Requirements
Requires a Master's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Management, Innovation Management, Health Sciences, or a related field. Must have 5+ years of experience leading innovation programs, open innovation challenges, or business incubation, preferably in healthcare, with experience in organizing hackathons and commercializing early-stage innovations. Essential skills include Agile project methodology, design thinking, innovation pipeline and portfolio management, commercialization and go-to-market strategies, stakeholder engagement, and knowledge of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
Description
MAIN PURPOSE OF JOBThe Innovation Manager leads innovation initiatives, orchestrating hackathons, open innovation programs, and ground-up idea development. The role focuses on transforming early-stage innovations into viable business solutions that drive strategic growth, patient impact, and long-term sustainability within the healthcare ecosystem. By cultivating research alliances, embedding rigorous ethics and governance, and crafting commercial go-to-market playbooks, the role transforms high-potential concepts into scalable, revenue-generating solutions that deliver lasting clinical, financial, and social value.To drive innovation within Mediclinic by fostering a culture of creativity, supporting ground-up initiatives, facilitating commercialization, and advancing research and business sustainability programs that align with the organization's strategic goals.KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREASInnovation Program Management: Run hackathons, accelerators, and open-innovation challenges that surface deployable solutions ready for rapid adoption and to foster creative problem-solving.Ground-Up Innovation and Proof-of-Concept Development: Support and fast track ideas through small-scale pilots, gather real-world evidence, and convert successful pilots into live deployments.Research and Business Sustainability: Leverage academic and industry collaborations to validate use cases, drive research, and design initiatives that ensure long-term clinical, financial, and social impact.Platform Development & Deployment: Oversee the design, testing validation, and seamless integration of off-the-shelf or partner-provided platforms into existing clinical and business workflows.Commercialisation & Scaling: Create go-to-market playbooks, secure stakeholder buy-in, and manage large-scale roll-outs to maximise adoption, revenue.REQUIRED EDUCATIONESSENTIAL EDUCATIONMaster's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Management, Innovation Management, Health Sciences, or a related field.DESIRED EDUCATIONCertifications in Innovation Management, Design Thinking, Lean Startup.REQUIRED EXPERIENCE5+ years leading innovation programs, open innovation challenges, or business incubation, preferably in healthcare.Experience in organizing hackathons, commercialization of early-stage innovations, and business sustainability initiatives.REQUIRED JOB SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGEAbility to visualize and design system delivery for new projectsAgile project methodology and design thinkingComfortable in using design thinking to tackle innovation challengesApplication Portfolio ManagementInnovation pipeline and portfolio toolsKnowledge in use of Project Portfolio management software (e.g. PPO)Commercialisation and Go-to-Market StrategiesAbility to influence and engage stakeholders (project managers, hospital staff, system users) to support training objectivesArtificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, including natural language processing modelsEthical ConsiderationsEthical product knowledge