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Business Advisor – Life Science, Karolinska Institutet Innovation

Karolinska Institutet Innovation is an independent organization wholly owned by Karolinska Institutet, with the mission to transform world-leading research into real businesses and societal value. They are located 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. They 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 start-ups with capital and the right partners. KI Innovation is not a passive support structure but a proactive actor working closely with researchers and founders to transform promising science into attractive, investable, and sustainable businesses. The organization is currently recruiting two roles; a Business Advisor – Life Science and a Senior Business Advisor – Medtech (see separate job posting for more information). About the Role As a Business Advisor, you work closely with researchers, entrepreneurs, and early-stage startups on their journey from idea to sustainable business. In practice, this means you will meet researchers and founders at a very early stage, where you are responsible for making an initial assessment of uniqueness and market potential to ensure viability, ownership, patents, etc. You are an operational force in the early phase and help the team structure their thinking, understand their market, and take the next concrete step. You work with an established methodology and concrete tools within customer discovery, market analysis, risk assessment, and business modeling, and contribute to companies actually starting to work with their business, not just their technology. The role is varied, autonomous, and requires the ability to juggle multiple projects at once. You are responsible for your own early-stage cases and work in close collaboration with the team's other business advisors and report to the CEO. Your colleagues bring broad experience as well as complementary specialist knowledge. The pace is sometimes high, projects are numerous, and there is a fantastic sense of contributing to real value creation. Your responsibilities: Coach and support researchers, entrepreneurs, and early-stage projects. Contribute to the evaluation of ideas, projects, and companies. Follow up on progress and help identify the next steps in development. Actively contribute to and support business development work in customer insights, business models, and market analysis. Participate in and lead workshops, programs, and training initiatives. About Your Profile This role is suited for someone with at least a couple of years of experience from the private Life Science sector, preferably in business development or product development, and with an academic degree in a relevant field. You thrive at the intersection of science and business and are driven by seeing ideas develop into profitable operations. You are action-oriented and experienced at managing multiple parallel assignments. You don't need to have all the answers, but you are curious and inquisitive and therefore find the answers needed to move forward. You are flexible, meet people where they are, and adapt to what each situation requires. The most important thing is that you take ownership of your tasks and drive them forward. You are never alone—you have colleagues to bounce ideas off and an accessible manager—but you are expected to be self-driven and find your way forward even when facing obstacles. Qualifications: At least 5 years of relevant work experience from the private Life Science sector, for example in business development and/or product development (R&D). Academic degree in Life Science, preferably with research experience. Ability to quickly grasp new technologies and business situations. Self-driven, action-oriented, and experienced at managing parallel assignments. Fluent Swedish and English in both speech and writing. Desirable Qualifications: Technical or scientific expertise in diagnostics, medtech, healthtech, or labtech. Experience with international business or international collaboration. Knowledge of intellectual property rights, patents, and the patent system. Regulatory expertise in Life Science. Expertise in AI and data-driven solutions. Experience from a startup environment. Doctorate (PhD) in Life Science. Why KI Innovation? Here you meet one of the world's strongest research environments and get to put 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. The culture at KI Innovation is open and down-to-earth. People help each other here, and it is perfectly 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 notice this blend in your daily work. Here you make a real difference, one company at a time. Application Does this role sound like you? Submit your CV and a brief description of why you are interested in this opportunity. Interviews will be conducted in August. For questions about the role or the process, please contact Sandra Bydell Sveder at [email protected] or +46 73 199 96 88.