Vice President, Technology Assets

Vice President, Technology Assets

As Vice President, Technology Assets, you will shape and mature the technologies that define Coloplast’s future product pipeline within Chronic Care. You will be accountable for transforming scientific insight, emerging technologies, and external innovation into robust, de-risked technology assets, ready for integration into Product Development and ultimately improving life for millions of users.

This role sits at the intersection of exploration and execution and is created to strengthen early innovation and accelerate the flow of viable technologies into the development portfolio

You will ensure that technology development is purposeful, governed, and clearly linked to unmet user needs and business priorities, supporting Coloplast’s ambition of reaching 4 million users.

Your leadership will elevate how we explore, mature, and deploy technology - making it faster, more predictable, and fit for a regulated medtech environment, with quality, safety, and scalability built in from early stages.

The team you’re joining
You are part of the R&D Leadership Team and report directly to the EVP of R&D. You hold end-to-end accountability for technology strategy and technology maturation across Chronic Care.

You lead a multi-disciplinary technology organisation spanning Technology Development, Digital Health Technology, and Biomedical Interface - covering research, engineering, and digital competencies critical to our future pipeline.Together, these areas form the backbone of Coloplast’s future technology pipeline and platform capabilities.

You will work in close partnership with Roadmaps & Scoping, Portfolio Management, Product Development, Pilot Plant, and Centre of Excellence, as well as with external partners, holding clear accountability for technology readiness and hand over from early exploration into Product Development.

The impact we want you to have
Over time, your leadership will ensure that:

•    Our technology pipeline is robust, strategically aligned, and clearly linked to unmet user needs 
•    Technologies move faster and more predictably from exploration to development readiness 
•    Technical, regulatory, and scalability risks are systematically identified and reduced early 
•    External innovation and partnerships deliver tangible and repeatable value 
•    Technology platforms strengthen our long-term competitiveness across Chronic Care 
•    Intellectual property is proactively generated, protected, and leveraged

Key responsibilities
In practice, you will:

Own and drive the technology strategy
Define and execute a long-term technology roadmap across core and emerging domains, aligned with business strategy, portfolio priorities, and future user needs.

Ensure strong technology incubation and maturation
Establish and own governance, readiness criteria, and ways of working that drive predictable progression and systematic risk reduction from early discovery to development hand over.

Lead and develop the technology organisation
Build a high-performing, customer-centric organisation with clear priorities, strong accountability, and a culture that balances curiosity with disciplined execution.

Strengthen external innovation
Lead technology scouting, partnerships, and alliances, creating a strong external ecosystem that expands access to capabilities, knowledge, and novel technologies.

Own and optimise the IP portfolio
Ensure systematic invention harvesting, robust IP protection, and proactive management of freedom-to-operate and technology risk.

Enable cross-functional collaboration
Work closely with Roadmaps & Scoping, Portfolio Management, Product Development, Pilot Plant, and Centre of Excellence to ensure technologies are effectively matured, transferred, and scaled.

What success looks like
Within the first 12–24 months, you will have:
•    Established a clear, shared view of technology readiness and hand over criteria
•    Improved speed and predictability of technology maturation
•    Strengthened the quality and relevance of the early technology pipeline
•    Built a scalable model for external collaboration and IP creation
•    Created clarity and trust across interfaces

What you bring
•    Extensive experience in R&D, technology development, or innovation leadership within a regulated environment
•    Deep understanding of technology maturation, pipeline governance, and risk management
•    Proven track record with external partnerships, ecosystems, and/or open innovation
•    Strong IP and platform thinking, including freedom-to-operate considerations
•    Ability to lead through complexity and influence across functions and senior stakeholders
•    Clear, confident communicator with executive presence

You are a strategic and inspiring leader who brings structure to ambiguity, builds strong teams, and is motivated by creating long-term impact through technology and innovation.

Why join Coloplast
At Coloplast, we are committed to making life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. With innovation at the core of our strategy, strong technology leadership is essential to delivering on our mission.

    
This role offers a rare opportunity to shape the future of our innovation pipeline, with clear ownership, strong executive visibility, and real impact - from today’s technology decisions to tomorrow’s breakthroughs.

Interested?
Apply now. We review candidates on an ongoing basis, and the position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Pernille Marie Lind, Lead Talent Acquisition Partner, at dkplin@coloplast.com.

Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 16.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward – we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things.

Coloplast is committed to being an inclusive organization, where people bring their differences to work each day, fulfil their potential and have a strong sense of belonging because – and not despite – of their differences. We therefore encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious belief or physical ability.

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