Academic ConnectHead of Centre at Karolinska Institutet's Centre for AI Innovation
Do you want to contribute to improving people's health?
We are looking for a qualified centre manager to help us lead and develop the activities at the Centre for AI Innovation at Karolinska Institutet. The position is located at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience and is part of close collaboration with the Swedish node in the large European TEF-HEALTH initiative.
Your mission
You are expected to lead the operational activities and staff within Karolinska Institutet's Centre for AI Innovation. You are also expected to establish new services that support the development and implementation of AI innovations. The role also includes contributing to a strategy for the center's development and supporting the implementation of AI collaboration with related projects and key actors in AI, healthcare, innovation and health data, both nationally, within Europe, and internationally.
The role has a close connection to the TEF-HEALTH project, which means that you as a manager will have a special focus on proactively developing and implementing new services within TEF-Health in consultation with the Swedish node for TEF-Health. You will also work for sustainable operations within the centre, partly by identifying and contributing to future grant applications within AI Innovation, and partly by developing sustainable business models and synergies both at KI and at national and European level.
Who are you?
We believe that you are a driven, outgoing and socially skilled person with a great interest in, and long experience of, AI development, business development and project management. We also believe that you have a great interest and long experience in coordinating and developing networks and larger research projects. You have a deep understanding of the needs in healthcare regarding the development and implementation of AI both at KI, as well as in Sweden and Europe. You have extensive experience in leading, coordinating and representing projects and activities. You have a broad experience of collaboration with industry, research and healthcare, authorities and other relevant parties within the innovation ecosystem. You have excellent communication and social skills and are thus able to create reliable relationships and necessary partnerships. Great emphasis will be placed on personal competence and suitability.
To succeed in this role, you should have:
Documented experience in supporting the development and implementation of AI in healthcare
Documented experience in coordinating and developing networks and major research projects in AI and Life Science
Documented experience in leading, coordinating and representing projects and businesses with a focus on AI and Life Science
Documented experience of collaboration with industry, research and healthcare
Documented experience in providing support to companies for the introduction of innovations to the market in Life Science
Documented experience in product development of services in Life Science
Be able to express yourself freely in both speech and writing in both English and Swedish
Meritorious:
Documented experience of working with grant applications within AI Innovation, as well as development of sustainable business models
Good knowledge of the regulatory landscape for medical devices
Experience from both the business community and authorities
What do we offer?
A creative, international and inspiring environment filled with competence and curiosity. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Our vision is to drive the development of knowledge about life and work for better health for all. Here we conduct successful medical research and have the largest range of medical education in Sweden. As a university, Karolinska Institutet is a government agency. This means that you get good benefits through our collective agreement. Employees at KI are also offered the opportunity for a flexible way of working. This means that if the business you work in allows, you can work part of your working hours remotely. You can also exercise freely in our modern wellness facilities where trained staff are on site.
Placering: Solna
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Ansökan
Varmt välkommen med din ansökan senast den 9e juni 2025.
Ansökan ska göras via rekryteringssystemet Varbi. I denna rekrytering söker du med ditt CV utan personligt brev. I ansökningsformuläret kommer du istället att få svara på några frågor om varför du söker jobbet.
Vid tillsvidareanställning tillämpar Karolinska Institutet 6 månaders provanställning.
Vill du göra skillnad – och bidra till en bättre hälsa för alla? Sök jobb hos oss!
Anställningsform Tillsvidareanställning
Anställningens omfattning Heltid
Tillträde Enligt överenskommelse
Löneform Månadslön
Antal lediga befattningar 1
Sysselsättningsgrad 100%
Ort Solna
Län Stockholms län
Land Sverige
Reference SUPPORT 2-2186/2025
Contact
Elin Johansson, HR Manager, +46852483044, elin.johansson.1@ki.se
Daniel Lundqvist, professor, daniel.lundqvist@ki.se
Union representative
Bodil Moberg, ST-OFR, 08-52483601
Henry Wölling, SEKO, henry.wolling@ki.se
Arsalan Amir, SACO, 070-4831165
Published 2025-05-22
