Senior Assistant Director, Tech-Biz Development, Strategic Innovation, GIS

Job Description

The Strategic Innovation role is to support the GIS T-BD office to develop, manage, and track each innovation project in GIS within the FoS funnel.

The candidate will take the lead to drive translation outcomes using the FoS engine as a mechanism such as calling/scouting/fishing for new innovation ideas, developing innovation projects, and validating/supporting the project leaders to achieve funding and eventual spin-off. The candidate will also constantly innovate and improve the FoS engine by working closely with GIS management and I&E, allowing GIS to establish good and successful spin-offs.

Responsibilities

1. Calling/scouting/fishing for new innovation ideas within GIS. Discussing with PIs, GIS Tech Biz Research Partnership team, and Post-docs to identify new innovation ideas to develop into innovation projects.
2. Attend GIS scientific events (i.e., GIS weekly) to scout potential innovation ideas with commercial value.
3. Attend GIS Tech Biz TD showcase/review to scout potential innovation ideas from the TDs.
4. Work with Innovation Project Leaders to qualify/validate problem statements.
5. Work with PIs/Innovation Project Leaders to provide commercial assessment/evaluation (i.e., market assessment, validation with industry players) to the Innovation Projects.
6. Track, manage, and report the progress of each innovation project.
7. Main point of contact for GIS and FoS.
8. Manage and oversee the community of EIR (including Innovation Project Leaders, GIS Innovation Fellow, Aspired Entrepreneur, and Spun-off Alumni).
9. Any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Job Requirements

1. Degree in Business Administration or equivalent, or degree in a scientific discipline related to GIS core businesses (e.g., Bioinformatics, biomedical engineering, biology, chemistry, or equivalent).
2. Must possess an entrepreneurial spirit, be innovative, and have the drive to create, modify, and build new frameworks to achieve objectives.
3. 3-5 years of industry experience in R&D, business development in medical devices and life sciences preferred or related industries.
4. Prior experience leading innovation projects is preferred.
5. Customer-oriented and a team player.
6. Hands-on approach.
7. Ability to build and maintain long-term and short-term partnerships.
8. Occasional travel may be required.

The above eligibility criteria are not exhaustive. A*STAR may include additional selection criteria based on its prevailing recruitment policies. These policies may be amended from time to time without notice. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.