Executive Director Innovations

Responsible for an integrated team vetting and bringing forward significantly impactful health related solutions which can be employed at scale across portfolio domains including life sciences, medical devices, heath information technology.

Responsibilities:

• Conducts strategic intellectual property and impact reviews across the CC organization.
• Fuses potential combinations of life science opportunities, medical device opportunities and health information technology solutions such that the sum of the individual solutions is significantly greater than each as a stand-alone solution.
• Leads a team making timely decisions regarding the viability of big solution ideas along with increased inventor communication.
• Leads a team of subject matter experts in support of traditional inventive processes including the identification of licensing opportunities.

Education:

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field is a must and a master’s-level degree in management, economics, health care, finance, or marketing is strongly preferred.

Languages:

• English, an additional language(s) considered

Certifications:

• None required

Complexity of Work:

• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship building skills required in order to initiate and develop productive working partnerships with all levels of management/leadership and staff.
• Ability to influence results, garner support and tactfully manage complex relationships and influences within and across the organization.
• Proven ability in forging collaborative and productive relationships with direct reports, peers, superiors and other internal/external stakeholders.
• Exceptional oral and written communication, persuasion, consulting, team building and negotiation skills required. The successful candidate must be able to clearly articulate and demonstrate commitment to high quality and patient safety, and the Mission, Vision, Values and leadership behaviors of Cleveland Clinic and to inspire active support of these in others.
• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work autonomously as well as the leading a group of senior director and director lead sub-teams effectively in a collaborative, shared leadership environment
• Excellent problem-solving and organizational skills with an ability to balance strategic focus with a strong orientation toward process improvement and innovation
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• Demonstrated customer service orientation, seeking to understand customer requirements and exercising judgment in meeting their expectations, particularly when there are differences of opinions on needs and services, unanticipated contingencies or a divergence of ideas/perspectives.
• Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment.
• Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, character, integrity, and caring.
• Must be a collaborative team player, with a demonstrated ability to share accountability and promote transparency.
• Must be able to travel domestically and internationally as appropriate and as needed.

Work Experience:

• 15 years of experience as a business leader in a medical field inclusive of 5 years of demonstrated management experience.
• A strong understanding of healthcare industry value chain and related business activities, including major trends/forces affecting the industry.
• Thorough knowledge in and understanding of trends in health care and emerging technologies.
• Experience working both independently and collaboratively with teams and other senior executives.
• Experience identifying and developing new healthcare related solutions and coordinating resources internally.
• Experience as a collaborative team player, with a demonstrated ability to share accountability and promote transparency.
• Understanding of intellectual property, its development and protection preferably in the healthcare and life sciences industry.

Physical Requirements:

• Manual dexterity sufficient to operate office equipment.
• May require extended periods of sitting, standing and walking.
• Must be able to walk to attend meetings; must have normal or corrected vision to normal range.
• Ability to clearly communicate by phone and in person.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Keywords: Intellectual property, IP, life sciences, start ups, investors, ventures, medical devices, HIT, Health Information Technology.

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