Research Unit Director

Best way to know tomorrow is to create it yourself. That's why we bring together tomorrow's doers. With us, you can do impactful work whose results are visible in society and future working life. We leave our mark where it is most needed. Do you want to leave yours? Do you want to harness your expertise to develop the Mikkeli region? Do you know the digital economy, information management and the possibilities of artificial intelligence? We are now looking for Xamk: DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH UNIT Digitalia, Mikkeli What is the job about? As the Director of the Research Unit, you are responsible for the management of Digitalia, the Digital Information Management Research Center. You are also responsible for the research infrastructure Memory Lab, where AI-based information management methods are developed for memory organizations and companies. Your place of work is the Mikkeli campus. The position is permanent and begins on October 1, 2026, or by agreement. A probationary period applies to the filling of the position. As the head of Digitalia, you will influence the vitality of the Mikkeli region through research and development projects, service business, educational cooperation and stakeholder cooperation. You operate in regional and international networks, connect regional operators to them and promote the utilization of top expertise in your field. In your work, you will operate in close cooperation with memory organizations, research organizations, companies and operators of the Memory Campus cluster. Digitalia is a network that includes operators in addition to Xamk from the University of Helsinki and the National Library. Your closest colleagues will be a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary group of experts. In addition, you will cooperate with Xamk's training and students. Experts in RDI activities and its development, as well as project staff, are involved in RDI activities. Two research groups operate in Digitalia: digital business and digital information management and archiving. You will act as a supervisor for about ten experts, whose success you support as part of your daily work. Why apply to us? With us, you do impactful work whose results are visible throughout society. Your mark is seen as the vitality of Mikkeli and as future-looking solutions developed for needs. We have a close community spirit that unites all Xamk people from students to staff. We work together for knowledge and research and everyone is ready to help each other and develop their expertise. We follow the collective agreement for the private education sector. The position of TKI unit director has a contractual salary. We take care of your well-being by offering comprehensive occupational health care. In addition, we support recreation in free time with sports, massage and culture benefits. What do we expect from you? We require a higher education degree and consider a postgraduate degree to be very significant for the work. We expect you to have evidence of the effective management of demanding RDI entities, the acquisition of RDI funding and experience in the world of digital information management and an understanding of the possibilities of artificial intelligence. We hope for good leadership and interaction skills and experience in personnel management. The work requires the ability to network both nationally and internationally. Due to the international nature of the work, you need fluent English skills in addition to Finnish. How does the application process proceed? Apply for the position at the bottom of this announcement and attach your CV to the application. Original certificates will be checked for the selected candidate. First interviews can be conducted during the application period. We will proceed with some of the applicants to a second interview round and suitability assessment. We will contact all applicants by the selection at the latest.