# Manager Ecosystem & Public Funding - Company: [Marvelfusion]() - Location: Munich - Team: Business Development & Growth - Posted: August 24, 2026 ## Job description ## **Who we are** Founded in 2019, Marvel Fusion is Europe’s leading fusion energy company, uniting 120 scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs across our locations in Munich and Colorado.  Backed by over €385 million in public and private funding, we’re driven by a shared mission: to deliver clean, abundant energy to the world. ## **Why Marvel Fusion** By joining us, you will be: * Solving one of the most complex technological challenges known to humanity, harnessing Fusion on Earth * Part of a highly purpose-driven team working on providing the world with clean, safe and abundant energy * Working alongside world-leading scientists and entrepreneurs in the field of Fusion * Part of a start-up where growth on a company and individual level is the default ### **Your responsibilities** * Build and operate Marvel Fusion's ecosystem and alliance program, modelled on leading industry alliance programs: partner mapping, alliance governance, onboarding, and working-group cadence. * Structure and advance technology collaborations aligned to the roadmap, including MoUs, JDAs, and joint development agreements, with judgement on partner selection, timing and location. * Own selected strategic partnerships and programs directly, including the Fusion Hubs. * Lead the coordination and delivery of public funding projects (IPCEI, Milestone-based-funding, Hubs): consortium setup, partner steering, manage internal bid narrative creation, and submission against fixed external deadlines. * Maintain the funding and partnership pipeline: a live view of instruments and prospective partners, with go or no-go recommendations against roadmap fit together with Corporate Affairs * Represent Marvel Fusion with industry partners, research institutes, consortia and Projektträger. ## **What you bring** * University degree in engineering, industrial engineering, physics or a related technical field. A combined technical and business background is welcome. * 3+ years in technology partnerships, consortium management, public funding or corporate development in a technical or industrial environment. * Demonstrated experience building or operating a partner or alliance programme, not only managing individual bilateral relationships. * Track record with German or EU public funding (BMBF, BMWK, Horizon Europe, IPCEI or comparable), including consortium setup and partner steering. * Proven ability to work with diverse stakeholders across industry partners, research institutes and consortia, and to assemble input from people who do not report to them. * Strong technical understanding and genuine affinity for deep tech topics; can hold a substantive conversation with physicists and engineers. * Commercially literate: reads a project budget, structures a consortium cost split, and supports negotiation of an MoU. ## **What we offer** Our mission is motivation enough for many. But we also support our team with benefits that foster wellbeing and growth:  * Public transport reimbursement * EGYM Wellpass fitness club access * Complimentary health insurance * Professional development support * Company pension plan * Healthy office snacks For more information on how we process your application data, please review our [privacy notice](https://www.marvelfusion.com/applicants). ## Apply [Apply on Marvelfusion]() Canonical job page: