C2PA Project Manager

The European Broadcasting Union EBU is looking for a C2PA Project Manager.

ABOUT THE UNIT

With the increasing velocity of digital content and the increasing availability of powerful creation and editing techniques, establishing the provenance of media is critical to ensure transparency, understanding, and ultimately, trust.

One way of doing so is to attach and display provenance information such as C2PA to different types of media, allowing the audience to trace the origin of the content.

The Security for Media Association has been established and together with industry and the EBU is addressing several emerging C2PA questions for certifying the source and history (or provenance) of media content.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS POSITION

The C2PA Project Manager will be part of the Security for Media Association (S4M) and will also support the EBU T&I department

He/She will be the go-to person for all C2PA related technical projects. The position covers several key areas;

Contribute to Industry standards: (s)he will represent EBU and contribute to on-going developments of specifications for Provenance and Authenticity of content in media, including C2PA , SMPTE, JPEG Trust associations.

C2PA integration: (s)he will actively support integration of C2PA in their media workflow and products. (s)he will work with requestors on defining the exact scope of each integration project, estimating time and resource required.

Technical implementation: (s)he will develop and maintain a C2PA toolbox that can be used as a service for PoC projects, relying open source components made available in the industry (https://opensource.contentauthenticity.org/docs/introduction) and integrating with partners systems.

Technical Leadership: (s)he will demonstrate technical leadership to investigate on technologies and best practices, build relations with stakeholders at members’ and in the industry. (S)he’ll participate to the definition of new recommendations to improve trust in the Media industry. (S)he will contribute to the preparation and publication of technical papers, presentations and news releases.

Industry Research: (s)he will constantly gather and analyze any development in the industry related to Content provenance

Group Coordination: (S)he will coordinate the S4M activities and group of EBU members on C2PA, and foster collaboration and cross-fertilization. (S)he will be proactive to on-board new members and develop potential new activities for the group.

Technical queries: (S)he’ll will be the main contact for all technical queries related to C2PA, acting as primary contact for members, liaison contact for other stakeholders.

Project management: (S)he’ll participate, manage, coordinate and report on technical projects involving internal and external project partners including third party projects (E.g. EU projects).

Representative funtcions: (S)he’ll will represent S4M and EBU at seminars and conferences as well as towards press and other media. (S)he is an excellent public speaker and enjoy sharing and exchanging knowledge with colleagues in the industry and stakeholders from different backgrounds.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES

Proven track record, and appropriate qualifications, in managing research projects;

Relevant experience in the mobile telecommunications technology field.

Relevant experience in the media distribution.

Customer focused

Hands-on, can-do attitude. Stress resilient

Excellent organisational skills

Analytical ability is clearly required.

LANGUAGE - Excellent oral and written skill in English and French

EDUCATION - Master’s Degree, subject: engineering / technical

ONCE ON BOARD YOU WILL

Be part of an outstanding diverse and inclusive multicultural and international team.

Work with accomplished and engaging professionals coming from a wide variety of backgrounds and covering an impressive range of professions both in and outside of the broadcasting realm.

ABOUT THE EBU

Discover more about the EBU at www.ebu.ch.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

More info in the job in the following link: 2026 EBU JD -C2PA_project Manager final.pdf

We will not accept any applications after the closing date and we will contact only the candidates who correspond to the requirements.

The EBU is an equal opportunities employer committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels heard, safe and valued through a culture free of discrimination, we welcome applications from all communities.

ONLY APPLICATIONS VIA OUR RECRUITMENT PORTAL WILL BE CONSIDERED.