NLC Health Ventures

Healthtech venture builder and accelerator

Head of Product and Strategy

Product ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeHamburg, Germany

About the Job

Requirements

The candidate should combine strategic thinking with strong execution and be motivated to build a company.
The candidate should be entrepreneurial, hands-on, and driven.
The candidate should thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
The candidate should be able to bridge clinical, technical, and business domains.
The candidate should communicate effectively with investors, clinicians, and engineers.
The candidate should be passionate about improving patient care.
The candidate should have 5–15+ years of experience in MedTech, HealthTech, or medical robotics.
The candidate should have experience in product development and commercialization.
The candidate should be familiar with medical device development (Class I–III).
The candidate should have exposure to clinical studies and regulatory processes (CE/FDA).
The candidate should have experience with fundraising or investor interactions.
The candidate should be fluent in English.

Responsibilities

Shape the overall company strategy, business model, and go-to-market approach.
Conduct market, customer, and competitive analyses.
Develop commercialization strategies for Europe and the US.
Translate clinical needs into clear product requirements.
Drive development toward design freeze and product-market fit.
Ensure execution against milestones, timelines, and budget.
Coordinate clinical validation and usability studies.
Support regulatory strategy toward CE marking and FDA approval.
Build and maintain relationships with clinical partners and key opinion leaders.
Prepare investor materials and support fundraising processes.
Engage with investors, strategic partners, and grant providers.
Strengthen partnerships with industry leaders.
Support hiring of key team members.
Establish key performance indicators, processes, and reporting structures.
Contribute to a high-performance, execution-driven culture.

Desired Qualifications

German language ability is a plus.
A background in imaging, robotics, or cardiovascular care is a plus.

Head of Product & Strategy

Location: Hamburg, Germany (with regular travel in Europe and to the US)
Reports to: Founders (Dr. Jury Schewel & Dr. Dimitry Schewel)
Compensation: Competitive salary + meaningful equity participation

About the Venture – ROB’E

ROB’E is an early-stage MedTech venture developing an AI-powered robotic platform for echocardiography. The technology aims to transform cardiac imaging and enable more precise, image-guided structural heart interventions.

The company was founded by Dr. Jury Schewel and Dr. Dimitry Schewel, both cardiologists and clinical leaders at Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg. ROB’E is part of the venture portfolio of NLC Health Ventures.

The company has already achieved key milestones, including:

First-in-human use of its robotic TEE system
Strategic partnership with a leading imaging player
Strong clinical collaborations and scientific validation

ROB’E is now entering a critical phase of product development, clinical validation, and fundraising.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an entrepreneurial and highly driven leader to join ROB’E as Head of Product & Strategy. This role is ideal for someone who wants to take a breakthrough medical technology from early clinical proof-of-concept to a globally scalable company. You will work closely with the founders and take increasing responsibility for strategy, product development, fundraising, and business building.

Your Role

Drive Strategy & Company Building

Shape the overall company strategy, business model, and go-to-market approach
Conduct market, customer, and competitive analyses
Develop commercialization strategies for Europe and the US

Lead Product Development

Translate clinical needs into clear product requirements
Drive development toward design freeze and product-market fit
Ensure execution against milestones, timelines, and budget

Advance Clinical & Regulatory Pathways

Coordinate clinical validation and usability studies
Support regulatory strategy toward CE marking and FDA approval
Build and maintain relationships with clinical partners and KOLs

Fundraising & Partnerships

Prepare investor materials and support fundraising processes
Engage with investors, strategic partners, and grant providers
Strengthen partnerships with industry leaders

Build & Scale the Organization

Support hiring of key team members
Establish KPIs, processes, and reporting structures
Contribute to a high-performance, execution-driven culture

Your Profile

You combine strategic thinking with strong execution and are motivated to build a company.

We are looking for someone who:

Is entrepreneurial, hands-on, and driven
Thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
Can bridge clinical, technical, and business domains
Communicates effectively with investors, clinicians, and engineers
Is passionate about improving patient care

Preferred Background

5–15+ years of experience in MedTech, HealthTech, or medical robotics
Experience in product development and commercialization
Familiarity with medical device development (Class I–III)
Exposure to clinical studies and regulatory processes (CE/FDA)
Experience with fundraising or investor interactions
Background in imaging, robotics, or cardiovascular care is a plus
Fluent in English (German is a plus)

Why Join ROB’E?

Build a category-defining MedTech company from an early stage
Work directly with experienced physician-founders
Take ownership across strategy, product, and company building
Gain exposure to leading investors and strategic partners

We would love to hear from exceptional individuals who are excited about building a company at the intersection of AI, robotics, and cardiovascular medicine.

About the Company

NLC Health Ventures

Healthtech venture builder and accelerator

NLC Health Ventures is a European healthtech venture builder that finds, builds and scales health innovations by bringing together technology, entrepreneurs and capital to turn early-stage ideas from universities, research institutes and companies into ventures. It identifies promising technologies, recruits teams, provides development and funding, validates clinically, and guides products to market using internal funds and external partners. Its differentiators include a long-running European focus, a large in-house discovery pipeline screening over 1,500 technologies annually, and access to a network of 40+ healthcare experts and captive funds for hands-on venture development and clinical validation. The goal is to turn early-stage inventions into scaling health ventures that improve patient outcomes and create value for founders and investors.

Company size: Not listed
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: $46.5M
Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded: 2014

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