New Business Lead - Medtech & Pharma

As Business Leader / Entrepreneur in i2M, MANN+HUMMEL’s unit for future business, you'll co-own the Medtech & Pharma search field together with a Technical Lead / Inventor. Find, validate and build the $100M+ businesses the group will look to run in five to ten years’ time. You'll be responsible for the business side from the first insight through customer validation, to market entry and scale-up.

• 5 -10 years of directly relevant experience, ideally in Medtech, Pharma or other regulated healthcare / life-science markets


• Hands-on experience in customer/new business discovery and hypothesis-driven validation


• Experience with startups, venture building or CVC  

Required Skills:

• Strong business innovation competence, business acumen and solid technical understanding


• Self-driven by an entrepreneurial spirit


• Proven track record of building a new business, venture or product line from discovery to launch and go-to-market


• Strong ability to network with a high degree of effectiveness within the Medtech & Pharma business arenas 


• Creativeness and ability to generate new ideas and recognize business opportunities


• Excellent English (verbal, written and presentation) business communication skills 


• Ability to work in changing team structures adapting to project, strategic and corporate targets


• Exceptional professional business networking skills with all levels within a business (both domestic and international)


• Competency in identifying potential road blocks, and thinking quickly regarding potential solutions to challenges


• Confident, hands-on use of AI tools to speed up market scanning, opportunity screening, customer insight synthesis, and business case development, with the judgement to critically validate AI


• Conflict resolution skills


• Ability to travel regularly (domestic and international)