New Business Lead Medtech & Pharma

ROLE SUMMARY

This is a Hybrid position based at our location in Raleigh NC.

• No Visa sponsorships are available for this position.

As Business Leader / Entrepreneur in i2M MANNHUMMELs unit for future business youll 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. Youll be responsible for the business side from the first insight through customer validation to market entry and scale-up.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the business side of the Medtech & Pharma Innovation Search Field and combine it with the Technical Leads view into one joint strategy
• Screen the opportunity funnel: identify and validate real customer problems assess how severe they are and how big the market is and test where MANNHUMMEL has a real right to win
• Design and run fast low-cost validation experiments including ones that try to disprove your own hypotheses
• Fully own and manage innovation projects from start to scale-up
• Manage all business aspects of innovation projects including foresight and exploration of opportunity spaces idea generation identification and validation of customer problems market evaluation and market sizing business model design go-to-market strategy development business plan development and economic feasibility
• Connect new opportunities to existing MANNHUMMEL assets and align strategically with Business Unit Presidents and Product Management
• Build a strong business and market ecosystem in Medtech & Pharma and support due diligence on Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) deal flow
• Enable and drive decision making in order to move projects forward fast
• Coordinate cost analysis and detailed cost calculations of technical concepts as part of the overall business case
• Present and defend project status and Go / Stop / Scale recommendations to the i2M Innovation Board and executive leadership

REQUIREMENTS

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Business Engineering Life Sciences or a comparable field

Experience:

• 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 venturebuilding 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 businessventure 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)