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Start Date: March/April 2026

Duration: at least 6 months

Type: Internship (non-thesis)

Weekly Presence: 40h (minimum 32h)

Location: Eindhoven

Internship: Innovation Partnership Lead

Join Philips’ global Innovation Partnerships team and contribute to strengthening collaborations with leading clinical and research institutions. In this role, you will support partnership activities with UMC Utrecht and help drive clinical and R&D innovation projects. The team manages 18 Innovation Partnership sites worldwide and works closely with customers through engagement workshops and stakeholder meetings. As part of a global team of 16 professionals, you will gain exposure to strategic relationship management, innovation roadmapping, and healthcare technology implementation.

Your role:

• Support clinical and R&D innovation projects across partnership sites

• Assist in managing customer relationships, including stakeholder coordination and follow‑ups

• Contribute to customer engagement workshops and facilitate stakeholder meetings

• Support partnership activities specifically for the UMC Utrecht site

• Prepare materials, reports, and documentation related to innovation projects

• Collaborate with a global team working across 18 innovation partnership sites

You're the right fit if:

• You are a Bachelor or Master student in a clinical field, business, or technology

• You are available for a non‑thesis internship

• You are comfortable working with digital tools and software

• You are collaborative, proactive, structured, and confident in managing multiple stakeholders

• You have excellent communication skills and can work effectively in an international environment

• You are interested in innovation ecosystems, clinical partnerships, and healthcare technology

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

Monthly full-time allowance between €500 - €700 gross, depending on educational level and if you would need to relocate to The Netherlands. If you will perform a part-time internship you will receive the allowance pro-rata.

Housing compensation, in case of relocating to the vicinity of the office, €300,- net if location is in the vicinity of Amsterdam, €255,- net for all other Philips locations. You need to provide a rental contract of the land lord, and your normal home-work travel distance need to be more than 50 km or travel time (one way trip) need to be more than 1.5 hours. Travel compensation, if you are not eligible for a free public transport card; you will receive max. €192,- net. Paid holidays per internship term.

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