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Hamilton Health Sciences; Hamilton; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Hamilton Health Sciences is seeking a Research Development and Innovation Specialist to expand partnerships, drive commercialization activities, and foster new research pipelines. You will lead interdisciplinary teams and coordinate with internal stakeholders to advance the hospital’s innovation strategy.

The role requires strategic leadership, strong market research, and experience building external collaborations across healthcare and industry.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Science or equivalent; MBA preferred.
• 3+ years in research business development and/or project management (healthcare/academic) or 5+ years in industry/government/non-profit.
• Demonstrated knowledge of market research and external funding opportunities with strong organizational skills.
• Ability to foster relationships with researchers, industry stakeholders and funding agencies to translate discoveries into ventures.
• Manage complex programs and optimize performance of strategic partnerships.
• Knowledge of HHSC organizational structure and research portfolio.
• Familiarity with research funding programs across industry, government and non-profits.
• Relationships with researchers and research administrators within hospital/academic institutes.
• Good judgment, analytical and presentation/writing skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to motivate and work independently within a team.
• Proficiency in Windows applications.

Responsibilities

• Oversee programs and sub-projects with programmatic leadership.
• Lead project teams through lifecycle from initiation to closeout.
• Liaise between industry partners, funders, and internal stakeholders.
• Develop and manage external partnerships to translate research into value.
• Ensure timely financial and progress reporting.

Skills

Research development

Project management

Negotiation

Relationship building

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Leadership

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Admin or Science

MBA preferred

Tools

Windows applications

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The Research Development, Innovation and Partnerships (RDIP) department connects healthcare, research, and industry to advance innovative solutions from early-stage research and evidence generation through to real-world clinical implementation. Research Development & Innovation (RDI) supports research partnerships, funding opportunities, project development, and industry–academic collaboration, while Clinical Innovation focuses on evaluating, adopting, and scaling new technologies and solutions within clinical environments. Together, the functions help identify promising innovations, build the evidence and business case for their use, and enable their adoption across the healthcare system.

Position Summary

Come and work in Research Development and Innovation at Hamilton Health Sciences – one of Canada’s foremost academic hospitals.

The Research Development and Innovation Specialist is responsible for building strategic partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders to expand research and innovation capacity at HHS, leading commercialization activities from high-potential internal HHS research and technology transfer opportunities, and identifying new pipelines to innovation that are critical to the mission of supporting HHS’ Research and Innovation strategy. Reporting to the Manager of Research Development, Innovation and Partnerships, the Research Development and Innovation Specialist brings strategic operational and programmatic leadership, driving direction and oversight of interdisciplinary initiatives to ensure the growth of the Research and Innovation mandate at HHS, particularly in strengthening our Hospital to Home portfolio through technology adoption. This role requires a thorough knowledge of business fundamentals and demonstrated knowledge and experience in market research and building external partnerships. The incumbent will bring programmatic leadership to oversee both government and privately funded collaboration projects. Responsibilities include the programmatic oversight of the programs and the sub-projects, and ability to lead project teams through challenges, risks and hurdles and work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to fulfil all financial and progress reporting obligations in a timely and accurate manner. The expectation will be to provide leadership and guidance to project teams during all stages of the project lifecycle (initiation through closeout), acting as the lead liaison between the industry partner, funder and internal stakeholders.

Schedule Work Hours

Full Time hours (37.5 hours/week), Monday to Friday. Flexibility to work after hours, as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Science, or other academic preparation in combination with relevant work experience; Master’s in Business Administration preferred.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in research business development and/or project management either within a healthcare or academic institution preferred; or minimum 5 years of relevant experience within industry, government/non-profit organizations.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in market research and external funding opportunities with strong attention to detail – excellent organizational skills.
• Demonstrate ability to foster relationships with partners including researchers, industry stakeholders and external funding agencies to help translate discoveries into profitable business ventures.
• Manage complex programs and projects, and continuously optimize the performance of strategic partnerships
• Knowledge of HHSC organizational structure and research portfolio
• Knowledge and familiarity with research funding programs within industry, government agencies, and non-profit organizations.
• Evident relationships with researchers, research administrators/coordinators within a hospital or academic research institute.
• Application of good judgment and analytical skills.
• Excellent research, analytical, negotiation, relationship building and project management competencies.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – effective presentation and writing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate self and others, set priorities and work independently yet within a collaborative framework.
• Proficient in all Windows computer applications.

Hamilton Health Sciences fosters a culture of patient and staff safety, whereby all employees are guided by our Mission, Vision, Values, and Values Based Code of Conduct. Hamilton Health Sciences is a teaching hospital and all staff and physicians are expected to support students and other learners.

To be considered for this opportunity applicants must apply during the posting period. All internal and external applicants may ONLY apply via the Careers website. This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

Hamilton Health Sciences is an equal opportunity employer and we will accommodate any needs under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Hiring processes will be modified to remove barriers to accommodate those with disabilities, if requested. Should any applicant require accommodation through the application processes, please contact Human Resources at 905-521-2100, Ext. 46947 for assistance. If the applicant requires a specific accommodation because of a disability during an interview, the applicant will need to advise the hiring manager when scheduling the interview and the appropriate accommodations can be made.

This competition is open to all qualified applicants, however, qualified internal applicants will be considered first. Past performance will be considered as part of the selection process. If you are a previous employee of Hamilton Health Sciences, please note: the circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment. Proficiency in both Official Languages, French and English, is considered an asset.