Innovation Architect: AI-Driven Product Design

Mercer; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 115,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercer Health in Hartford is seeking an Innovation Architect – Product Design to transform ideas into investable opportunities that advance digital and AI leadership. You will shape problems, guide cross-functional teams, and push end-to-end innovation from intake to governance with a focus on market impact.

The role emphasizes structured framing, stakeholder collaboration, and thought leadership to translate market signals into compelling client-facing outcomes within the Health Innovation

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product management, product strategy, management consulting, or innovation program management.
• Experience in healthcare industry.
• Background in digital transformation, AI product development, or enterprise technology strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate workshops and working sessions that drive alignment and clarity across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Strong problem definition and structured thinking skills — able to move from a vague idea to a well-scoped opportunity brief.
• Familiarity with AI capabilities and a working understanding of how AI can reshape business processes and workflows.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex ideas for both executive and operational audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple ideas and workstreams simultaneously in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day project management while facilitating concepts through the innovation cycle in strong partnership with business, design, product, and technical leaders.
• Coordinate desirability, feasibility, and viability validation activities, ensuring appropriate rigor at each stage.
• Run the operating cadence for each concept — including kickoffs, working sessions, stakeholder check-ins, and stage-gate reviews — with clear agendas, notes, action items, and decision capture.
• Track progress and manage risks and issues (blockers, resourcing gaps, decision delays, scope creep), escalating proactively to maintain momentum and clarity.
• Ensure stage-gate readiness by confirming required evidence and artifacts are completed to standard at each stage.
• Maintain portfolio visibility across in-flight concepts by reporting status, timelines, upcoming gates, risks, and support needs to the Innovation Lead and governance stakeholders.
• Drive timely progression and closure by enforcing timeboxes, aligning stakeholders on next steps, and ensuring concepts either advance with clear ownership or are paused/closed with documented rationale.

Skills

Product management

Strategy development

Innovation

Facilitation

Job description

Mercer Health in Hartford is seeking an Innovation Architect – Product Design to transform ideas into investable opportunities that advance digital and AI leadership. You will shape problems, guide cross-functional teams, and push end-to-end innovation from intake to governance with a focus on market impact.

The role emphasizes structured framing, stakeholder collaboration, and thought leadership to translate market signals into compelling client-facing outcomes within the Health Innovation