Education Lead

28DIGITAL is Europe’s digital innovation engine, a multi-stakeholder platform, rooted in European values and open to the world, we turn knowledge into innovation, scale startups into global ventures, and build the next generation of digital talent to shape a fair, competitive, and human-centric digital future. 

We work at the intersection of science, business, and society, transforming breakthroughs in AI, cybersecurity, robotics, and advanced computing into solutions that strengthen Europe’s sovereignty, accelerate the green transition, and improve lives.

28DIGITAL is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity.

For more information, visit www.28digital.eu.

28DIGITAL is looking for a motivated and experienced professional to lead and support its professional education activities, with a primary focus on developing and delivering bespoke training projects for public institutions and other key stakeholders. The role sits within 28DIGITAL's Entrepreneurial Academy, with a strong connection to the Professional School and other lifelong learning formats. 

The Education Lead will help orchestrate the full lifecycle of training projects, from opportunity shaping and programme design to stakeholder coordination, implementation, learner journey management, and reporting, ensuring quality delivery and measurable outcomes.

These education activities directly support 28DIGITAL's mission to strengthen digital transformation and innovation capacity in Europe by building skills, capabilities, and institutional readiness through targeted upskilling initiatives.

The position reports to the Director of Education and Skills.

The core responsibility of this role is to lead and support the development and delivery of organisation-specific professional education and training projects, particularly those linked to public institutions, EU-funded initiatives, and strategic upskilling priorities, working across internal teams, academic partners, and external stakeholders to ensure quality, relevance, and impact. Key responsibilities include:

Training project design and delivery

• Leading the coordination and day-to-day delivery of professional education and training projects across their full lifecycle.
• Supporting the design, structuring, and implementation of training offers, learning pathways, and course formats tailored to target audiences and project objectives.
• Coordinating with internal teams, faculty, experts, institutional partners, and external stakeholders to ensure smooth preparation and delivery.
• Helping manage the learner journey, including admissions, recruitment coordination, onboarding, participant communication, and overall learner experience.

EU-funded projects, planning, and reporting

• Contributing to the development and delivery of EU-funded education and skills projects, including work linked to deliverables, milestones, and reporting.
• Supporting programme acquisition and proposal development where relevant, especially where training design, educational logic, or delivery planning is required.
• Monitoring timelines, outputs, KPIs, budgets, and implementation progress across assigned activities.
• Supporting data collection, monitoring, and reporting related to education activities and project performance.

Stakeholder communication and wider contribution

• Preparing presentations, briefings, and other communication materials for internal and external meetings, project reviews, and stakeholder exchanges.
• Representing 28DIGITAL professionally in meetings, presentations, and interactions with partners, clients, and learners.
• Contributing to the growth, quality, and visibility of the Professional School and its portfolio of executive and continuing education offers.
• Applying a hands-on, structured approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement across education operations.
• Contributing, as needed, to other 28DIGITAL education activities aligned with the wider Entrepreneurial Academy.

• Master's degree in education, learning, social sciences, business, public policy, STEM, or another relevant field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in programme or project management, education, training, skills development, public-sector initiatives, or related fields.
• Proven experience in coordinating, designing, or delivering education, learning, or training programmes, preferably in professional, executive, or public-sector contexts.
• Experience with instructional design, curriculum development, or training conceptualisation is an asset.
• Solid project management experience, with the ability to coordinate complex workstreams and deliver on time across multiple stakeholders.
• Experience working on EU-funded projects or a strong familiarity with how EU projects operate is strongly preferred.
• Ability to contribute to project reporting, monitoring, and follow-up, including work linked to KPIs, deliverables, budgets, and timelines.
• Excellent coordination skills and ability to work effectively in an international, multi-partner, and multi-stakeholder environment.
• Good understanding of how training projects are structured and delivered, from concept and planning to implementation and follow-up.
• Experience with learner-facing processes such as admissions, recruitment, onboarding, participant communication, or learner support.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with confidence in preparing materials and presenting orally to partners, clients, or other stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and organisational skills, with attention to detail and a structured way of working.
• Comfortable working independently, with a proactive, hands-on, and solutions-oriented mindset.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools. Familiarity with SharePoint and other collaborative, project management, and CRM tools is an asset.

Mastery of English, with strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills. Knowledge of additional European languages is a merit.

The Education Lead is expected to travel within Europe, depending on project and activity needs.

Preferably at the 28DIGITAL office in Brussels, although a location at one of the 28DIGITAL European offices with good travel connections across Europe will be considered.

Director of Education and Skills.

Full-time position.

Please email your resume and motivation letter to edu_lead@28digital.eu outlining how your skills and experience match the requirements of the position. Applications without a motivation letter will not be considered. 

Applications should be submitted before 23:59 (CEST) on Monday, 4 May 2026.