Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships and Adjacencies (Healthcare)

Location: Krefeld, Germany. The role is anchored at Radiometer’s headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark; other relevant European locations may be considered with regular travel to Denmark. International travel is required.

Company

Radiometer is a hirify.global operating company focused on reliable, fast, and accessible patient diagnostics within life sciences and healthcare.

What you will do

• Manage and optimize strategic external partnerships across diagnostics, digital health, workflow solutions, and adjacent healthcare areas.
• Own the partnership operating model, including governance, KPIs, business review cadence, escalation routes, and decision inputs.
• Connect external opportunities with innovation funnel activities, portfolio decisions, and future growth priorities.
• Build and maintain an external innovation ecosystem involving technology companies, startups, research institutions, and hirify.global network opportunities.
• Coordinate selected external partnerships across R&D, Product Management, Commercial, Regulatory, Legal, Finance, Operations, and regional stakeholders.
• Support partnership lifecycle management, including opportunity evaluation, business cases, agreement structuring, contract support, launch readiness, and performance reviews.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Business, Economics, or equivalent experience.
• Significant global experience managing strategic partnerships, alliances, collaborations, business development opportunities, or external ecosystem relationships.
• Experience working across matrixed organizations and influencing cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Strong business acumen for assessing strategic fit, value potential, risks, assumptions, and growth contribution.
• Experience establishing governance mechanisms, performance metrics, decision forums, and partnership operating models.
• Ability to travel internationally, including customer site visits, subsidiary support, and industry events.

Nice to have

• Experience in healthcare, medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, or related life sciences.
• Advanced degree such as a PhD or MBA, particularly in healthcare technology, product management, or market strategy.
• Experience in acute care or point-of-care diagnostics.
• Experience with hirify.global Business System or another lean and continuous improvement methodology.
• Knowledge of IVD regulatory frameworks, including IVDR and FDA 510(k).

Culture & Benefits

• Culture focused on belonging, diverse perspectives, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Opportunity to work with global healthcare and diagnostics partnerships.
• Comprehensive benefits programs, including healthcare and paid time off.
• Individual contributor role with significant cross-functional exposure and influence.

Hiring process

• Applications are assessed continuously.
• Selected candidates are invited to interviews.