Business Developer – Technology Transfer & Partnership Officer

As a translational and patient-centric institute, Luxembourg Insitute of Health’s (LIH) is dedicated to advancing healthcare through high-impact research that leads to practical, market-ready, and financially viable solutions.

At the heart of this mission is our Business Development Office (BDO), which drives business development, technology transfer, intellectual property management, and strategic partnerships. The BDO fosters a vibrant entrepreneurial culture, supports innovation, and acts as a catalyst for the growth of Luxembourg’s biomedical research and innovation ecosystem.

In this context, we are seeking a Business Developer – Technology Transfer & Partnership Officer to strengthen our knowledge transfer and commercialization activities. In this dynamic role, you will:

• Promote and develop technology transfer initiatives across LIH.
• Support the commercialization and entrepreneurial activities of our research departments and technology platforms.
• Provide strategic input and operational support to help advance high-potential projects toward market success.

Key Accountabilities

• Assess the commercial potential of research outcomes and propose tailored valorisation strategies
• Engage with private-sector partners, investors, and industry stakeholders to secure funding, establish co-development initiatives, and support spin-off creation
• Build and validate business cases for innovations and emerging spin-offs, including market research, financial modeling, and business planning
• Maintain strong partnerships with other research institutions and innovations networks
• Coordinate the establishment of non-disclosure agreements, material transfer agreements, inter-institutional agreements that support technology valorisation
• Conduct due diligence on prospective partners, using market intelligence, patent databases, and industry reports.
• Prepare concise, actionable reports for internal stakeholders and contribute to the team’s CRM, and data platform, internal portal)
• Curate and update intelligence tools and explore new AI-based methods to enhance the due diligence process.

Key Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Life or Biomedical Sciences, ideally with additional training in Business Development, Commercialization, or Technology Transfer
• Minimum 2 years in a technology transfer office, innovation agency, or industry (e.g., biotech/pharma) in a Business Development or Technology Transfer role
• Strong experience in the use of competitive intelligence analysis techniques/tools and high-level analytical skills to extract, organize, and analyze data and information gathered from a wide variety of sources and communicate the related report(s) to researchers
• Experience in collaborating with commercial entities in the biotech/pharma sector
• Effective project management skills
• Strong negotiation skills, flexibility, and persuasion capacity allowing to answer internal and external expectations in a result-oriented approach.
• Language skills: excellent written and spoken knowledge of English and French. German skills would be an advantage
  
  

Gender Equality

The LIH is an equal opportunities employer. We are fully committed to removing any discriminatory barrier related to gender, and not only, in recruitment and career progression of our staff. The LIH is attentive to gender representation among its leadership staff and aims to eliminate obstacles to the recruitment and promotion of female leaders and their career development.