Two Senior Innovation Coaches (specialkonsulent) for Early-stage Medical Technology Innovation Teams

BioMedical Design Novo Nordisk Foundation Fellowship Programme, Department of Clinical Medicine at the Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, invites applications for two positions (one in Aarhus and one in Copenhagen) as Senior Innovation Coaches.

Shape and sharpen the future of Danish health innovation capacity

We are seeking two new colleagues to educate, train and support interdisciplinary innovation teams tackling real healthcare challenges. These are exciting opportunities to join a high-impact, mission-driven program that combines health, design and entrepreneurship.
We are looking for two profiles who can complement each other in terms of expertise in the innovation process (from discovery and co-creation through technical development and to implementation), though understanding and practical experiences of commercialization is needed for both positions.

What is BioMedical Design?

BioMedical Design is a unique 1o-months fellowship where experienced professionals are trained in needs-driven innovation in the healthcare sector.
Our ambition is to strengthen Denmark’s capacity in innovation and entrepreneurship by upskilling talents to use their professional skills to innovate medical technology, AND to provide a pipeline of high-quality innovation projects to the Danish life science ecosystem.
Thus, this is your opportunity to make a world of difference to others, and give talents the entrepreneurial mindset they act with for the rest of their careers and to contribute to impactful solutions in real-world healthcare settings.

Your roles and job responsibilities

As Senior Innovation Coach (specialkonsulent /special consultant)  you will play a central role in the personal and professional development of our fellows. You will:

• Plan, coordinate and execute program activities (lectures, workshops, feedback sessions, presentation sessions and coaching) that contribute to learning and development of our fellows.
• Guide and coach four innovation teams through the innovation process – from needs finding to conceptualization, development, and early validation
• Mentor fellows individually to support their personal growth 
• Coordinate with external experts (e.g. professionals in regulatory affairs, HTA, or IPR)
• Build and maintain relations to national and international stakeholders to support project and career advancement of our fellows.
• In your role, you will contribute to the continous improvement of our content, our tools and our teaching methods. We expect you to bring in to use your existing tools and methods where this benefits the program and we expect you to adopt the corner stones of our needs-driven innovation method (you’ll get the training).

As part of the job, you will be involved in the recruitment and assessment of candidates for the next batch of fellows.

You will be part of a joint management team of 6 people distributes across offices in Aarhus and Copenhagen who work together to pull off the intensive 10-months fellowship programme from both an administrative, practical and subject matter perspective.

You will be refering to the managing director of BioMedical Design.

Your competencies

Academic background (MSc or PhD), preferably from, but not limited to, natural sciences, engineering (mechanical, software, digital, datascience), health sciences or trade / economics.

8+ years of work experience from either the life science industry, medical technology field or innovation in healthcare.  

Solid and documented experience with innovation in the medical/health field from either management of development teams, own startup experience, or experience from managing innovation processes and projects or from consultancy work.

As we are seeking candidates for two positions, your core professional competencies can be from one of more areas such as facilitation of innovation processes (e.g., co-creation, user-centered design), conceptualization and technical development of medical equipment/technology (hardware/software), commercialization of medical equipment/technology (marked analyses, go-market strategies, regulatory affairs, IPR, HTA etc).

Ideally, you have experience in communication and teaching (e.g., through external lectureships or course activities), and in conducting workshops.

Experience in supervision and coaching.

You must be fluent in English orally as well as in writing as all communication and teaching of fellows takes place in English.

Place of work and area of employment

• The place of work for the Copenhagen based position is: Henrik Pontoppidansvej 6, 2200 København N
• The place of work for the Aarhus based position is: Tangen 17, 8200 Aarhus N.
• Employment is at the Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University.
• Both positions are temporary full-time positions (category: specialkonsulent /special consultant) from 1 November 2025 to 31 August 2028.

Department of Clinical Medicine

At the Department of Clinical Medicine, you will be part of what is probably the largest health science research department in Denmark. Our clinical research covers all the medical specialities and takes place in close collaboration with the university hospital and the regional hospitals in the Central Denmark Region. We have approx. 30,000 square metres of modern research facilities for experimental surgery and medicine, animal facilities and also advanced scanners at our disposal. The department has overall responsibility for the Master's degree programs in medicine and in molecular medicine. At the department we are approx. 670 academic employees, 500 PhD students and 160 technical/administrative employees who are cooperating across disciplines. You can read more about the department here and about the faculty here.

Questions about the position

If you have any questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Managing Director of BioMedical Design. Sys Zoffmann Glud tel.: +45 2459 2667.

 

Terms of employment

Terms of employment and pay are regulated by the collective agreement.

Application

Your application must include the following:

• Motivated application
• Curriculum Vitae
• Indication of education (a copy of the diplomas should be uploaded)
• References/recommendations can be uploaded separately in the recruitment system

We refer to the faculty’s Guideline for applicants.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.
 

Aarhus University

Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/