From particle

physics to football

A journey following passions

Who am I?

Milano 1983

Passion for sport

Project Manager

@UEFA from 2018 - now

2006 – 2018 Working at CERN

Who am I?

Student

Supervisor

Coordinator

Project Leader

LHCbExperiment Operation Coordinator

Hardware:

• 5 detectors, 4 technologies, 2 experiments

• Design, cabling, lab and insitu testing,

develpment, calibration, running

Software develpment:

• Track reconstruction algorithm

• Calibration acquisition system

• Calibration data analysis

Data analysis

• 5 as main contributor

• Several as contributor

Management

• LHCb operation coordinator

• LHCb inner tracker project leader

• SHiP Timing detector project leader

Responsibilities

Why did I move?

Results

Insecurity: fix term contracts, too much time spent in

looking for the next grant or next position, …

Geographical stability for the family

How?

My

passions

WHERE?

Is there any open position that would fit my profile?

What are my passions?

Sport:

• UEFA

• CIO

• FIA

• …

Social:

• WEF

• Red cross

Technology:

• Rolex

You should always try your plan A first, even if it looks too ambitions!

I needed 3 totally different CV and motivation letters!

Recruitment process

Application

Face 2 Face interview

Eventually interview with the department director

Skype interview

https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/careers/job-opportunities/index.html

UEFA

UEFA – the Union of European Football Associations – is the governing body

of 55 national football federation in Europe.

No-profit organisation with over 80% of money generated reinvested back

into football (e.g. Hat trick project)

Organising training programs for officials, players, football staff

Campaigns:

#EqualGame: promotion diversity, inclusion, accessibility and equality

#WePlayStrong: development of women’s football

UEFA fundation: support rights of young people around the world through

projects and programmes

How is life there?

Football Planning & Services

UEFA Regulations: i.e. all the rules enforced by UEFA

UEFA Bidding process: i.e. the process in place to assign the association

who will organise in collaboration with UEFA an event like the EURO or the

Champions League Final (if you want the hosting country)

UEFA Manual: i.e. some of the manuals produced at UEFA, in particular the

one used to prepare the match during the season for, for example, UEFA

Champions League matches

Promotion of innovative software solution in the company

Developing simple software solution for the other units

Planning: mainly bidding but not only

Tips

Apply where you really want to go

CV and motivation letters

Short and effective

Tailored for the job

Interview

If you can, have an evening with a friend who is outside the research field and ask him/her to come prepared to interview you

Get prepared for HR-style questions

Be honest and don’t overdue it: you can learn anything, but you don’t know everything

Have fun

Skills

Analytical thinking

Ability to learn quickly

Work independently

Problem solving

Curiosity

Working under stress

Ability to focus

Open mindness

Used to big load of work

Management experience

Working in an international enviroment

Probably this is the room

with the highest number

of people holding a PhD

in this moment in the

world

The future is waiting for you…