Innovation Manager-Bio/Medical Device

The Innovation Manager (IM) will have the unique opportunity to vanguard and own the Invention Accelerator programs. Additionally, manage a team and funds to meet accelerator goals. The Invention Accelerator programs are designed for developing and de-risking Carilion inventions to advance the inventions to commercialization. The programs methodologies are anchored in human-centered design, lean startup, and agile. The IM works with Carilion innovators and their promising commercialize-able inventions to advise and inform invention development strategy, scope projects, project management, and collaborate and provide stakeholder management. The IM will closely collaborate with the Commercialization arm of CCI on overall invention strategy.

The IM oversees the operations and expansion of CCI’s Makerspace, an invention development resource equipped with a range of prototyping capabilities.

Additionally, work collaboratively with our internal and regional partners: Carilion Department of Research and Development (R&D), Carilion Human Factors Department, Virginia Tech, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, University of Virginia, external product development and design firms, vendors, and many others

Duties & Responsibilities may include but not limited: 

• Provide leadership and supervision to projects in support of CCI.  Act as liaison across disciplinary teams to lead projects which impact other areas. 

• Responsible to track project and program activities and outcomes. 

• Responsible for maintaining accurate, continuous communication with clients, team members, all project stakeholders, and Carilion leadership throughout the life of each project, ensuring thorough evaluation and prioritization of efforts.

• Work in collaboration with the Director of Innovation; develop, implement and update processes for the Invention Accelerator programs, from inception to completion, including scope, definition, planning, tracking, and evaluation of outcomes and determination of next steps.

• Provide comprehensive agile project management – Assist with building project proposals, allocate funding, obtain funding approvals, review and track budgets, resource procurement and planning, project timeline management, facilitate development sprints, conduct reviews and product demos.

• Manage Makerspace, Innovation Engineer, and Innovation Analyst. Create new positions and initiatives to meet the needs of our inventions, inventors, and ecosystem as necessary.

• Direct, motivate and counsel Innovators as appropriate.

• Other duties and responsibilities as they are identified, and as the commercialization environment for Carilion Clinic evolves and matures.

• Consistently deliver the best in customer service and patient care.  As a team member, demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy in each encounter with patients, families, visitors and other employees.   

• Champion Carilion's mission, vision, and values. Comply with the policies and procedures, ethical standards and code of conduct set forth by the company.