Director, Strategic Impact and Growth

University of California San Diego, United States

Updated: 20 days ago
Location: La Jolla, CALIFORNIA

Details

Posted: 10-Apr-24

Location: La Jolla, California

Salary: Open

Categories:


Executive
Executive Director

Internal Number: 128929


Special Selection Applicants: Apply by 04/22/2024. Eligible Special Selection clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance.


DESCRIPTION

The Director, Strategic Impact and Growth at Jacobs Center for Health Innovation is a pivotal leadership role, tasked with steering our mission towards impactful population health improvements and digital health advancements. This role involves forming and nurturing strategic partnerships with private companies and government agencies, leading to service contracts and opportunities that significantly contribute to the Center's revenue and growth objectives. The Director will ensure that these initiatives align with our core mission of promoting widespread health improvements and innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Market Analysis for Demand Identification: Initiate a thorough market analysis to comprehend current and future demands/needs within the health innovation, digital health, and population sectors. Leverage insights to forecast trends and identify opportunities that align with the Center's strategic direction.

  • Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with a broad spectrum of stakeholders, including industry partners, government bodies, healthcare providers, and the community, to ensure alignment of the Center's initiatives with broader health goals and stakeholder expectations. Serve as a key liaison to articulate the Center's mission, vision, and value proposition in improving health outcomes.

  • Strategic Partnership Development: Based on the identified market needs, strategically identify, develop, and maintain partnerships with private companies, government agencies, and other relevant stakeholders. These partnerships should focus on leveraging the Center's purchasable services and partnership capabilities to meet market demands while fostering innovation and growth.

  • Cross-functional Leadership for Market Alignment: Lead cross-functional efforts to align the Center's current and future capabilities with market demands. Work closely with the innovation, research, and development teams to ensure project portfolios address the identified needs effectively and innovatively.

  • Revenue Generation and Sustainability: Formulate and execute strategies to generate sustainable revenue streams through innovative service offerings derived from strategic partnerships. Focus on creating business models that ensure long-term growth, financial health, and the creation of durable infrastructure supporting operations, clinical, and research missions of the Center.

  • Program Management Oversight: Provide leadership and oversight for the management of programs, especially during project initiation, arising from strategic partnerships and stakeholder engagements. Collaborate with project leaders to ensure initiatives are effectively meeting stakeholder needs, while clarifying that the responsibility for implementation and evaluation rests with specific project teams.

  • Impact Measurement Coordination: Partner with the evaluation team to develop and implement metrics and frameworks that accurately measure the impact of initiatives against market needs and stakeholder expectations. Ensure that impact measurement strategies are aligned with the Center's goals and stakeholder demands.

  • Leadership and Team Development for Market-driven Capabilities: Lead, mentor, and develop team members with a keen focus on equipping them with the skills and knowledge necessary to meet current and emerging market demands. Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and responsiveness to healthcare market trends.

  • As a recognized expert, provides professional expertise and guidance on all aspects of strategic business development for the enterprise. Recommends and executes strategies that leverage academic and clinical programs, minimize risk and maximize return on investment.


    MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

    • Bachelor's degree in related area, and seven or more years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of experience, education and training.
    • Experience and expert-level knowledge of the principles, concepts, and strategies involved in successful strategic growth and business development.
    • Experience developing and negotiating strategic partnerships with private companies and government entities within health innovation, digital health and/or population health sectors.

    PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
    • Advanced degree in Public Health, Business Administration, Health Informatics, or related field with a strong emphasis on quantitative and qualitative market analysis techniques.
    • Experience within the University of California
    • Proven experience in conducting market analyses within the healthcare sector, with


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