Title Innovation Manager (ME1192)
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Closing date: 15/05/2026 Number of positions: 1 Recruiter name: Siva Krishna Bonda Reference number: 69642 Mediclinic Corporate Office Dubai \| Dubai \| United Arab Emirates **MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB** The Innovation Manager leads innovation initiatives, orchestrating hackathons, open innovation programs, and ground\-up idea development. The role focuses on transforming early\-stage innovations into viable business solutions that
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Closing date: 15/05/2026
Number of positions: 1
Recruiter name: Siva Krishna Bonda
Reference number: 69642
Mediclinic Corporate Office Dubai \| Dubai \| United Arab Emirates
Main Purpose Of Job
The Innovation Manager leads innovation initiatives, orchestrating hackathons, open innovation programs, and ground-up idea development.
The role focuses on transforming early-stage innovations into viable business solutions that drive strategic growth, patient impact, and long-term sustainability within the healthcare ecosystem.
By cultivating research alliances, embedding rigorous ethics and governance, and crafting commercial go-to-market playbooks, the role transforms high-potential concepts into scalable, revenue-generating solutions that deliver lasting clinical, financial, and social value.
To drive innovation within Mediclinic by fostering a culture of creativity, supporting ground-up initiatives, facilitating commercialization, and advancing research and business sustainability programs that align with the organization’s strategic goals.
Key Responsibility Areas
- Innovation Program Management: Run hackathons, accelerators, and open-innovation challenges that surface deployable solutions ready for rapid adoption and to foster creative problem-solving.
- Ground-Up Innovation and Proof-of-Concept Development: Support and fast track ideas through small-scale pilots, gather real-world evidence, and convert successful pilots into live deployments.
- Research and Business Sustainability: Leverage academic and industry collaborations to validate use cases, drive research, and design initiatives that ensure long-term clinical, financial, and social impact.
- Platform Development & Deployment: Oversee the design, testing validation, and seamless integration of off-the-shelf or partner-provided platforms into existing clinical and business workflows.
- Commercialisation & Scaling: Create go-to-market playbooks, secure stakeholder buy-in, and manage large-scale roll-outs to maximise adoption, revenue.
Essential Education
Master’s degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Management, Innovation Management, Health Sciences, or a related field.
Desired Education
Certifications in Innovation Management, Design Thinking, Lean Startup.
Essential Minimum Experience
5+ years leading innovation programs, open innovation challenges, or business incubation, preferably in healthcare.
Desired Experience
Experience in organizing hackathons, commercialization of early-stage innovations, and business sustainability initiatives.
Required Job Skills And Knowledge
- Ability to visualize and design system delivery for new projects
- Agile project methodology and design thinking
- Comfortable in using design thinking to tackle innovation challenges
• Application Portfolio Management
- Innovation pipeline and portfolio tools
- Knowledge in use of Project Portfolio management software (e.g. PPO)
- Commercialisation and Go-to-Market Strategies
- Ability to influence and engage stakeholders (project managers, hospital staff, system users) to support training objectives
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, including natural language processing models
- Ethical Considerations
- Ethical product knowledge
- All applicants will be considered, with the understanding that preference will be given to the designated groups in accordance with the United Arab Emirates Emiratization Program.
- If you wish to grow with us, apply now and become a part of the Mediclinic Middle East Family
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