Manager - LIFE SCIENCES & HEALTHCARE - EU

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You will lead the identification, pursuit, and execution of non-dilutive funding opportunities on behalf of the firm and its clients, with a primary focus on European, UK, and international public-sector and philanthropic funding sources. This role is responsible for the full lifecycle of grants, cooperative programs, consortia-led bids, and strategic funding initiatives - from opportunity assessment and capture strategy through proposal leadership, award negotiation, and successful delivery of high-impact healthcare and life sciences programs. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in EU and UK funding ecosystems, including programs such as HERA, Horizon 2020 / Horizon Europe, Innovate UK (IUK), Wellcome, and other relevant funding bodies supporting health security, biomedical innovation, diagnostics, therapeutics, digital health, and health systems transformation. The candidate should also have experience advising clients on non-dilutive funding strategy, consortium building, and alignment of scientific and commercial capabilities to public-sector priorities. 1. Strategic Capture and Business Development Develop and maintain a qualified pipeline of submitted grants, cooperative agreements, innovation calls, public-private partnerships, challenge funds, and consortia-based opportunities relevant to life sciences and healthcare clients. Identify, assess, and qualify non-dilutive funding opportunities across European, UK, and global health funding organizations, including HERA, the European Commission, Horizon 2020 / Horizon Europe, Innovate UK, Wellcome, and other health, research, innovation, and preparedness funding bodies. Monitor funding landscapes, work program, strategic plans, and policy priorities across biodefense, pandemic preparedness, vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, medtech, digital health, and health data modernization. Build and sustain relationships with funding agencies, consortium partners, research institutions, universities, hospitals, SMEs, large industry participants, and ecosystem stakeholders. Lead capture strategy and proposal development for complex non-dilutive funding applications, including partner strategy, consortium design, work package shaping, value proposition development, and submission planning. Translate complex scientific, technical, clinical, and commercial capabilities into compelling, compliant, and differentiated proposals aligned to funder priorities and evaluation criteria. Represent the firm at industry events, partnering forums, scientific conferences, investor/funder meetings, and innovation ecosystem gatherings to strengthen market presence and position the organization as a thought leader in non-dilutive funding strategy. 2. Proposal Leadership and Consortium Development Lead and coordinate the development of high-quality proposals for EU, UK, and foundation-funded opportunities, ensuring strong alignment with call topics, impact criteria, implementation plans, and budget requirements. Support the formation and management of cross-border and multi-stakeholder consortia, including biotech, pharma, medtech, academic, clinical, NGO, and public-sector participants. Guide proposal teams through the full development lifecycle, including bid/no-bid assessment, concept shaping, partner outreach, workplan design, writing coordination, review cycles, budget alignment, and final submission. Ensure proposals clearly articulate scientific excellence, implementation feasibility, societal and commercial impact, and route to adoption or scale. Advise on appropriate funding pathways for clients, including single-applicant awards, collaborative R&D grants, public-private partnerships, challenge calls, and translational research funding mechanisms. Develop reusable tools, templates, and internal knowledge assets to improve proposal quality, speed, and win rate. 3. Program Delivery and Operational Oversight Oversee delivery of funded life sciences and healthcare programs, ensuring projects are executed on time, within scope, within budget, and in accordance with grant or program requirements. Support clients in establishing governance structures, reporting processes, milestones, KPIs, and stakeholder communications for funded programs. Ensure compliance with applicable grant terms, funder rules, consortium obligations, data privacy requirements, and contractual provisions relevant to EU, UK, and philanthropic funding mechanisms. Manage internal teams and external partners, including academic institutions, CROs, clinical sites, technology vendors, manufacturers, and subcontractors. Identify and mitigate delivery, compliance, operational, consortium, and reputational risks across funded initiatives. Help clients translate awarded funding into broader strategic value, including partnership expansion, follow-on financing readiness, regulatory progression, and market positioning. 4. Client Advisory Advise private-sector clients on navigating the EU and UK non-dilutive fundin

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