MedTech • BioTech • HealthTech — The Complete Remote Careers & Hiring Guide (Paths, Certs, 100+ Job Boards, Recruiters & Startups | Portfolio Hacks)

Levi Cheptora

Fri, 24 Oct 2025

Hello — short, practical, global edition for people who want real online/remote work in MedTech / BioTech / HealthTech startups. Read → act → apply. Below you’ll find: quick strategy + required credentials + free/paid learning + portfolio hacks + myth-busting + 100+ categorized, working links to job boards, agencies, accelerators and company career pages.

1 — Quick orientation (What remote roles actually exist)

Remote/online roles in life sciences startups commonly include: product management, software engineering (cloud + embedded), data science / bioinformatics, computational biology, clinical operations (remote monitoring/coordinator), regulatory strategy, medical affairs, quality systems (document control), remote sales/BDR for devices or SaaS, technical support, UX/design for digital health, and freelance scientific consulting. Remote listings for life-science roles are active on both startup platforms and life-science job boards (examples below). BioSpace+1

2 — Career paths, degrees & certifications (practical map)

Core degrees that hire into startups

• Biomedical Engineering (BEng / MS) — devices, algorithms, firmware

• Biology / Biochemistry / Molecular Biology (BS / MS / PhD) — wet-lab R&D, translational science

• Computer Science / Data Science (BS/MS) — bioinformatics, ML for drug discovery

• Public Health / MPH — digital health product, outcomes, implementation science

• Regulatory Science / Clinical Research (MSc) — regulatory, clinical ops

High-impact certifications to prioritize (global relevance)

• Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC) — RAPS (for devices & drugs). RAPS

• PMP (Project Management Professional) — PMI (great for clinical ops and cross-functional PM). Project Management Institute

• Clinical research certifications — ACRP (ACRP-CP, CCRA, etc.) and SOCRA (CCRP) for monitoring & trial roles. ACRP+1

• Data / Cloud / Security certs — AWS, Google Cloud (data), CISSP or ISO 27001 awareness for digital health security

• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training & human-subjects training (CITI Program) for trial work

Which to choose first?

• If you want clinical trial jobs → ACRP / SOCRA + GCP.

• If you want regulatory → RAC (RAPS).

• If you want product/ops leadership → PMP + domain-specific (e.g., IEC/ISO 13485 awareness for device quality).

(These certs are widely accepted internationally; check specific role listings for country/regional requirements.) RAPS+1

3 — Free vs paid learning (curated)

Free / Low-cost

• Coursera (audit free on many courses) — machine learning, bioinformatics, regulatory science

• edX / MIT OpenCourseWare — computational biology, systems biology modules

• NIH / FDA free webinars & guidance documents (regulatory basics)

• Kaggle (hands-on data projects)
  Paid (high ROI for hiring)

• Coursera Specializations (Applied Data Science, Genomics, Regulatory)

• RAPS / ACRP formal prep courses and exams (paid) — often required or strongly preferred

• FlexJobs (subscription) — curated remote life-science listings

4 — Debunking common myths (short and evidence-based)

Myth: “You must have a PhD to work in biotech.”
Reality: Startups hire across degree levels; skills and demonstrable outcomes (projects, tools, domain knowledge) often matter more than formal degree, especially for computational, product and operations roles. Evidence: industry-resources and hiring platforms highlight job listings for non-PhD candidates and an increasing shift toward skill-based hiring. Labiotech.eu+1

Myth: “MedTech/BioTech can’t be remote.”
Reality: Many clinical-ops, regulatory, software, data science, product, and commercialization roles are remote or hybrid; life-science job boards list remote openings. (Search “remote” on BioSpace and Wellfound for examples.) jobs.biospace.com+1

Myth: “You need an in-lab internship to get any job in biotech.”
Reality: Virtual projects, GitHub repositories, reproducible analysis notebooks, open-source contributions, and volunteering for data/AI projects can substitute and sometimes accelerate entry for computational and product roles.

5 — Portfolio hacks & application strategies (what actually gets interviews)

1. Case-study first — 1–2 page case studies that explain problem → role → methods → results. Use metrics (time saved, error reduction, model AUROC, trial enrollment speed). Put a PDF link on your LinkedIn featured section.

2. Role-specific micro-portfolio

   • Data role: GitHub + Jupyter/Colab notebooks (with small, documented pipelines on public bio datasets; include README and Dockerfile).

   • Regulatory/QA: short dossier showing regulatory submission mock-up (device classification, risk matrix, traceability matrix).

   • Clinical Ops: sample monitoring plan or de-risking plan (redact any sensitive info).

3. Benchling / protocols.io — maintain a public bench notebook (if wet-lab) or simulated protocol / experimental plan.

4. Network with evidence — apply on the company career page AND connect to a company recruiter/hiring manager on LinkedIn with a tailored 2-line value pitch + CV link.

5. Tailor first 60 seconds of CV — top 5 lines: title, 2-sentence value prop, 3 bullets (metrics), right tools/tech stack.

6. Small wins — contribute to open datasets or hackathon projects and add them to the portfolio — hires notice practical outputs.

6 — 100+ categorized, working resources (job boards, agencies, startups, accelerators, CROs, learning & certs)

Below are grouped categories so you can scan and APPLY fast. I pulled industry-focused boards and company career pages that are active places companies use to recruit life-science & digital-health talent. For real-time openings, click the career links and search “remote” or use filters. (Top sources that surface many of these roles include BioSpace, Wellfound (AngelList), MassBio and life-science career roundups). Labiotech.eu+3BioSpace+3Wellfound+3

A. General & startup job platforms (apply broadly)

1. LinkedIn Jobs — https://www.linkedin.com/jobs

2. Indeed — https://www.indeed.com

3. Glassdoor — https://www.glassdoor.com/Job/index.htm

4. Wellfound (AngelList) — https://wellfound.com/

5. ZipRecruiter — https://www.ziprecruiter.com/

6. Monster — https://www.monster.com/

7. SimplyHired — https://www.simplyhired.com/

8. Remote.co — https://remote.co/remote-jobs/

9. WeWorkRemotely — https://weworkremotely.com/

10. FlexJobs (subscription) — https://www.flexjobs.com/

11. Remote OK — https://remoteok.com/

12. Stack Overflow Jobs — https://stackoverflow.com/jobs (good for engineering roles)

B. Life-sciences + biotech specialty job boards

13. BioSpace (life sciences jobs and news) — https://jobs.biospace.com/ BioSpace

14. Nature Careers (jobs for researchers) — https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/ Nature

15. New Scientist Jobs — https://www.newscientistjobs.com/

16. Scismic (science careers) — https://www.scismic.com/

17. HireLifeScience — https://hirelifescience.com/

18. ProClinical (recruitment & jobs) — https://www.proclinical.com/

19. MassBio Career Center — https://careers.massbio.org/ careers.massbio.org

20. BioNJ Career Center — https://bionjtalentnetwork.org/

21. BioPharmGuy career directory — https://biopharmguy.com/ (career & company directories)

22. LifeSci Search / Life Science Recruiter pages — e.g., https://www.lifescience-recruiting.com/

23. New Scientist / Science Jobs (regional) — https://jobs.newscientist.com/

24. HireLifeScience jobs — https://hirelifescience.com/jobs/

25. American Medical Technologists job board — https://jobs.americanmedtech.org/

C. MedTech-specific boards & resources

26. iHireMedTechs — https://www.ihiremedtechs.com/ ihiremedtechs.com

27. MedTech Color job board — https://www.medtechcolor.org/ (diversity-focused job board). medtechcolor.org

28. MedTech Innovator (accelerator & jobs) — https://medtechinnovator.org/

29. MedTech Europe — vacancies & industry updates — https://www.medtecheurope.org/

30. American MedTech (job pages) — https://jobs.americanmedtech.org/ American Medical Technologists (AMT)

D. HealthTech / Digital Health startup career pages (examples)

31. Benchling — https://benchling.com/careers

32. Ginkgo Bioworks — https://www.ginkgobioworks.com/careers/

33. Insitro — https://www.insitro.com/careers

34. Recursion Pharmaceuticals — https://www.recursion.com/careers

35. Tempus — https://www.tempus.com/careers/

36. Butterfly Network — https://www.butterflynetwork.com/careers

37. AliveCor — https://www.alivecor.com/careers/

38. Babylon Health — https://www.babylonhealth.com/careers

39. Ro (Ro.co) — https://ro.co/careers

40. Oscar Health — https://www.hioscar.com/careers

41. Hims & Hers (Hims) — https://www.forhims.com/pages/careers

42. Omada Health — https://www.omadahealth.com/careers

E. Biotech startups & growth companies (career pages)

43. Moderna — https://www.modernatx.com/careers

44. BioNTech — https://biontech.de/careers

45. Twist Bioscience — https://www.twistbioscience.com/careers

46. BenchSci — https://www.benchsci.com/careers

47. Zymergen (if active) — company page (check current status) — https://www.zymergen.com/careers

48. Synthego — https://www.synthego.com/careers

49. Beam Therapeutics — https://www.beamtx.com/careers

50. Verve Therapeutics — https://www.vervetx.com/careers

F. Clinical research / CROs hiring globally (remote & hybrid roles)

51. IQVIA careers — https://www.iqvia.com/careers

52. ICON plc — https://careers.iconplc.com/

53. Parexel — https://www.parexel.com/careers

54. Covance / Labcorp Drug Development — https://www.covance.com/careers or https://www.labcorp.com/careers

55. Syneos Health — https://careers.syneoshealth.com/

56. PPD (Thermo Fisher) — https://www.ppd.com/careers/

57. PRA Health Sciences — https://www.prahs.com/careers

G. Recruiters, staffing agencies & talent marketplaces (life-science focused)

58. ProClinical (specialist recruiter) — https://www.proclinical.com/

59. Kincannon & Reed (life sciences exec search) — https://www.k-r.com/

60. EPM Scientific — https://epmscientific.com/

61. SRG (specialist life-science recruitment) — https://www.srg.com/

62. Kelly Science & Clinical (Kelly Services) — https://www.kellyservices.com/global/services/science/

63. Aerotek (scientific division) — https://www.aerotek.com/en/industries/science

H. Accelerators, incubators & program job boards

64. Y Combinator (startup jobs) — https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs

65. IndieBio (SOSV) — https://indiebio.co/ (and career links per portfolio company)

66. Rock Health (digital health accelerator & jobs intel) — https://rockhealth.com/ (see portfolio)

67. StartUp Health — https://www.startuphealth.com/

68. JLABS (Johnson & Johnson) — https://jlabs.jnjinnovation.com/

69. MassChallenge — https://masschallenge.org/

70. MedTech Innovator — https://medtechinnovator.org/ (also included earlier)

I. Marketplaces for freelance scientific consulting & gigs

71. Upwork (tech & scientific gigs) — https://www.upwork.com/

72. Freelancer — https://www.freelancer.com/

73. Kolabtree (scientific freelancing) — https://www.kolabtree.com/

74. Catalant (consulting experts) — https://gocatalant.com/

75. GLG (expert network) — https://glginsights.com/ (for advisory work)

J. Regulatory / standards / professional bodies (careers, guidance & certs)

76. RAPS — https://www.raps.org/ (RAC certification). RAPS+1

77. PMI (PMP) — https://www.pmi.org/ (project mgmt certs). Project Management Institute

78. ACRP (clinical research) — https://acrpnet.org/ (cert & training). ACRP

79. SOCRA — https://www.socra.org/ (CCRP). socra.org

80. FDA (guidance & careers) — https://www.fda.gov/ and https://www.usajobs.gov/ (US public-sector roles)

K. Learning platforms & hands-on labs (bio, data & cloud)

81. Coursera — https://www.coursera.org/

82. edX — https://www.edx.org/

83. MIT OpenCourseWare — https://ocw.mit.edu/

84. DataCamp — https://www.datacamp.com/ (bioinformatics / data science paths)

85. Kaggle — https://www.kaggle.com/ (competitions + datasets)

86. FutureLearn — https://www.futurelearn.com/

87. Udacity — https://www.udacity.com/ (nanodegrees e.g. AI, data engineering)

L. Company career pages (global / often hiring health & bio roles)

88. Johnson & Johnson Careers — https://www.careers.jnj.com/ Johnson & Johnson Careers

89. Medtronic Careers — https://www.medtronic.com/us-en/about/careers.html

90. Philips Careers — https://www.philips.com/a-w/careers.html

91. Roche Careers — https://www.roche.com/careers.htm

92. Abbott Careers — https://www.global.abbott/en/careers.html

93. Siemens Healthineers — https://www.siemens-healthineers.com/en-us/careers

94. GE Healthcare — https://www.gehealthcare.com/company/careers

95. Thermo Fisher Scientific — https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/about-us/careers.html

96. Stryker — https://careers.stryker.com/

M. Community & niche resources (news + targeted hiring)

97. Labiotech — industry news + career guides — https://www.labiotech.eu/ Labiotech.eu

98. MedCity News — https://medcitynews.com/ (digital health hiring signals)

99. Rock Health blog & portfolio — https://rockhealth.com/

100. BioTechniques & protocols.io — https://www.protocols.io/ (network + methods)

101. Protocols.io community — https://www.protocols.io/

N. Extra (regional clusters & talent networks)

102. BioNJ talent network — https://bionjtalentnetwork.org/ bionjtalentnetwork.org

103. Biotech Bay — local job lists in SF Bay via BioSpace — https://jobs.biospace.com/jobs/biotech-bay/ jobs.biospace.com

104. Mass Innovation labs / local incubators — check MassBio career center: https://careers.massbio.org/ careers.massbio.org

Tip: bookmark this message and create a job tracker (spreadsheet) with columns: Platform, Company, Role, Apply Link, Date Applied, Follow-up Date, Contact (LinkedIn). Use a simple filter to batch applications by role type.

7 — Application templates (two lines that get clicks)

LinkedIn message to recruiter (2 lines):

Hi [Name] — I’m a [title: e.g., Data Scientist | computational genomics] with X yrs building [what — pipeline / model], e.g., reduced time-to-result by 40% on [project]. I applied to [Job Title] and would welcome 10 minutes to explain how I’d speed onboarding. Thanks — [Name] — [link to portfolio]

Email subject line (for cold applications):

[Role] — Proven [skill] (e.g., "Clinical Ops Lead — cut enrollment time 30%")

8 — How to prioritize your learning & applications (30/60/90 day plan)

• Days 1–30: pick 1 role (data/regulatory/clinical ops), build 1 focused case study + update LinkedIn. Apply to 10 target roles (use Wellfound + BioSpace + 3 company career pages).

• Days 31–60: complete 1 targeted cert prep module (GCP / RAPS intro / Coursera specialization). Run 1 small project and publish on GitHub/Benchling.

• Days 61–90: network — 5 recruiter contacts per week, join relevant Slack/Discord communities and apply to 20 more focused roles.

9 — Final notes & reality check

• The ecosystem is broad — there is no single “right” path. For remote work, emphasize async-friendly skills: clear documentation, reproducible code/pipelines, strong written comms, and demonstrated remote project delivery.

• If you want a customized shortlist (20 companies + 10 job boards) tailored to your background (data, regulatory, clinical ops, product), tell me your exact role target, 2–3 recent projects and preferred time zone — I’ll filter 20 high-probability targets now.

Quick citations for the most important claims/sources used above

• BioSpace (life-sciences jobs & remote listing examples). BioSpace+1

• Wellfound / AngelList (startup & remote-first job collections). Wellfound+1

• MassBio Career Center (regional life-science job hub). careers.massbio.org

• Labiotech life-sciences job boards guide (advice on niche boards vs general boards). Labiotech.eu

• Certification bodies referenced: RAPS (RAC), PMI (PMP), ACRP, SOCRA. socra.org+3RAPS+3Project Management Institute+3