Center Coordinator

St Johns Research Institute (SJRI); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Johns Research Institute (SJRI) in Bengaluru hosts the St. Johns MedTech Incubation Centre, a BFI-supported initiative to nurture healthcare startups with incubation, mentorship, and access to clinical resources.

We are seeking an Operations Coordinator to oversee daily Centre operations, manage resources, coordinate with departments, onboard startups, maintain records, and support events and evaluation activities.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree in Medicine, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Engineering, Management, Public Health, or related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience in healthcare/MedTech innovation.
• Proficiency in English; knowledge of Kannada, Hindi, and Telugu is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day operations of the MedTech Incubation Centre.
• Coordinate the use of startup chambers, co-working spaces, prototyping facilities, and other Centre resources.
• Maintain records, documentation, schedules, and operational trackers.
• Act as the primary operational liaison between startups, the Center Lead, and relevant institutional departments.
• Support onboarding of startups and facilitate access to Centre resources and services.
• Track startup activities, milestones, meetings, and action points and follow up as required.
• Assist startups with administrative and operational requirements during incubation.
• Coordinate with clinical departments, faculty, researchers, and other institutional stakeholders to facilitate startup engagement.

Skills

Operations coordination

Record keeping

Stakeholder liaison

Event coordination

Education

Postgraduate degree

Tools

MS Office

Email/Calendar tools

Job description

Job Summary

Bangalore

The St. John s MedTech Incubation Centre is a BFI-supported initiative focused on strengthening the development and incubation of healthcare and medical technology startups. The Centre will provide structured incubation, mentorship, ecosystem linkages, and access to relevant clinical and institutional resources to support startups from innovation to scale.

No of Vacancy : One

Responsibilities

• Support the day-to-day operations and functioning of the MedTech Incubation Centre.
• Coordinate the use of startup chambers, co-working spaces, prototyping facilities, and other Centre resources.
• Maintain relevant records, documentation, schedules, and operational trackers.
• Act as the primary operational liaison between startups, the Center Lead, and relevant institutional departments.
• Support onboarding of startups and facilitate access to Centre resources and institutional services.
• Track startup activities, milestones, meetings, and action points and follow up as required.
• Assist startups with administrative and operational requirements during their incubation.
• Coordinate with clinical departments, faculty, researchers, and other institutional stakeholders to facilitate startup engagement.
• Support startups in accessing relevant clinical expertise, facilities, and resources for validation and proof-of-concept activities.
• Coordinate innovation and entrepreneurship activities for faculty, clinicians, students, researchers, and residents.
• Support orientation programmes, workshops, innovation challenges, and other Centre-led activities to promote healthcare innovation within the institution.
• Facilitate engagement between institutional innovators and relevant clinical, academic, research, and technical departments.
• Support faculty- and student-led innovations in accessing mentorship, prototyping resources, and relevant Centre programmes.
• Coordinate institutional processes related to meetings, clinical engagements, ethics submissions, and other approved validation activities. Support the Center Lead in programme administration, documentation, reporting, and stakeholder communication.
• Prepare meeting agendas, minutes, activity reports, and relevant programme documentation.
• Maintain records required for BFI reporting, monitoring, and Centre-level reviews.
• Perform any other duties or responsibilities related to the Centre and/or the organization as may be assigned by the Center Lead and/or Principal Investigator from time to time.

Eligibility Criteria

• Preferred Qualifications: Postgraduate degree in Medicine, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Engineering, Management, Public Health, or a related discipline, with relevant experience in MedTech/healthcare innovation, incubation, research translation, or programme management
• Experience: Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience in healthcare/MedTech innovation
• Preferred Language: English, Kannada, Hindi & Telugu