Title Innovation Manager (ME1192)

About This Role

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.

Required Education 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.

Required Experience 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