Assistant Director, Innovation Office (Health Tech Ecosystem Lead) (2 year contract)
Core
Drive industry-facing innovation strategy, build strategic health tech partnerships, and broker collaborations between external technology ecosystem players and internal stakeholders to transform citizen health engagement.
Role type
Senior strategy & innovation lead (health tech ecosystem)
Builds
Strategic health tech partnerships, exploratory pilots, and an innovation pipeline aligned to public health priorities
Domain
Public health / Health technology / Government policy
Required skills
Strategic planning, partnership brokering, opportunity identification in ambiguous contexts, trend scanning, stakeholder management, pilot facilitation
Preferred skills
Public health or healthcare sector experience, familiarity with digital and AI tools, venture building, transformation experience
Technologies
Digital tools, AI tools
Responsibilities
Identify and clarify priority problem statements aligned with organizational mission, systematically scan emerging technology trends and ecosystems, develop and maintain a diverse network of external partners (tech firms, startups, academia), match external partners to internal problem statements, facilitate early-stage collaborations into exploratory pilots, provide guidance to junior staff
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities