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Innovation Partnership Lead

Job Description

Innovation Partnership Lead

In this role you

You will own the Mayo Clinic-Philips innovation partnership development strategy and lead its execution, ensuring the partnership remains relevant, differentiated, and high‑impact over time. The role requires engagement with executive stakeholders, close collaboration with clinicians and researchers, and coordination with legal and compliance teams to enable a strategic innovation collaboration that advances Philips' R&D and innovation agenda.

Your role:

• Serve as Philips' primary reference for Mayo Clinic's ecosystem, maintaining awareness of developments that may influence the partnership and surfacing actionable opportunities.
• Create and execute the innovation partnership development strategy aligned to both organizations' priorities, translating strategic intent into a structured innovation agenda and project funnel.
• Own partnership governance with Mayo Clinic counterparts and Philips' Business Units, including steering committees, reporting, and transparency on progress and outcomes.
• Identify and develop joint innovation capabilities across Philips and Mayo Clinic, aimed at accelerating R&D and enabling faster translation from clinical insight to scalable innovation.
• Ensure operational excellence of the innovation program, including end‑to‑end tracking, timely delivery, issue and risk management, and escalation where needed.

You're the right fit if:

• Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Business Administration, Project Management, Program Management or equivalent. Advanced degree in a scientific, engineering, or medical field; PhD or MD preferred.
• Significant experience in healthcare innovation, research collaboration, or enterprise partnership management. Experience working with leading hospitals or academic medical centers is preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including confidence engaging senior and executive leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate the intersection of technical data architectures (cloud-based "data enclaves," federated learning, and de-identification) and the complex legal frameworks governing health data
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this Office/Remote position.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company's facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company's main facilities, generally at the customers' or suppliers' locations.

This is a Field role.

About Philips

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Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in Rochester, MN is $125,000 to $174,000 Annually.

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here .

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Rochester MN.

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This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.