Innovation Consultant

The Alien Technology Transfer Group leads top-class innovators to success by converting visionary ideas into tangible realities. They support companies with concrete growth ambitions by funding their product development through the Innovation Consulting Line. Additionally, they design, fund, and launch innovative companies through the timely transformation of high-potential concepts into profitable ventures with the support of the Venture Studio. They also deliver unparalleled talent hunting solutions for businesses of all sizes, startups, and SMEs particularly through the Talent Hunting Line. As an Innovation Scout, your role involves sourcing and analyzing the highest quality prospect clients for the business lines among innovative high-tech high-impact start-ups and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Europe and the USA. To excel in this position, you must possess a genuine interest in technology and business, an aptitude for quickly understanding complex engineering or medical innovations, be highly analytical and articulate, and have a strong command of English. Being a team player, well-organized, and keen to take on responsibility are key qualities. Demonstrating an entrepreneurial mindset, high self-motivation, and a high degree of stamina to work within an ambitious and goal-driven environment are essential. Your responsibilities will include continuously staying up to date in the technological and business field to recognize business opportunities and industry/market emerging trends effectively. Identifying top-level sources/hubs of potential clients among web platforms, online databases, and events, monitoring current trends in private and public innovative project financing and fund-raising, handling and analyzing databases, preparing regular reports on funding trends, and maintaining internal databases for prospects, clients, and public grant awardees. Job Requirements: - Masters degree in Life Science (Bioengineering, Biomedical, Biotechnology, Neurosciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology, etc.) - Advanced use of Excel and aptitude to master the use of professional industry database - Proficiency in using digital resources (e.g. search engines) to uncover new leads - Self-starting, inquisitive, and pragmatic attitude - Fluent English comprehension, oral and written - Knowledge of Python programming for web scraping/extraction mechanisms is a plus - An added advantage if you have an idea for the creation of web scrapers for extracting startup data from different websites supporting the development of startup Lead Generation. Please note: Due to the high volume of candidates, individual feedback regarding the outcome of every single application cannot be provided.,