Clinical Innovation Manager

Bupa; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid and flexible working

Travel to clinics as needed

Job summary

Bupa is seeking a Clinical Innovation Manager to drive healthcare initiatives from planning through implementation across the Medical division. You’ll coordinate programs across Medical, Health Insurance, and operations, delivering complex projects at scale.

The role requires deep clinical operations experience, strong project management, and a collaborative approach, with occasional travel to clinics. Based in Melbourne or Sydney with hybrid flexibility.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of clinical experience in a healthcare setting.
• Significant experience delivering projects or programs within healthcare environments.
• A strong understanding of medical centres or broader healthcare service delivery.
• Experience delivering complex, large-scale initiatives.
• Strong project management, coordination and implementation capability.
• A highly collaborative approach across clinical, operational and corporate teams.

Responsibilities

• Leading the coordination and delivery of complex healthcare projects from planning through to implementation.
• Managing multiple initiatives and workstreams, keeping priorities and timelines aligned.
• Partnering across Medical, Health Insurance, clinical operations and broader business teams.
• Building relationships with clinical, operational and corporate stakeholders.
• Supporting delivery of large-scale health programs and new healthcare propositions.
• Identifying risks and delivery challenges to keep programs moving forward.
• Supporting implementation across medical centres with occasional travel.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Project delivery

Healthcare operations

Large-scale initiatives

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

At Bupa, purpose meets possible. Join us and help shape a future where healthcare is more connected, more personal and more human.

We’re a global healthcare leader trusted by millions and committed to helping people to live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. Healthcare is changing, and so are we.

We’re investing in more clinics, better systems and smarter, more connected ways to help our customers. As we continue to expand our services and invest in innovation, you’ll help create a healthcare system that meets people where they are, responds to what they need and leaves them better than before.

Here, your work has purpose, your voice matters and your future is full of possibility.

Just imagine the impact you could make.

The purpose of this job is…

As Clinical Innovation Manager, you’ll play a key role in taking healthcare initiatives from planning through to implementation across Bupa Medical.

Working closely across Medical, Health Insurance and other areas of the business, you’ll coordinate and deliver a portfolio of new and ongoing healthcare programs, including large-scale initiatives such as our Flu Program.

This is a hands‑on delivery role for someone who understands healthcare operations and can bring together multiple stakeholders, priorities and workstreams to successfully deliver complex programs at scale.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading the coordination and delivery of complex healthcare projects and programs from planning through to implementation.
• Managing multiple initiatives and workstreams simultaneously, keeping priorities, timelines and stakeholders aligned.
• Partnering across Medical, Health Insurance, clinical operations and broader business teams.
• Building strong relationships with clinical, operational and corporate stakeholders.
• Supporting the delivery of established large‑scale health programs, as well as new healthcare propositions and services.
• Identifying risks, dependencies and delivery challenges and working collaboratively to keep programs moving forward.
• Supporting implementation across our medical centre network, including occasional travel to clinics.

What you’ll need to make it possible

• Minimum 5 years of clinical experience in a healthcare setting, preferably in roles such as clinical leadership, healthcare management or clinical operations.
• Significant experience delivering projects or programs within healthcare environments.
• A strong understanding of medical centres, clinical operations or broader healthcare service delivery.
• Demonstrated experience delivering complex, large‑scale initiatives.
• Strong project management, coordination and implementation capability.
• A highly collaborative approach and confidence working across clinical, operational and corporate teams.

Why you’ll love it?

This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of healthcare delivery, innovation and operations, helping turn ideas into services and programs that can make an impact at scale.

You’ll join a collaborative Medical team while working across a broad range of areas within Bupa, giving you exposure to different parts of our healthcare business and the opportunity to help shape how new initiatives are brought to life.

The role can be based in Melbourne or Sydney, with hybrid and flexible working. Occasional office attendance and travel to Bupa medical centres and clinics will be required.

We support our people to be the healthiest and happiest versions of themselves.

Here at Bupa your wellbeing, identity, and personal story are respected and valued. We are committed to building diverse teams that are reflective of the communities we serve and fostering a fair and inclusive workplace free from discrimination, bullying and harassment. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ applicants and are dedicated to removing barriers to participation.

We are dedicated to removing barriers to participation. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, or if you’d like to discuss how this role can be flexible for you, please let us know so we can support your participation on an equitable basis.