Tilburg University | Library & IT Services
is looking for a
Project Manager ReproHub
Department: Research Support
On site: Tilburg
Contract size: 0.8-1.0 fte (32-40 hours per week)
Full-time gross monthly salary: €4.728 – €6.433
Contract duration: 24-48 months
Intended start date: August 1 2026
Would you like to work on developing large-scale infrastructure that enables reproducible research? We are looking for an experienced project manager for our ReproHub team. Together with researchers, research software engineers, library experts, and other partners, you will help to build infrastructure that makes research more transparent, verifiable, and reusable.
Your position
As a project manager based at Library & Information Services at Tilburg University, your core task is to coordinate the ReproHub open science infrastructure project. ReproHub is a large-scale open science infrastructure project recently funded by OpenScienceNL/NWO. The project builds on existing Dutch open science infrastructure, including ODISSEI and Tilburg Science Hub, and aims to strengthen transparency and public trust in science. The project should result in four connected deliverables:
- ReproBuddy: an AI tool to improve reproducibility packages
- ReproRun: a system to validate research results
- OpenScienceRadar: a browser extension that makes open resources visible
- OpenScienceHub.nl: a platform with accessible educational material
The role of project manager requires both excellent project coordination and communication skills:
Project coordination
- Facilitate the execution and fine-tuning of a shared project plan with researchers and research software developers
- Ensure progress against objectives, timelines, and deliverables
- Monitor risks, dependencies, and resource allocation
- Support adaptive planning, including adjustments when priorities or conditions change
- Seek synergies with related open science initiatives at Tilburg University
- Enable smooth collaboration across work packages and institutions
Communication and community building
- Organize project meetings, workshops, and community events
- Coordinate internal and external communication
- Write and manage content for project communication channels (e.g., blogs, posts, updates)
- Build and maintain relationships with researchers, developers, infrastructure partners, and user communities
Your profile
- Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience;
- Minimum CEFR level C1 English;
- Organizing and coordinating, communicating and community management, digital skills and research skills, open science-minded.
- Cooperative and proactive, equipped with organizational sensitivity, solution and result- oriented.
Our offer
Tilburg University offers excellent benefits in a pleasant working environment:
- Employment of 0.8- 1.0 fte (32-40 hours per week).
- Salary between €4.728 and €6.433 gross per month for full-time employment (UFO-profile Project Manager 4, salary scale 11). Tilburg University uses a neutral remuneration system based on relevant work experience.
- This is a vacancy whose work is temporarily externally funded by NWO, in accordance with Article 2.3 paragraph 7 sub a CLA DU. You will be given a temporary contract for the duration of 12 months, which can be continued for maximum duration up to 48 months.
- Vacation pay of 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3%.
- Over 8 weeks of vacation leave.
- Hybrid working with home working allowance (€2 p/day) and internet allowance (€25 p/month).
- Reimbursement sustainable commuting: walking, cycling, and public transport.
- Options model for additional leave, pension, a bicycle or personal training.
- Moving allowance (subject to conditions).
- 30% rule for international employees (if applicable).
- Pension through ABP.
- Ample training offer: personal development, leadership, education, research or language courses.
- Inclusive work culture: everyone welcome, equal opportunities.
- A green, inviting campus that’s easily accessible by public transport.
For more information, please see our website and the CLA Dutch Universities.
Want to know more?
Would you like to know more before applying? Feel free to contact Daan Rutten at
[email protected].
Want to apply?
We kindly invite you to apply before June 21 2026; this can only be done online. Address your cover letter to Daan Rutten and attach your resume. We look forward to your response.
The letter selection will take place by June 22 2026. You will be notified as soon as possible thereafter. The first selection interviews will take place in the first and second week of July.
The selection committee consists of:
- Daan Rutten, Head of Research Support, Library (LIS)
- dr. Hannes Datta, associate professor Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM).
- dr. Shrabastee Banerjee, assistant professsor, TiSEM.
- drs. Jessica Verheijen, community manager/data steward, Research Support, Library.
You will ideally start working for Tilburg University on August 1 2026.
About Tilburg University | University Services
Service society and making it better for its citizens. That is what drives us. Tilburg University's founder, Martinus Cobbenhagen, believed that anyone who wants to understand society must be actively and consciously involved in it. These ideas still form the basis of our university.
Under the motto Understanding society, our more than 2,800 employees develop and transfer knowledge and bring people from different disciplines and organizations together. In this way, we want to contribute to solving complex social issues. In doing so, we work from the fields of economics, business and entrepeneurship, social and behavioral sciences, law and administration, humanities and digital sciences, and theology.
We educate our 20,000 students of 132 nationalities to become Tilburg University Shaped Professionals: responsible and entrepeneurial thinkers, driven by solidarity, a sense of responsibility and empathy, who are able to influence and give direction to a rapidly changing society in an innovative way.
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3. Human Resources
4. Finance & Control
5. Library & IT Services
6. Facility Services
7. Executive Services
Application code
Tilburg University applies the recruitment code of the Dutch Association for Personnel Management & Organization Development (NVP).
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