This is a full time post (35 hours per week), offered on a fixed-term contract until 31 March 2028.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

• Experience of translating complex customer or user needs into clear product or service requirements, propositions and delivery plans, using design thinking or comparable customer-centred methodologies to shape commercially relevant technology-enabled solutions.
• Strong commercial awareness and analytical capability, with experience using market intelligence, competitor analysis and commercial forecasts to assess market opportunity, customer value, commercial potential, feasibility and delivery implications of new products, services and partnerships.
• Substantial relevant experience delivering product development, commercial development, business development or front end innovation activities in a consultancy, in-house or comparable commercial environment, involving technology-enabled products or services in healthcare, life sciences, or another complex or regulated sector.
• Experience of managing and progressing projects or workstreams involving multiple internal and external stakeholders, with a track record of delivering tangible outputs in environments where requirements, responsibilities or processes are evolving or not yet fully defined.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across commercial, clinical, scientific, technical and operational disciplines, communicate complex subjects clearly to internal and external stakeholders, and take a proactive, resourceful and delivery focused approach.
• Experience of working directly with customers, partners or senior stakeholders to understand needs, shape compelling propositions and progress opportunities towards defined products, pilots or partnerships, supported by high quality proposals, presentations, business cases or briefings.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to bring structure to complex or ambiguous issues, assess priorities and risks, and exercise sound judgement on appropriate actions and escalation.
• A degree, or equivalent professional experience, in a relevant discipline such as life sciences, data science, AI/ML, technology, engineering, design, innovation or business, supported by specialist knowledge relevant to commercial or product development context.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of commercialising or bringing to market AI/ML, digital health, health data, multiomic or other data- or technology-enabled products or services, ideally within biopharma, life sciences, medtech or healthcare industry.
• Experience of B2B business development and partnership development, including progressing opportunities with complex organisational customers from initial engagement through proposition development and towards commercial agreement.
• Experience of working in a start-up, spin-out, joint venture or similarly entrepreneurial environment, particularly where delivery requires navigating complex governance, regulatory or institutional requirements.
• Experience of developing and testing new products or propositions through MVPs, pilots, feasibility studies or proof of concept projects, using Agile, design-led or comparable iterative development approaches.
• A relevant postgraduate qualification, such as an MSc, MBA or PhD, or equivalent advanced professional expertise.

Personal attributes

The successful candidate is likely to be:

• Intellectually curious and able to understand new scientific, technical and commercial areas quickly
• Comfortable operating where not all information is available at the outset
• Pragmatic, resourceful and focused on achieving useful outcomes
• Able to move between strategic thinking and detailed hands on delivery
• Collaborative, open to challenge, and tenacious in identifying and resolving barriers

Additional information

The role will involve engagement with stakeholders across the PharosAI partner organisations and with external industry partners. Some travel within London and occasional wider UK travel may be required. PharosAI operates a hybrid working model, with expectation of on-site working 2-3 days per week.

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

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When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

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