You dream of taking part in an exciting and meaningful adventure, of joining a start-up like team willing to accelerate innovation in the fight against cancer? Join us!

MATWIN is a French platform exclusively dedicated to innovation in oncology. For more than 14 years, we have supported academic teams or young companies developing innovations in the field. Our main objective is to optimize the development potential of the proposed projects in order to promote the development of partnerships in the interest of patients.
Among other actions, the platform offers an accelerator program which has already enabled the creation of more than 45 startups and a European business convention MEET2WIN dedicated to oncology based on a partnership with fifteen major international laboratories involved in the field.
Based in Bordeaux, MATWIN is since 2015 a 100% subsidiary of Unicancer (federation which brings together the 18 French Cancer Centers). More info on www.matwin.fr.

In order to help us support our project support and development activity, we are looking for a team member on the project support part who will integrate into our small structure (3 employees) and will all its energy and expertise to the development of innovation in the field.
Between scientific evaluation, technological watch and market, financing, etc. you will be at the heart of the development strategy of our experimental laboratory. You will work in close collaboration with a team of external consultants and partners (cancéropôles, development structures, incubators, clusters, competitiveness clusters, etc.).

What assignments:

  • Promotion of the MATWIN program to potential project leaders (researchers, clinicians, startups, etc.) and their partner structures;
  • Detection and evaluation of the transfer potential of identified innovations, orientation of maturation programs to be implemented in interaction with partner experts;
  • Operational management of the entire support process: preparation of files, organization of meetings, identification of experts, organization of meetings;
  • Promotion of supported projects with a national / international network of partners likely to develop them (pharma / biotech / investors);
  • Support for the coordination of the OncoSTART consortium dedicated to entrepreneurship around the fight against cancer
  • Development of the visibility of the offer proposed by MATWIN (MATWIN program, MEET2WIN convention, OncoSTART consortium) and of the network of contacts and partners

Required profile :

  • You must have dual skills (scientific AND development / transfer / entrepreneurship or consulting) in the field of oncology in particular
  • You have a minimum Bac+5 in the Health sector (master, engineering school or PhD) but your significant experience (5 years minimum) in supporting innovative R&D projects and your personality will take precedence over your diploma!
  • You want to work in a dynamic and stimulating environment, interacting with all the players in the ecosystem (researchers, entrepreneurs, industrialists, institutions, development structures, incubators, clusters, investors, etc.)
  • You have the soul of an adventurer and you want to participate in the rapid growth of a platform in perpetual development
  • You know how to adapt to your interlocutors and know how to find solutions to all problems!
  • Of course, you are fluent in English 😊

Start of the mission: ASAP

Location: Bordeaux / Paris ideally, partial telecommuting, plan regular travel

Contract & Remuneration: according to profile

Application: send resume + cover letter (under reference “I am your R&D project manager”) to stephanie.dhont@matwin.fr