Associate, Planetary Health Insights, Science Strategy – BioInnovation Institute
Are you excited about identifying the next big thing in life science innovation? Do you have a knack for analysing innovation trends and uncovering hidden opportunities? Are you passionate about hunting the new science that may enable the green transition and develop a healthier planet?
Then we may have the perfect role for you at BioInnovation Institute (BII). The Science Strategy team is currently looking for an Associate who will be responsible for generating insight analysis and data deep dive to enable BII and its partners to drive innovation through the BII platform.
As part of a dynamic team, you will play a key role in looking for opportunities with the potential of shaping the future of planetary health. Together, we’ll identify groundbreaking research and set out its journey from academic discovery to the translation of impactful solutions, driving real-world change.
The Job
As Associate within Planetary Health Insights, you will be part of the Science Strategy team, working closely with scientific and business development colleagues to support initiatives aimed at advancing planetary health. You will play a crucial role in conducting research and analysis to identify emerging trends and opportunities in the academic landscape of Planetary Health. This will include evaluating new technological and scientific advancements in areas such as agriculture, food, energy, chemicals, and materials. You will collaborate strongly within team and cross-functionally to integrate the findings into BII workflows and support team members undertaking project sourcing and development. This is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in working with partners to identify challenges that need to be addressed and to contribute to the success of innovative solutions to address those challenges.
Key responsibilities:
- Conduct thorough scientific and market analyses to identify emerging trends in selected areas within Planetary Health, including but not limited to agriculture, food, energy, chemicals, and materials
- Provide clear and concise summary reports on scientific and commercial trends from big data sources, including public and proprietary databases
- Support the design and maintenance of processes applied for the analyses large data sets to define scientific, commercial, and market trends.
- Prepare presentations and reports of identified trends and opportunities to guide strategic decision making for internal portfolio sourcing and external innovation partners.
- Identify high-impact scientific centres, leading researchers and key opinion leaders in an area of interest.
- Collaborate strongly within team and cross-functionally to integrate the findings into BII workflows.
Professional and Personal Spirit
We’re looking for a candidate with a passion for sustainability and planetary health. You see yourself as a detail-oriented and analytically minded, with the ability to interpret complex scientific and technical data. Besides this, you can see yourself thrive in a fast-paced and innovative environment.
What you’ll bring:
In addition to recognizing yourself in the description above, we imagine that you bring a strong background in planetary health, with a particular focus on the academic landscape. Your understanding of the key scientific trends, research centers, and emerging opportunities within this field will be crucial in helping us drive forward innovative solutions.
- PhD in agricultural technology, biotechnology, bioengineering, food technology, food science, sustainability, or another field related to planetary health and bring 2+ years’ working experience in a relevant field,
- Alternatively, you hold a MSc degree and 4+ years’ experience in management consulting, venture capital, as business analysts or a related role with a focus on sustainability, biosolutions, bioindustrials, biotechnology or another relevant field,
- Expertise in conducting research and market trend analyses in a relevant business area, in order to identify emerging technologies, key industrial player and research hot spots,
- Expertise in handling and manipulating large datasets, understanding data variables and connecting the dots in various datasets,
- Excellent ability to understand, analyse and communicate research results, research projects, and research evaluations,
- English proficiency in written and oral communication.
Additional Strengths:
- Experience in standard data science and analytics tools such as R, Python, SQL, PowerBI and/or Tableau,
- Proactive and solution-oriented mindset with a strong eye for combining different academic disciplines into new, translational opportunities,
- Ability to prioritising activities based on project and business goals and needs,
- Previous experience in establishing collaboration with industry a/o investors is seen as a plus.
As a person, you are confident, proactive and able to work independently as well as part of a team, collaborating across the organization, and with external stakeholders. Importantly, you have an optimistic, change-ready and agile mindset and can see yourself thrive in a dynamic environment.
Working at BII
Founded in 2018, BII promotes life science and deep tech innovation by building and supporting start-up companies to ensure that innovations become widely available for the benefit of human welfare and society.
This position at BII offers a unique opportunity to join the team effort of building the largest innovation and incubation initiative within the Life Sciences in Europe. This opportunity as Associate Planetary Health Insights, is a newly created position and offers the possibility for you develop the tasks in close collaboration with the BII management. Our ambitions are high, and you will be working in a fast-paced organization where:
- Clear values and ideals define the framework for our daily work.
- Exciting tasks provide great opportunities for you to build your professional profile.
- Great colleagues and innovative projects offer an inspiring work environment.
The job provides the opportunity to be part of a dedicated team with diverse backgrounds.
The BioInnovation Institute is located at Ole Maaløes Vej 3, 2200 Copenhagen N.
Application and Information
For more information, please contact Director of Science Strategy, Katja Brunner via kbr@bii.dk. The deadline for applying is Friday, October 29th, 2024. The expected start date is January.
To apply, please send your CV, cover letter, and university transcripts by clicking on the “Apply now” button.
About the BioInnovation Institute Foundation
The BioInnovation Institute foundation (BII) is an international commercial foundation with a nonprofit objective supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. BII operates an incubator to accelerate world-class life science innovation that drives the development of new solutions by early life science start-ups for the benefit of people and society.
BII, located in Copenhagen, Denmark, offers start-ups and early-stage projects within health tech, therapeutics and bioindustrials state-of-the-art labs, vibrant office facilities, business development, start-up business incubation, access to high-level mentoring and international networks, plus unique funding opportunities of up to 1.3 million euro per start-up and 2.4 million euro per project.
Since the inauguration of BII in November 2018, BII has awarded 35 million euros to 68 high-growth start-up companies. Read more on www.bioinnovationinstitute.com
