Researcher Bioprocess

**The Role**:
**Company description**

As a global energy company operating in a challenging world, we set high standards of performance and ethical behaviors. We are judged by how we act and how we live up to our core values of honesty, integrity, and respect for people. Our Business Principles are based on these. They promote trust, openness, teamwork, and professionalism, as well as pride in what we do and how we conduct business.

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There’s never been a more exciting time to work at Shell. Everyone here is helping solve one of the biggest challenges facing the world today: bringing the benefits of energy to everyone on the planet, whilst managing the risks of climate change.

Join us and you’ll add your talent and imagination to a business with the power to shape the future - whether by investing in renewables, exploring new ways to store energy, or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently.
- A rewarding place to work_

Combine our creative, collaborative environment and global operations with an impressive range of benefits and joining Shell becomes an inspired career choice.

We’re huge advocates for career development. We’ll encourage you to try new roles and experience new settings. By pushing people to reach their potential, we frequently help them find skills they never knew they had, or make career moves they never thought possible.

**Researcher Bioprocess**

**What is the role?**

You will be also responsible for the following duties:

- Technology Theme Development and Assessment
- Oversight and management of budget expenditure for projects delivered under his/her responsibility, guaranteeing the Levy compliance.
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to identify key technology themes of strategic importance to the Low-Carbon Technologies and which can be developed through externally funded R&D projects: formulate appropriate development and execution strategies
- Plan, facilitate and participate in technology workshops and other stakeholder events to develop an in-depth understanding of the technology challenges and opportunities facing bioprocess and potential routes to solutions.
- Proposal Management
- Align the projects under her/his responsibility with third parties with Shell Strategy.
- Develop and make recommendations with respect to optimization of its portfolio through value analysis, maximizing R&D levy qualification and value delivered, building relationships with strategic partners, creating value for Shell and guaranteeing the real translation of the benefits to the company
- In conjunction with internal and external stakeholders review and rank project proposals in line with the Low-Carbon Energy Program strategic requirements, with particular focus on the assessment of business value to Shell and project risk management and mitigation.
- Liaise with potential partners to ensure a common understanding of the technologies to be developed and provide technical support to the development of cooperation agreements to the strategic benefit of Shell.
- Undertake the necessary due diligence and develop the necessary materials to take projects through the appropriate internal sanction process and provide the required technical and project management input to the finalization of contracts with supplier(s)
- Project Management
- Provide project management expertise to ensure effective and timely delivery of Technology projects.
- Set, agree and monitor performance standards for projects ensuring compliance especially HSSE and Ethics & Compliance standards/policies relevant to the R&D activities undertaken by suppliers and Universities.
- Work closely with the developers and other funders to ensure that the sponsors' requirements are being met and if required, provide project management support to the developer team: meet with the developers on a regular basis to ensure that targets are being achieved and give project direction.
- Ensure that projects are professionally managed and are driven to deliver the agreed outputs within budget, interfacing with Shell technical experts and assets as required.
- Progress projects in the Technology maturation tollgates
- Relationship Management
- Identify appropriate stakeholders and engage/manage relationship(s) at appropriate level. This extends to other oil and gas companies, Universities, State and Federal Research Councils, Regulatory authorities e.g. ANP, CNPq etc.
- Manage project relationships to ensure appropriate oversight of the projects, identify and maintain engagement in the program from the participants and promote integration between work streams t