redalpine is a leading European early-stage venture capital investor with >$1bn AuM and a sector-agnostic investment strategy.
The future is shaped by today’s startups. It is our ambition to find the most promising and talented entrepreneurs, help them turn their visions into reality and their businesses into international success stories. In the last 19 years, we have backed more than 100 visionary founder teams, including the likes of N26, aktiia, Taxfix, Inkitt, Carvolution, Sanity Group, Infinite Roots and Knowunity.
Do you want to become part of our success story? Are you passionate about science and entrepreneurship? Then join us! We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is eager to join our ambitious and international team as soon as possible in the role as:
investment manager/ principal (f/m/d) – zurich/ london/ berlin
-with health/ life science background
In this role as investment manager /principal at one of Europe’s top VCs, you'll lead the charge in sourcing and supporting game-changing companies. Collaborating with visionary founders, you'll empower industry leaders and discover the next wave of innovators in the science sector. With your strong scientific expertise, network and entrepreneurial mindset, you'll drive key VC processes and initiatives, making a lasting impact alongside a dynamic investment team at redalpine.
Your mission
Investment Process & Deal Flow
- Manage the full investment process with high autonomy, from deal sourcing and valuation to due diligence, leading transactions and closing deals.
- Drive high-quality deal flow and secure top founders before competitors.
Portfolio Management & Value Creation
- Act as an active board member, representing redalpine’s interests while driving impactful outcomes for portfolio companies.
- Champion the Portfolio Success Program and serve as a trusted advisor to founders on critical strategic decisions, fundraising, and scaling challenges.
Thought Leadership & Representation
- Conduct research and analysis in key sectors like healthcare or life sciences to identify emerging trends and investment opportunities.
- Represent redalpine as a thought leader, promoting the firm’s expertise and attracting high-caliber startups to foster exclusive deal flow.
Industry & Network Expansion
- Leverage and expand redalpine’s network to source top-tier deals and establish strategic partnerships with funds, investors, and industry leaders.
- Represent the firm at panels and industry events, driving LP engagement and supporting fundraising efforts to strengthen redalpine’s credibility.
Leadership & Collaboration
- Mentor and manage investment team members, taking full responsibility for recruitment and development while fostering a growth-oriented environment.
- Collaborate closely with partners and teams to drive a high-performance culture, embodying redalpine’s values and serving as a role model.
Your profile
- Excellent academic track record: PhD or equivalent education in Medicine, Life Science (or a similar subject) from a top tier university.
- Minimum 5 years of previous experience in investing, dealmaking and portfolio management, with a proven track record in board-level activities.
- A self-starter who has demonstrated an entrepreneurial mindset and achieved success in previous roles within relevant industry sectors.
- Independent, proactive and determined, with the ability to thrive in challenging situations. Creative in problem-solving and focused on delivering results.
- Communicative, and a strong team player with leadership experience. A quick learner who collaborates effectively across teams and provides strong guidance to juniors.
- Strong organizational and structured analytical thinking skills, with the ability to establish and manage effective processes.
- Passionate about working in a fast-paced, high-performance culture and always willing to go the extra mile.
- Fluency in English; German proficiency is a plus.
Your benefits
- Drive real impact—Together with the redalpine team, you will empower GameChanging companies to make this world a better place.
- You will collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders and startups, tackling diverse tasks and challenges that will enhance your professional growth while fostering meaningful, long-term relationships within the VC ecosystem.
- Join a dynamic, high-performance team, where innovation, collaboration, and excellence are at the heart of everything we do.
If this sounds exciting to you and you identify with the characteristics described above, then you are exactly the person we are looking for. Please submit your application via the apply button.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you,
Your redalpine Team
