Chief Executive Officer

*This is a remote role across the Nordics and Europe.

Invenia Search has partnered with a European early-stage medtech company developing new imaging technology for the diagnostics market. You’ll join a team of founders and experts with backgrounds in hardware and imaging technology at some of the world’s best-known technology companies, supported by clinical expertise. Over the next 12 months, the goal is to move from proof of concept to a working prototype ready for real-world testing.

The company is now hiring its first CEO to build the business around the technology. You would lead fundraising, turn the business plan into a commercial strategy and take the product towards market, which leaves the founders free to focus on the technology. You would join as an equal member of a small, open leadership team. The company does not expect a long-hours culture, and you would have a real say in how it grows.

Role responsibilities:

• Turn the business plan into a clear commercial strategy

• Build the investment story and present it to investors

• Find and approach the right investors, and lead the next funding round

• Develop the go-to-market and commercial strategy

• Guide the company through the medical device regulatory and market access process

• Build the commercial side of the company while the founders focus on the product

• Represent the company to investors, partners and the wider medtech market, with international travel where needed

What we are looking for:

A track record of raising early-stage funding, ideally including seed rounds. If you have played a major part in a raise without leading it, and you can show you would take ownership of the next one, we would also like to hear from you.

• Experience in medical devices, diagnostics or a closely related regulated technology

• An understanding of medical device regulation, market access and routes to market

• Experience bringing an instrument or physical product to market

• The ability to explain complex technology as a clear commercial story. You don’t need to be a technical specialist, but you should understand how product development works and why technical problems matter commercially

• A network of investors, commercial partners or contacts in the medical device market

• Experience in imaging, diagnostics or laboratory instruments would be useful

• Curiosity and a real interest in learning the technology

• A collaborative, low-ego style. You should be comfortable questioning decisions constructively and working closely with technical founders from different backgrounds

• Comfort with travel across Europe and internationally

Sound interesting? If you have raised early-stage funding in medtech or diagnostics and would like to build a company alongside a strong technical team, we would like to hear from you. All conversations are confidential, and more detail about the company will be shared under NDA.

Get in touch and apply today.