ProfileYou bring a tangible track record showing that you have an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset and favor creative solutions to challenges. You act comfortably as a coordinator and sparring partner for researchers. You have a clear insight in challenges faced by startups, SMEs and larger corporations. You bring an analytic mind-set that enables you to quickly assess the crux of research and project ideas. You feel at home in a dynamic and innovative academic environment. You have a broad knowledge of innovation processes, project management and have feeling for the dynamics and different interests in a complex ecosystem.
You have strong listening and communication skills and are at ease talking to top scientist and corporate management. You have a relevant network, or can build a network quickly. You can act in a team, but are individually results driven. You can identify separate roles and tasks of participants in the development of research or entrepreneurial projects or programs. And despite differences in their backgrounds, you can connect people and parties through their joint interests in content, motivation. You have a hands-on approach, are flexible and able to work with absolute deadlines.
Additionally you have:
- An academic education and experience in the life science and health sector
- Three to five years of experience at a corporation or startup
- A good command of both Dutch and English in speaking and writing