Interview dates to be confirmed.
We are seeking a visionary and results driven Head of Innovation Commercial Development to accelerate impact to patients and commercial value creation within our commercial partnerships and heath technology development portfolio.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for execution of the commercial agenda and strategy within the commercial innovation portfolio, working closely with the Associate Director for Commercial Innovation and Head of IP Commercialisation to maximise the value and impact within the NHS hospitals rapid transformational environment to facilitate greater outcomes for patients and improved patient experience, driving value from commercialising commercial pipeline and portfolio.
The newly formed role within the Centre of Innovation, Transformation and Improvement involves strategic planning, developing and growing a team of Commercial Managers and Innovation Consultants, leadership and change management to enable a systematic solution within our organisation to create an innovation growth friendly ecosystem both within the Trust and between the Trust and our academic and industry partners.
Role
The role will report into the Associate Director for Commercial Innovation and will oversee the following areas within the commercial development team function:
- Optimising Commercial partnerships portfolio: building upon our relationships with commercial partners, negotiating and executing commercial agreements with external collaborators and industry partners, and aligning results to the strategic commercial business objectives of the Trust and our product development pipeline.
- Technology co-development and adoption: Management of the Innovation Consulting team, overseeing clear, user friendly technology adoption pathways by coordinating internal functions across different teams, to maximise engagement and generation of collaboration with industry and internally generated problem exploration and resolution in codeveloping new solutions through partnerships with industry. Managing our team of Innovation Consultants; enhancing internal and external relationships with internal clinical teams, alongside external academic and industry partners.
Full details available in the Job Description and Person Specifications document.
The Centre for Innovation, Transformation and Improvement (CITI) at Guy’s and St Thomas’s was founded in 2021 under the Deputy Chief Executive (DCE).
The DCE is the Executive Director responsible for leading and developing the Trust’s strategy for innovation and improvement, which aims to develop an ecosystem that encourages the acceleration of new knowledge and capabilities and learn from best practices globally, to deliver improvements in patient care at scale. CITI co-locates multi-faceted teams to provide the focal point for clinical innovators and services seeking to translate ideas or early stage products or improvements into clinical practice. The Centre aims both to incubate and deliver innovations and improvement ideas, projects and programmes, working alongside and for its clinical customers for the benefit of patients.
CITI builds on industry best practice in taking innovation from concept to practice. It aims to foster a culture of innovation and improvement throughout the Trust, and acts as the intellectual home of our core improvement methodologies.
CITI aims to improve the rate of adoption of new clinical technologies with an agile operational model, delivering a data-driven approach to evaluating performance of novel technologies, creating a sustainable culture of innovation in clinical and operational workforce, and to build enduring partnerships with academia, industry, investors and key NHS Stakeholders.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mark Gladman Job title: Associate Director Commercial Innovation Email address: Mark.Gladman@gstt.nhs.uk
