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About the Role
UCLPartners is seeking an exceptional Director of Innovation to join its senior leadership team. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the development, testing, adoption, and scaling of innovation within a leading health innovation organization. The Director will provide strategic leadership for innovation programs, ensuring alignment with partner needs, measurable impact for patients, and organizational growth.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership and direction for a portfolio of innovation programmes, services and partnerships.
- Translate organisational priorities into deliverable business plans and work programmes.
- Ensure programmes are delivered to a high standard, on time, within budget and achieve measurable impact.
- Build and strengthen relationships with senior leaders across the NHS, academia, industry and funding organisations.
- Lead and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.
- Identify and secure new opportunities, partnerships and funding that support organisational growth and sustainability.
- Champion innovation methodologies and approaches that enable the successful adoption and spread of innovation across healthcare systems.
- Represent UCLPartners externally, contributing to national conversations on innovation, transformation and healthcare improvement.
Requirements
- Significant senior leadership experience within healthcare, innovation, academia, consultancy, life sciences or a related sector.
- A strong understanding of the NHS and the challenges and opportunities facing health and care systems.
- Experience developing and delivering complex programmes involving multiple stakeholders and partner organisations.
- A proven ability to influence, engage and build trusted relationships with senior leaders.
- Demonstrable success in securing funding, generating income and delivering measurable impact.
- Strong financial, operational and governance capabilities.
- Outstanding communication, relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
- A passion for innovation and improving outcomes for patients, populations and healthcare systems.
Skills
- Innovation methodologies
- Healthcare innovation
- Stakeholder management
- Relationship building
- Communication
- Financial management
- Operational management
- Governance
Location
- Hybrid Working
Work Type
- Fixed Term Contract
- Maternity Cover
- Full Time
Experience Level
- Senior leadership
Salary/Compensations
- £80,000 - £105,000 per annum
Benefits
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
- A supportive and inclusive working environment.
- Opportunities for professional and personal development.
- Access to a wide network of NHS, academic, industry and innovation partners.
- The opportunity to work on programmes that make a tangible difference to health outcomes and healthcare delivery.
- A commitment to wellbeing and work-life balance.
About the Company
- UCLPartners is a leading health innovation partnership bringing together NHS organisations, universities, industry and communities to improve health and care through innovation, quality improvement, research adoption and system transformation.
- We identify, test, evaluate and scale solutions that improve outcomes for patients, citizens and health systems.
- We connect expertise, forge partnerships and help deliver healthcare fit for the future.
Equal Opportunity
- UCLPartners is committed to building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected, valued and able to contribute.
- We actively welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds and communities, particularly those currently underrepresented in the health innovation sector.
- We are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are inclusive, accessible and free from discrimination.
- We believe that a diverse workforce strengthens our organisation, enriches our thinking and enhances the impact we can have on the populations and communities we serve.
- UCLPartners is committed to safeguarding and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and expects all employees to share this commitment.