{"data":{"id":125235,"slug":"senior-affarsradgivare-med-fokus-pa-medtech-ki-innovation","type":"job","title":"Senior Business Advisor with Focus on Medtech and AI Innovation","description":"Karolinska Institutet Innovation is an independent organization wholly owned by Karolinska Institutet, with a mission to transform world-leading research into real business ventures and societal impact. They have their office in the heart of Hagastaden on Campus Solna, one of Europe's fastest-growing Life Science clusters, with close connections to Karolinska University Hospital, SciLifeLab, and a broad network of investors and industry partners.\nThey work across the entire innovation chain: from identifying and validating early-stage ideas in their Innovation Lab, to building and strengthening companies in their Incubator, to connecting startups with capital and the right partners.\n\nAbout the Role\nAs Senior Business Advisor, you will be one of the most important people in a researcher's or founder's journey from development to market. You will primarily work in the later stages of innovation development when a company is formed and there is a clear commitment to take steps toward commercial development. You bring strategic depth and operational presence and will support researchers and entrepreneurs in company formation. Your role involves guiding them, pointing out risks, and ensuring clear ownership.\n\nIn practice, you are responsible for 8 to 10 projects in different phases in parallel. Some are just beginning and need help understanding whether there's even a market for them. Others are further along and are forming companies, structuring their IP, or preparing for their first investors. You adapt to what each company needs right now and help them focus on the right things in the right order.\n\nYour responsibilities:\nCoach and provide strategic and operational advice to researchers and Life Science startups from needs validation and business modeling to go-to-market and investor readiness.\n\nEvaluate commercial potential in research projects and early-stage companies.\n\nMonitor and continuously evaluate progress in projects and companies - identify challenges early and act on them.\n\nBuild and maintain relationships with relevant stakeholders: clinics, industry partners, investors, and the international innovation ecosystem.\n\nLead workshops and training sessions in business development and entrepreneurship.\n\nAbout Your Profile\nWe are looking for someone with solid experience from the private Life Science sector, ideally with your own background as a founder or in a leadership role at a Medtech or Healthtech company. You have seen what it takes to build companies from an early stage, preferably learned from some setbacks along the way. You know how to navigate the journey from idea to market, understand the regulatory landscape, business modeling, and investor readiness. You can keep multiple balls in the air and help companies focus on the right things when everything feels equally important. Rolling up your sleeves when needed is a given.\n\nBut what is absolutely most important is that you have a proactive work approach where you take ownership and drive things to completion. You have colleagues to discuss things with and a manager who is always available, but you won't be micromanaged and you are expected to find your way forward even when obstacles arise.\n\nQualifications:\nSenior experience in the private Life Science sector with focus on Medtech and\/or Healthtech.\n\nPractical experience founding or running a medtech company with responsibility for commercial development and regulatory considerations. You recognize the overwhelming feeling of having to manage operations while also ensuring strategic development.\n\nStrong business development expertise: needs validation, business modeling, go-to-market, pricing, customer dialogue, pitching, investor readiness, and strategic decisions.\n\nDeep understanding of the Medtech journey from idea to market: clinical benefit, care pathways, regulatory requirements, reimbursement logic, quality systems, evidence generation, and product\/market adaptation.\n\nAbility to coach researchers and entrepreneurs by challenging them, supporting their prioritization, and identifying key business risks and next concrete steps.\n\nFluent Swedish and English in both speech and writing.\n\nMerits:\nExperience as CEO or founder in a Medtech or Healthtech company.\n\nKnowledge of and experience with intellectual property, patents, and the patent system.\n\nEstablished network within healthcare, industry, investors, and innovation systems with the ability to open doors to clinical environments, test beds, commercial partners, capital, and international contacts.\n\nAcademic degree at doctoral level (PhD) in Life Science.\n\nExpertise in AI and data-driven solutions related to digital health, medical device software, and clinical decision support.\n\nWhy Karolinska Institutet Innovation?\nHere you will meet one of the world's strongest research environments and be part of putting it into practice. The organization is flat with short decision-making paths and a high degree of independence. Each business advisor works with their own portfolio responsibility but collaborates closely with colleagues and shares tools, frameworks, and experiences.\n\nThe culture at KI Innovation is open and down-to-earth. People help each other here and it's completely okay not to have all the answers. At the same time, the pace is high and people are genuinely engaged in what they do. It is an unusual combination of deep academic knowledge and practical business experience, and you can feel that mix in your everyday work. Here you really make a difference, one company at a time.\n\nApplication\nDoes this role sound like you? Send in your CV and a brief description of why you are interested in this opportunity. Interviews will be conducted in August.\n\nFor questions about the role or the process, please contact Sandra Bydell Sveder, Sr Recruitment Consultant, SallyQ (sandra.sveder@sallyq.se or +46 763 199 96 88).","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Senior Aff\u00e4rsr\u00e5dgivare med fokus p\u00e5 Medtech, KI Innovation","description_original":"Karolinska Institutet Innovation \u00e4r en frist\u00e5ende organisation hel\u00e4gd av Karolinska Institutet, med uppdrag att omvandla v\u00e4rldsledande forskning till verkliga aff\u00e4rer och samh\u00e4llsnytta. De har sitt kontor mitt i Hagastaden p\u00e5 Campus Solna, ett av Europas snabbast v\u00e4xande Life Science-kluster, med n\u00e4ra koppling till Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, SciLifeLab och ett brett n\u00e4tverk av investerare och industripartners.\nDe arbetar med hela innovationskedjan: fr\u00e5n att identifiera och validera tidiga id\u00e9er i deras Innovation Lab, till att bygga och st\u00e4rka bolag i deras Inkubator, till att koppla samman start-ups med kapital och r\u00e4tt partners. \nOm rollen\nSom Senior Aff\u00e4rsr\u00e5dgivare blir du en av de viktigaste personerna i en forskares eller grundares resa fr\u00e5n utveckling till marknad. Du kommer framf\u00f6r allt arbeta i de senare delarna av innovationsutvecklingen d\u00e5 ett bolag \u00e4r formerat och det finns en tydlig vilja att satsa och ta kliv mot kommersiell utveckling. Du tillf\u00f6r strategisk h\u00f6jd och operativ n\u00e4rvaro och kommer st\u00f6tta forskare och entrepren\u00f6rer i bolagsformation. Din roll inneb\u00e4r att v\u00e4gleda genom st\u00f6d visa p\u00e5 risker och s\u00e4kerst\u00e4lla tydligt \u00e4gandeskap.\nI praktiken \u00e4r du huvudansvarig f\u00f6r 8 till 10 projekt, i olika faser, parallellt. N\u00e5gra \u00e4r precis i b\u00f6rjan och beh\u00f6ver hj\u00e4lp att f\u00f6rst\u00e5 om det ens finns en marknad. Andra \u00e4r lite l\u00e4ngre fram och h\u00e5ller p\u00e5 att bilda bolag, strukturera sitt IP eller f\u00f6rbereda sig f\u00f6r sina f\u00f6rsta investerare. Du anpassar dig efter vad varje bolag beh\u00f6ver just nu och hj\u00e4lper dem att fokusera p\u00e5 r\u00e4tt saker i r\u00e4tt ordning.\nDina arbetsuppgifter:\nCoacha och ge strategisk och operativ r\u00e5dgivning till forskare och Life Science-startups fr\u00e5n behovsvalidering och aff\u00e4rsmodellering till go-to-market och investerarberedskap.\n\n\nUtv\u00e4rdera kommersiell potential i forskningsprojekt och tidiga bolag.\n\n\nF\u00f6lja upp och kontinuerligt utv\u00e4rdera progress hos projekt och bolag - identifiera utmaningar tidigt och agera p\u00e5 dem.\n\n\nBygga och underh\u00e5lla relationer med relevanta akt\u00f6rer: kliniker, industripartners, investerare och det internationella innovationsekosystemet.\n\n\nLeda workshops och utbildningar inom aff\u00e4rsutveckling och entrepren\u00f6rsskap.\n\nOm profilen\nVi s\u00f6ker dig med gedigen erfarenhet fr\u00e5n den privata Life Science-sektorn, g\u00e4rna med egen bakgrund som grundare eller i ledande roll p\u00e5 ett Medtech eller Healthtech bolag. Du har sett vad som kr\u00e4vs f\u00f6r att bygga bolag fr\u00e5n tidig fas, g\u00e4rna \u00e5kt p\u00e5 n\u00e5gra nitar och byggt l\u00e4rdomar l\u00e4ngs v\u00e4gen. Du vet hur man navigerar resan fr\u00e5n id\u00e9 till marknad, f\u00f6rst\u00e5r det regulatoriska landskapet, aff\u00e4rsmodellering och investerarberedskap. Du kan h\u00e5lla flera bollar i luften och hj\u00e4lpa bolagen att fokusera p\u00e5 r\u00e4tt saker n\u00e4r allt k\u00e4nns lika viktigt, att kavla upp \u00e4rmarna n\u00e4r det kr\u00e4vs \u00e4r en sj\u00e4lvklarhet.\nMen det absolut viktigaste \u00e4r att du har ett proaktivt arbetss\u00e4tt d\u00e4r du tar \u00e4gandeskap och drar saker i m\u00e5l. Du har kollegor att bolla med och en chef som alltid \u00e4r tillg\u00e4nglig men du kommer inte bli arbetsledd och du f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntas hitta v\u00e4gen fram\u00e5t \u00e4ven n\u00e4r det st\u00f6ter p\u00e5 hinder.\nKvalifikationer:\nSenior erfarenhet inom den privata Life Science-sektorn med fokus p\u00e5 Medtech och eller Healthtech.\n\n\nPraktisk erfarenhet fr\u00e5n att grunda eller driva ett medtech bolag med ansvar f\u00f6r kommersiell utveckling och regulatoriska avv\u00e4gningar. Du k\u00e4nner igen den \u00f6verm\u00e4ktiga k\u00e4nslan av att beh\u00f6va hantera det operativa och samtidigt s\u00e4kerst\u00e4lla strategisk utveckling.\n\n\nStark aff\u00e4rsutvecklingskompetens: behovsvalidering, aff\u00e4rsmodellering, go-to-market, priss\u00e4ttning, kunddialog, pitch, investerarberedskap och strategiska v\u00e4gval.\n\n\nDjup f\u00f6rst\u00e5else f\u00f6r Medtech-resan fr\u00e5n id\u00e9 till marknad: klinisk nytta, v\u00e5rdfl\u00f6den, regulatoriska krav, reimbursement-logik, kvalitetssystem, evidensgenerering och produkt-\/marknadsanpassning.\n\n\nF\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att coacha forskare och entrepren\u00f6rer genom att utmana, st\u00f6tta i prioriteringar och genom att identifiera viktiga aff\u00e4rsrisker och n\u00e4sta konkreta steg.\n\n\nFlytande svenska och engelska i b\u00e5de tal och skrift.\n\nMeriterande:\nErfarenhet som VD eller grundare i Medtech- eller Healthtechbolag.\n\n\nKunskaper om och erfarenhet av arbete med immateriella r\u00e4ttigheter, patent och patentsystemet.\n\n\nEtablerat n\u00e4tverk inom v\u00e5rd, industri, investerare och innovationssystem med f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att \u00f6ppna d\u00f6rrar till kliniska milj\u00f6er, testb\u00e4ddar, kommersiella partners, kapital och internationella kontakter.\n\n\nAkademisk examen p\u00e5 doktorsniv\u00e5 (PhD) inom Life Science.\n\n\nKompetens inom AI och datadrivna l\u00f6sningar kopplat till digital h\u00e4lsa, medicinteknisk mjukvara och kliniska beslutsst\u00f6d.\n\nVarf\u00f6r Karolinska Institutet Innovation?\nH\u00e4r m\u00f6ter du en av v\u00e4rldens starkaste forskningsmilj\u00f6er och f\u00e5r vara med och oms\u00e4tta den i praktiken. Organisationen \u00e4r platt med kort beslutsv\u00e4g och h\u00f6g grad av sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndighet. Varje aff\u00e4rsr\u00e5dgivare arbetar med ett eget portf\u00f6ljansvar men samarbetar t\u00e4tt med kollegor och delar verktyg, ramverk och erfarenheter.\nKulturen p\u00e5 KI Innovation \u00e4r \u00f6ppen och jordn\u00e4ra. H\u00e4r hj\u00e4lper man varandra och det \u00e4r helt okej att inte ha alla svar. Samtidigt \u00e4r tempot h\u00f6gt och folk \u00e4r genuint engagerade i det de g\u00f6r. Det \u00e4r en ovanlig kombination av djup akademisk kunskap och praktisk aff\u00e4rserfarenhet, och den blandningen m\u00e4rks i vardagen. H\u00e4r g\u00f6r du skillnad p\u00e5 riktigt, ett bolag i taget.\nAns\u00f6kan\nL\u00e5ter den h\u00e4r rollen som dig? Skicka in ditt CV och en kort beskrivning av varf\u00f6r just du \u00e4r intresserad av den h\u00e4r m\u00f6jligheten. 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