External Innovation Strategy Manager

Rhian_Convatec; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an External Innovation Strategy Manager to identify and analyze technology opportunities that will drive future investments. This hybrid role involves collaboration with various stakeholders to develop insights that inform strategic decisions. The ideal candidate will have a strong analytical background, experience in project management, and the ability to present data clearly. With a commitment to improving lives through innovative medical solutions, this position offers a dynamic environment where your contributions will have a meaningful impact.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skillset with attention to detail for data-driven decisions.
• Proven ability to design and execute strategy projects with clear recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute projects to guide investment decision making.
• Conduct data analytics and create visualizations for innovation recommendations.

Skills

Data Analytics

Research Skills

Communication Skills

Project Management

Analytical Skills

Education

Degree in Science or Engineering

MBA (Optional)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch:
Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care, and infusion care. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Group revenues in 2024 were over $2.2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC).

To learn more about Convatec, please visit http://www.convatecgroup.com

Change is everywhere at ConvaTec. It’s transforming our business, and helping us improve millions of lives. And we’re nowhere near finished. Across every part of our business, we’re pushing for better.

Join us as an External Innovation Strategy Manager, and you’ll do the same.

As the External Innovation Strategy Manager, you will play a key role in helping to identify and analyze valuable technology opportunities in which Convatec will make investments. You will serve at the forefront of research, analysis and insight development that will enable Convatec decisions to place bets on future business opportunities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Designing and executing projects that develop insights and recommendations to guide investment decision making, based on data and research – these projects can cover a variety of objectives:
• - Unmet needs assessment for target clinical conditions
• - Technology adoption potential – considering HCPs, payers and patients
• - Reimbursement potential for new technologies
• - Target business case development

• Conducting data analytics, determining category trend insights and creating output visualizations to help inform innovation area recommendations and business development opportunities
• Collaborating with clinical, regulatory, R&D and commercial stakeholders to evolve our understanding of opportunity areas and defining target company shortlists
• Driving continuous improvement of our process and analytics to drive cross-business consistency and evolution of our ability to define relevant potential segments and targets
• Developing executive communication materials to share your findings with key stakeholders at business unit and executive leadership levels
• Coordinating with business, marketing, medical, and R&D leaders to understand Convatec capabilities to integrate new technology

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Science, engineering or other degree with strong numeracy requirements from a top-tier university
• Optional: MBA from a top-tier school
• Proven ability to design and execute strategy projects that provide clearly communicated recommendations, based on executed research and analysis
• Strong attention to detail as the research, data, analytic and resulting insights will help to inform strategy & investment decisions
• Strong analytical skillset and ability to present data and insights in a concise, informative manner – with strong related competency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Preferably some level of life sciences experience to ensure appropriate comprehension of information being researched, e.g. within publications, on medical technologies and the relevant high-level steps that are required to bring innovation to market within medical devices
• Preferrable 1-3 years consultant level role experience from within a top-tier management consulting firm
• Motivated, easy to work with and collaborative

The position is a hybrid role, with the expectation to be present in the office on a regular basis.

The position will involve travel to 4-8 conferences per year, plus project related travel to collaborate with cross-functional teams (primarily Europe and US).

Our ambitions will bring the very best out in you. You’ll be pushed to aim higher and really own your work. You’ll be encouraged and supported to make things happen, too. It can be challenging. But, as the progress you make will help improve the lives of millions, it’ll be worth it.

This is stepping up to a challenge.

This is work that’ll move you.

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Equal opportunities

Convatec provides equal employment opportunities for all current employees and applicants for employment. This policy means that no one will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, nationality, citizenship, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, genetic predisposing characteristics or any other basis prohibited by law.

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