E12 #CareerJourney "Developing a passion-based "side hustle" as a life science professional": Mette Viberg Østergaard, Director at Tribune Therapeutics and independent consultant at Research 4 Kidneys

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘀: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 "𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲" 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 "𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗷𝗼𝗯". In this episode, Mette Viberg Østergaard, Director of Translational Science @ Tribune Therapeutics and an independent consultant @ Research 5 Kidneys shares her insights on developing a passion-driven side hustle while working a "real job". Mette will further share her story and reflections relating to: Her career journey and transition from academia to her industrial career starting as a specialist and gradually developing towards sales/marketing/business development and consulting. How pulling the plug and taking off time to reflect on her career has helped. What is Tribune Therapeutic doing and what's her role there? Why and how Mette started Research 4 Kidneys and what her services are within business development and consulting? How Mette is managing 2 jobs while writing a master's thesis at Copenhagen Business School? How R&D teams can benefit from a business development mindset. What are the benefits for an employer to allow its employees to engage in side hustles and why there's a need for new types of flexible employment contracts... Mette further shares what energize and drains her. At the end of the episode Mette shares a couple of reflections on what you can do if you want to start your own side hustle. 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺: We want to build a community to inspire life science professionals and leaders through talent talks and organized events. Share knowledge across the life science community through personal stories of their journey. We encourage you to take part in shaping this community by sharing your feedback, questions or ideas. This you can do through our LinkedIn ⁠community page⁠⁠. 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻: Feel free to share your ideas and your feedback using our voicemail that you can access⁠ ⁠here⁠⁠: (no voicemails will be published without your explicit approval). 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀: ⁠⁠Nehar Mortuza⁠⁠ and ⁠Søren Spanner Bach⁠⁠ Also, thanks to our podcast editor ⁠Shahnam Jilan⁠⁠ This episode was recorded on 15 March 2023