mapping, pilot projects, maintenance funding partnerships, and cross-country technical cooperation. The role ensures delivery of these projects while maintaining a strong technical and open-source dimension. You act as the internal technical reference point within the team, working alongside the Ecosystem Manager and national technical leads. You contribute to architecture evaluation, interoperability discussions, and technical decision-making, ensuring coherence across distributed digital commons initiatives.
What You’ll Do
Project portfolio management: Run EDIC-supported projects end-to-end (challenge campaigns, ecosystem mapping, pilots, bilateral cooperation); coordinate multi-country delivery with partners; manage scoping, alignment, execution, and evaluation; track milestones, risks, and quality; support governance reporting; help design new project formats as the organisation evolves.
Technical responsibilities: Advise on interoperability roadmaps across member states; assess technical maturity, dependencies, and sustainability risks of digital commons; contribute to technical sections of implementation strategy; coordinate with national technical leads; provide internal technical expertise on open-source architectures and standards.
What We’re Looking for
5+ years in project management (EU programmes, innovation, incubation, or similar); strong technical background in software architecture or interoperability standards; practical knowledge of open-source ecosystems; ability to evaluate technical specifications; experience managing multi-stakeholder projects; fluent English; adaptability in a fast-evolving founding organisation.
Nice to have: Experience with EU interoperability frameworks or standards bodies; networks in open-source communities; additional EU languages; experience in public-interest technology or digital commons programmes.
Practical details
Permanent French contract (CDI, forfait jours); based in Paris with hybrid work; frequent European travel; salary aligned with public-sector standards; benefits include insurance, leave, and transport reimbursement.
Application
CV and short cover letter (max one page) to hr@digital-commons-edic.eu. Subject: “Programme & Technical Manager”. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis. Deadline: 22 May 2026.