Transition leader | Bigpicture Digital Pathology Platform

• Nijmegen
• Hybrid

Want to help shape the future of AI in pathology Bigpicture is seeking a highly strategic and driven Transition Leader to guide the transformation of the Bigpicture initiative into an independent sustainable organization.

Building on the outcomes of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) Bigpicture project you will play a pivotal role in shaping its long-term future ensuring continued impact in digital pathology and AI-driven healthcare. Youll drive strategy build the network and secure the partnerships and funding that will keep the platform alive and thriving.

This role is active during the final phase of the funded project with the intention to remain active in a leadership position in the first phase post-funding. It requires a strategic connective and results-oriented approach to secure stakeholder buy-in establish sustainable funding and develop an appropriate governance structure with the goal of realizing Bigpictures long-term vision and impact.

Tasks and responsibilities

As Transition Leader you will act as the central driving force behing Bigpictures transition to a sustainable organisation with the support of the transition task force. Your responsibilities include:

• Stakeholder engagement Build and maintain buy-in from research institutions hospitals pharma and government. Turn that support into concrete contributions: funding governance roles active participation.
• Funding & growth Identify and develop public and private funding opportunities and sustainable revenue streams.
• Strategic positioning Monitor relevant developments (legislation technology market trends) and position Bigpicture as a catalyst for AI innovation in digital pathology. Alignment with Platform Operations: Translate stakeholder needs into strategic choices for the future organization in collaboration with the transition team.
• Transition & governance Lead the transition team and co-design a governance structure that fits Bigpictures ambitions and stakeholder needs.

Bigpicture is a large European public-private initiative that brings together academia healthcare and industry to build a large-scale shared infrastructure of digital pathology images for AI-driven research and innovation. Coordinated by Radboudumcs Computational Pathology Group the project is now entering its final and most critical phase: transitioning from a funded consortium into a lasting independent organization.

You will be based in Nijmegen working closely with the project coordinator and the head of the Pathology department who is also Work Package 6 (Sustainability) lead. Alongside that you will collaborate online with colleagues across 42 partner organizations throughout Europe.