IRB Barcelona is seeking a highly motivated, proactive, and experienced General Infrastructures and Services Head. Reporting to the Managing Director, you will be responsible for leading, planning, and supervising all activities related to the institute's physical infrastructure, laboratory facilities, maintenance, equipment life cycle, and general support services and logistics. Your mission will be to ensure a safe, efficient, and state-of-the-art environment that enables our scientific community to conduct world-class research seamlessly.
IRB Barcelona is currently located at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB). A strategic and highly important project to be developed under your leadership over the next two years is the move to the new Parc de Recerca Biompedica (PRBB) Ciutadella building, now under construction.
IRB Barcelona hosts cutting-edge and highly innovative scientific equipment where technical complexity is highly relevant. With 27 research laboratories and 9 state-of-the-art Core Facilities, our institute operates under demanding technical requirements that require advanced technology, high innovation, and specialized support.
KEY RESPONSABILITIES
Lead, align, and drive the performance and development of the General Infrastructures and Services team, fostering a collaborative and service-oriented culture.
Lead the internal coordination, planning and execution of the relocation project to the new PRBB Ciutadella building. This includes gathering and defining spatial and technical requirements from internal stakeholders, acting as a liaison with the PRBB construction team, as well as identifying new equipment needs and overseeing the physical move.
Oversee all stages of the lifecycle of scientific equipment in laboratories and technological platforms. Participate in the procurement process by providing technical expertise and coordinate installation and maintenance. In particular, implement and manage the maintenance plan, optimally allocating resources and implementing maintenance outsourcing when needed.
Coordinate and oversee the maintenance and optimal functioning of our laboratory spaces and installations in liaison with the building owner (now PCB and PRBB in the near future), as well as manage space refurbishments.
Coordinate general support services (such as reception, warehouse, or security), in liaison with the building owner (now PCB and the PRBB in the near future).
Plan, define, and evaluate new projects related to IRB infrastructures.
Sustainability: Integrate sustainability initiatives at IRB Barcelona.
Health, Safety, and Compliance: Act as the infrastructure liaison for the Health & Safety Office to facilitate compliance with occupational regulations and biosafety standards, ensuring facility readiness and legal compliance related to general infrastructure..
Budget management: Ensure a long-term vision that integrates technological foresight with value, quality, cost, and sustainability analyses.
YOU HAVE
Education: University degree in Engineering. Msc or Posgraduate education in Engineering/Facility Management would be a plus.
Experience: Solid experience in facility management or infrastructure leadership, ideally within a research center, university, hospital, or biotech/biopharma environment.
Knowledge: Solid technical knowledge of complex facilities, scientific equipment, and laboratory infrastructure.
Skills:
Proven leadership, negotiation, and people management skills, with the ability to inspire and develop high-performing teams.
Highly collaborative, team-building, and service-oriented mindset.
Outstanding project management abilities with a proven track record of managing budgets, resources, and tight deadlines.
Fluency in English, Spanish and Catalan is required.
WHAT WE OFFER:
To be a part a part of something meaningful: We are a biomedical research centre that tirelessly works to achieve a society free of diseases. Our mission is to carry out research of excellence to cure cancer and other diseases linked to ageing.
Good Working conditions: Permanent Contract. Employed in compliance with Spanish legislation and regulations under a full-time contract. Employees receive the benefits of the Spanish Social Security system covering sickness, maternity/paternity leave and injuries at work.
Competitive salary: commensurate with experience and qualifications.
International Environment: we are home to nearly 500 researchers, technical and support staff from 45 countries.
Multidisciplinary Research: Research of excellence at the unique interface between biology, chemistry, and structural and computational biology.
Continuous Training: Transversal and general training is offered to our community (examples include research seminars, conferences, training in time management, scientific integrity, gender equality, health and safety, languages courses and emotional wellbeing).
Relocation & Visa Assistance: Trained staff provides support on visa paperwork, administrative requirements, and practical information on living and working in Barcelona, etc.
Social Life: We like to have fun. We promote several activities, like a Football League, an annual skiing trip, a Mountaineering Club, a Running Club and "Cool-off sessions", where members meet informally for drinks, snacks and scientific discussions.
Fairness: Our recruitment is open, transparent and merit-based, and all applicants compete on the same terms. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin or disability.
HOW TO APPLY & SELECTION PROCESS:
Deadline for applications: 03/08/2026 (If no suitable candidate is found, the deadline will be extended)
Number of positions available: 1
Selection process:
IRB BARCELONA endorses the Requirements and Principles of the European Charter for Researchers, the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, and Open, Transparent, Merit-based recruitment promoted by the European Commission and follows Equal Opportunities policies.
On 9 December, 2014, IRB Barcelona was awarded the "HR Excellence in Research" logo. This recognition reflects the commitment of the Institute to the continuous improvement of its human resources policies in line with the Charter & Code. The Institute works to ensure fair and transparent recruitment and appraisal procedures.
Please check our Recruitment Policy.
Note: The strengths and weaknesses of the applications will be provided upon request.
ABOUT IRB BARCELONA,
Created in 2005 by the Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia) and the University of Barcelona, IRB Barcelona, a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence since the first call in 2011, has received the accreditation four consecutive times.
The institute is devoted to conducting research of excellence in biomedicine and to transferring results to clinical practice, thus improving people’s quality of life, while simultaneously promoting the training of outstanding researchers, technology transfer, and public communication of science. Its 27 laboratories and 9 core facilities address basic questions in biology and are oriented towards diseases such as cancer, metastasis, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and rare conditions.
IRB Barcelona is an international centre that hosts 500 members from 45 nationalities. It is located in the Barcelona Science Park. IRB Barcelona forms part of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) and the “Xarxa de Centres de Recerca de Catalunya” (CERCA).
