Special Consultant

DTU is strengthening its collaboration with Rigshospitalet in the Technical University Hospital (TUH). We aim to create a coherent innovation pathway from identification of unmet clinical needs through exploration, prototyping and validation to startup formation and commercialisation.

DTU Entrepreneurship is looking for an experienced Special Consultant to coordinate and further develop this HealthTech innovation pipeline.

You will work at the intersection of technology, healthcare, education, entrepreneurship and commercialisation. A central part of the role will be to connect existing DTU and hospital activities into a functioning pathway. We will ensure that promising HealthTech opportunities can progress between educational programmes, clinical environments, prototyping activities and venture development.

You will collaborate closely with DTU Entrepreneurship, TUH, Rigshospitalet, DTU Skylab and TUH Skylab, relevant DTU departments, clinicians, course responsibles, students and external ecosystem partners.

The job
You will coordinate DTU Entrepreneurship's contribution to the TUH HealthTech innovation initiative. Further contribute hands-on to the development and maturation of selected HealthTech opportunities.

Your primary tasks will include:

• Coordinating the HealthTech innovation initiative across DTU, hospitals and other key stakeholders.
• Developing and maintaining a HealthTech innovation pipeline from clinical need identification to venture creation.
• Supporting the identification and prioritisation of unmet clinical needs in collaboration with clinicians and other experts.
• Providing business development and commercialisation support to selected HealthTech projects, including market assessment, business models, partnerships and funding.
• Mentoring multidisciplinary student teams and potential founders through teaching, coaching and venture development activities.
• Engaging relevant external stakeholders and contributing to the continued development of DTU's HealthTech innovation ecosystem.

You will have a high degree of independence in planning and executing activities while working closely with the TUH leadership and key stakeholders.

We are looking for a senior profile with strong experience in HealthTech innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialisation.

We expect that you have:

• An MSc degree in engineering, technology or a related scientific discipline.
• Proven experience in developing and commercialising healthcare technologies from early-stage innovation to venture creation or market implementation.
• Experience working across the healthcare, university and startup ecosystems.
• Strong business development and commercialisation skills, including market assessment, business model development and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience leading complex projects involving multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and facilitation skills.
• Professional proficiency in Danish and English.

It will be an advantage if you have:

• Founder or senior leadership experience from a MedTech or life-science company.
• A PhD or additional education in business, innovation or entrepreneurship.
• Experience with fundraising, partnerships or innovation funding programmes.

What we offer in return
You will become part of DTU Entrepreneurship and work closely with colleagues across DTU and the Technical University Hospital collaboration.

The position offers an opportunity to play a central role in developing a new university-hospital HealthTech innovation pipeline. This means to work with projects spanning clinical unmet needs, engineering, entrepreneurship, prototyping and venture creation.

You will interact with a broad ecosystem of clinicians, researchers, students, entrepreneurs, industry representatives, investors and innovation organisations. You will contribute to establishing a capability intended to remain beyond the present project period.

The role combines strategic development with hands-on engagement in individual innovation and venture projects.

Salary and appointment terms 
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). You are employed as an Senior Officer or Senior Executive Officer. In addition, supplements can be negotiated in accordance with DTU’s salary structure for academic staff employed in technical-administrative positions at DTU (AC TAP): www.inside.dtu.dk/en/human-resources/during-employment/salary/salary-structures. 

The position is a fixed-term, part-time Special Consultant position until 31 December 2028. The expected employment is 29,6 hours per week. The starting date is 1 November 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Because the activities vary over the project period, the position requires flexibility in the organisation of working time. There will be periods of increased activity around project milestones, educational activities, stakeholder engagement and international collaboration.

Application and contact
Please submit your online application no later than Tuesday, 27 October 2026. Open the “Apply now” link, fill out the form and attach your motivated application, CV and exam certificates. 

If you would like additional information about the position, please contact Professor Thomas Howard on thow@dtu.dk.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology, which is subject to special rules for security and export control, open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.

DTU Entrepreneurship is amongst the leading international entities in technology entrepreneurship and helps develop an entrepreneurial culture across DTU. As part of a dynamic and evolving ecosystem, we combine practice-oriented education and research in entrepreneurship with real start-up opportunities from all DTU departments. With rigorous research at its core, the Center builds the entrepreneurial capabilities of students, industry leaders, academics and policymakers to address unsolved problems, and together create new knowledge, methodologies and initiatives. We enable ethically minded entrepreneurs to build solutions that benefit people, society and the world. The Center experiments with new entrepreneurial methodologies and activities to push boundaries within research and education.

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