Senior Business Partner, Health Platforms (3 year term)

Senior Business Partner, Health Platforms (3-year term)

Alberta Innovates is seeking several Senior Business Partners, Health Platforms, for a 36-month term. This position will play a significant role in both stakeholder and program management, and is accountable for leading and managing program(s) within the Health Platforms portfolio that address system barriers through collective impact and stakeholder engagement.

The role involves identifying and catalyzing opportunities and relationships to co-develop, co-define and co-deliver measurable activities and outcomes that promotes economic investment / attraction, a learning, value-based health system and Alberta advantage.

We are seeking dynamic professionals who will focus on either one of the two major programs :

Ethics of Innovation Consortium :

The Ethics of Innovation Consortium (EoIC) helps innovators and organizations incorporate ethical approaches in the design and implementation of digital- and data-enabled technologies.

The consortium aims to help innovators and companies mitigate ethical risks to build public trust, reduce costs, improve efficiency, enhance reputation, and meet stakeholder and societal goals.

ADHERE / IDEATE

In conjunction with Alberta Digital Health Evaluation Resource Ecosystem (ADHERE), Innovative Digital Engagement and Tech Evaluation (IDEATE) in Alberta engages potential consumers and investors for valuable feedback on digital-health-enabled technologies such as mobile applications and wearables.

The platform aims to bring all stakeholders into the same space.

Are you our next Senior Business Partner, Health Platforms? You would be a good fit for this position if you :

• Have a background in public health administration or related fields, especially in areas of ethics, quality improvement, program evaluation, business and product development, and innovation.
• Are able to be a resource to external stakeholders in navigating and overcoming challenges and barriers that are encountered in programs within the Health Platforms portfolio.
• Enjoy creating linkages and partnerships to maximize potential investments, outcomes and impacts.
• Have the ability to identify strategic opportunities and plan actions that align with business plan goals to address issues and priorities.

We are game changers

Alberta Innovates is a provincially funded corporation with a mandate to deliver 21st-century solutions for the most compelling challenges facing Albertans.

We do this by building on our province’s research and technology development strengths in the core sectors of health, environment, energy, food and fibre, and platforms such as artificial intelligence, nanotechnology and omics.

We are working with our partners to diversify Alberta’s economy, improve our environmental performance and enhance the well-being of Albertans through research and innovation.

Our subsidiary, InnoTech Alberta, offers a diversified range of scientific engineering and technological research and testing capabilities, and the facilities to support technology scale-up.

Our multidisciplinary team has the depth of experience to work across all sectors, from energy to health to food and fibre.

InnoTech Alberta offers you access to research talent, technical expertise, and unique facilities that can help accelerate technology development that serves both the private and public sector.

Intrigued? Here’s some more information about the position :

Job Details

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following :

• Lead the management of program(s) :
• Map the critical path including a logic model and manage the activities.
• Ensure the completion of activities and outcomes including implementation are achieved within the stated timeframe.
• Course-correct and consider for incorporation continuous feedback to ensure relevancy and achievement of outcomes.
• Identify and manage resources as necessary including statement of work and completion of deliverables.
• Support program management and governance (i.e. working group, advisory, executive committees)
• Lead the evaluation and facilitation during the lifecycle of investments including time and resources to create value-add linkages and partnerships to achieve and maximize potential outcomes and impacts from our investments for the benefit of Albertans.
• Acts as a resource to stakeholders to overcome challenges and barriers they may encounter as they work towards agreed upon impacts.
• Lead the development of program(s) :
• Identify and ensure stakeholders (industry, academia, government, health system) are continuously aware, informed and engaged in the identified program(s).
• Perform needs assessments and information gathering to support informed decision making.
• Work with the stakeholders to identify gaps, trends and emerging opportunities.
• Gather the necessary information i.e. literature review, stakeholders to help inform decision-making, working group and committee meetings.
• Ensure alignment of the program and activities with AI, GoA, and AI Health objectives
• Monitor project status and report progress updates; manage project change requests.
• Review and assess project progress and final project reports.
• Assist efforts to ensure results and findings are implemented in Alberta.
• Coordinate and communicate project monitoring and change management processes.
• Provide guidance related to relevant policies, procedures, and strategic considerations.
• Contribute to program and portfolio evaluation and measurement by developing strategies and reporting tools for implementation across the portfolios.
• Provide portfolio-related services such as responding to requests for information, conducting portfolio analysis, and compiling program / project status updates.
• Build stakeholder relationship by acting as a liaison, responding to administrative requests, and developing budgetary forecasts.
• Participate in project steering committees and maintain regular interaction with stakeholders.
• Participate in workshops, conferences, cross-ministry working groups, and other events to advance health initiatives.

Qualifications and skills we are looking for :

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a health related and / or business program
• 5-7 years of experience in a research and innovation administration environment
• Experience establishing and maintaining good working relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Broad knowledge of the health and innovation environment in Alberta.
• Knowledge of emerging health technologies, strategies and policies and their application across the continuum from health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, and therapeutic intervention.
• Knowledge of political / government structures and processes.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining client and partner relationships.
• Project / program management skills.
• Problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage resources, time, stress and work under pressure and high demands.
• Ability to manage and respond to change and work in a team environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Exceptional verbal, written, listening and interpersonal skills to convey concepts and information.
• Relationship management skills incorporating negotiation techniques.
• Self-assured, confident, and result-oriented

Why Alberta Innovates?

We offer our employees opportunities to work on projects that will expand their skill sets while witnessing the visible impacts of their efforts.

We value the development of our employees and create opportunities for working in capacities that allow new skills to be learned.

We know that the wellness of our team is the most important part of our business, so we offer a strong benefits package and generous vacation and paid time off programs to promote work-life balance.

The final candidates will be required to undergo a security clearance.

Interested and qualified applicants are encouraged to apply immediately while vacancies exist. Please indicate in your cover letter which program you would be interested to be considered.

This competition closes as soon as successful candidates are found.

ALBERTA INNOVATES IS COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUITY IN EMPLOYMENT AND ENCOURAGES APPLICATIONS FROM ALL QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.

WE WISH TO THANK ALL APPLICANTS FOR THEIR INTEREST. HOWEVER, ONLY THOSE INVITED FOR AN INTERVIEW WILL BE CONTACTED.