Senior Advisor - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Health Innovation East (Eastern AHSN)

Description

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We are looking for colleagues who share not only our values but also our enthusiasm and commitment to making a difference for our communities.

We are united by being dynamic, curious, creative and adaptable.

We appreciate the value of evidence and also enjoy trying new and different approaches to solving problems and are comfortable with ambiguity, often-changing plans and unanticipated challenges.

Job summary and purpose:

The Commercial Team lead the OLS commission focused on providing direct support to innovators and companies to both develop healthcare innovations and support their translation into practice within the East of England.

The postholder will be expected to support SMEs and large corporates on their journey to spread and adoption readiness. This involves providing advice and guidance on areas including market access, commercialisation and IP to support growth and scale-up.

As part of this programme, we help leverage (public or private) funding as the companies we support grow and stimulate new jobs for our region.

The second element of the role is focused on adoption of innovation into the healthcare setting and will involve working closely with Eastern AHSN's NHS-facing teams.

The postholder will play a crucial role in the identification, assessment and introduction of new innovations that meet established NHS needs.

The post holder will be expected to possess senior credibility and experience within the life sciences/medtech business or regulatory sectors with proven business development experience.

It is essential that the post holder has a good understanding of the challenges faced in healthcare and the breadth, competitive landscape and future trends of innovations relevant to the health and social care sector.

The postholder will require programme management expertise in order to design, implement and oversee delivery of the wide range of activities across the business development portfolio.

This will require a flexible, advisory mindset with the ability to engage with different stakeholder groups from public and private sectors, an ability to draw insights from a breadth of quantitative and qualitative data sources and to navigate complex processes to create positive health care impact for our region's communities.

The post holder will be responsible for leading events and other initiatives, both in person and hybrid, to support the innovator ecosystem at locations across the East of England and on occasion in other AHSN geographies as required.

The post holder will be expected to contribute to expanding Health Innovation East's commissioned work to support diversification of our corporate income with a track record in leveraging funding and/or generating return on investment across applicable projects.

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Key responsibilities:


As a Senior Advisor, the post holder will:

• Provide expert advice to external stakeholders within the health tech ecosystem, primarily industry partners, to enable the development of robust value propositions for the implementation and adoption of innovation across the East of England health and social care system. This will involve communicating highly complex information to people both with and without specialist product or clinical knowledge.
• Support the development of Health Innovation East's commercial activities, in order to diversify organisational income. Programmes expected to include consultancy offerings to industry that complement our core activity.
• Successfully deliver consultancy services and/or commissioned programmes to clients, as required.
• Support the team to ensure projects are managed effectively, leading and being accountable for their successful delivery from start through to completion.
• Provide project / programme leadership on multiple projects, ensuring these are delivered in line with agreed milestones (time and budget)
• Monitor progress across programmes and produce regular project reports and updates for national, regional and local governance mechanisms.
• Support Principal Advisors, ensuring that programme risks and issues are proactively identified and reported, and develop proposals for resolution, mitigation and escalation of those risks.
• Work with the Eastern AHSN Programme Management Office to ensure effective and timely financial and performance reporting to SMT, Board and commissioners.
• Produce high quality reports.
• Communicate and disseminate programme findings, including through the development of communications materials such as blogs and impact stories, to inform future implementation efforts.
• Build and nurture relationships with relevant stakeholders to support the successful delivery of projects.
• Liaise with other members of Health Innovation East and the wider HI Network to share best practice.
• Ensure the work undertaken aligns to relevant national guidance and best practice, including NICE clinical guidance.
• Line manage advisors as required.

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