You trained for one career. You’re qualified for many.
SciBloom helps scientists discover careers that suit them, recognise the strengths they already bring, and see what stands between them and the career they want.
Across Europe, most researchers with a PhD build their careers beyond the traditional academic track. SciBloom is built for them.
The problem
So why is it so hard to know what comes next?
It is not a knowledge gap. Researchers are trained to find information, evaluate evidence, and make decisions under uncertainty. The problem is that the infrastructure around academic careers was built for one destination, and almost nothing was designed to help you navigate anywhere else.
- No clear picture of what roles actually exist beyond the traditional track
- No framework for translating years of research into skills employers recognise
- No reliable way to know if you are qualified, which skills are missing, or where to start
- No dedicated guidance for a job search that looks nothing like an academic one
How it works
A single path from where you are to where you want to go
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Assess
Upload your CV, describe your work, and answer a few guided questions. We build a transparent skills profile you can read and edit.
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Match
Your preferences narrow 25+ careers to the ones that fit how you want to work. Pick one, and your skills profile shows you exactly how you line up against it.
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Analyse
Identify the gaps between where you are and the role you want.
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Build Coming soon
Curated learning resources and live job opportunities to explore.
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Get hired
Career profiles
25+ career paths. Built from real job market data, mapped to internationally recognised standards.
Every profile is structured around ESCO (opens in a new tab), the EU's skills and occupations framework, used by employers and institutions across Europe. For each role you will see the skills it needs, how it fits what you are looking for, and exactly what sits between you and that career.
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Regulatory affairs manager
Pharma and medtech
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Medical writer
Broad spectrum
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Data scientist
Biotech, health and beyond
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Policy officer
Government and research bodies
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Product manager
Companies of every size
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Patent engineer
IP firms and tech transfer offices
…and 23 more, across biotech and pharma, government and policy, data and digital, publishing and collections, education and writing, business, and conservation.
Coming soon
Pharmacovigilance, quality assurance, clinical research, field application science, and more, including non-research roles inside universities and institutes. Which roles would you like to see next? Sign up, explore the careers, and type the roles you’d like us to add into the “Give feedback on this page” box, which you’ll find on every page of the app.
From the founder
Built by someone who made the same journey (and is still on it)
I did my PhD in molecular biology at Heidelberg University. When I defended, I had no clear picture of the professional options open to me. A manager helped me see my transferable skills, and that changed everything. I moved into product management at Springer Nature, then worked as Strategy Officer at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), and now I’m becoming a founder.
Notice the non-linear career path. That is the point. Careers, especially for researchers, are rarely a straight line to a single destination. Most of us build them beyond the traditional academic track. SciBloom is built around that reality: it helps you find careers that fit the work you enjoy, and see which of your skills carry over.
Every researcher deserves the tools to navigate their journey with confidence.
Alicia Pérez Saturnino, Founder, SciBloom · LinkedIn
Shape SciBloom with us
SciBloom is being built by scientists, for scientists. Researcher experience and feedback will shape it into something genuinely useful for this community.
Access is open. Create your account, try it with your own CV, and tell us what works and what doesn’t.
SciBloom is still in development (that’s what the Beta label means), so what you tell us decides what we build next.
Sign upFor institutions
For universities and organisations
We share your goal: helping researchers find a career that fulfils them. We know how daunting that search can feel, and we’d love to make it easier. Working alongside your institution, SciBloom would give each researcher a first map of careers beyond the academic path, built from their own CV and preferences, so your advisers can pick up the conversation from there. SciBloom is just starting out, so early partners help shape what it becomes. We’d love to build this with you, whether through a pilot or a joint project such as an EU-funded programme.
SciBloom is hosted in the EU and built to meet GDPR.
Over 100 researchers signed up in SciBloom’s first weeks. Now we’re inviting institutions to pilot it with us for free and shape it around their researchers.
Built by a scientist who saw how much researchers needed this, and decided to take action. Read Alicia's story
Get in touchPrefer email? Write to alicia@scibloom.eu
