Digitalis Commons is a non-profit organization that advances frontier-advancing, scalable solutions poised to have an outsized impact on important problems in health and health care. We have a passion for change-makers seeking to build innovation into the white space within the health science ecosystem and we support them using a blended strategy of business consulting, catalytic investment, and direct development of technology and services.
The Digitalis Commons Partnership Program provides direct support to philanthropic and public funders as they transition early-stage health technologies from concept to patients. Our foundational partner is the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a US government agency that provides research funding to support transformative biomedical and health breakthroughs – ranging from the molecular to the societal – to provide health solutions for all (see portfolio of existing programs).
We are seeking a Senior Commercialization Lead to join our team. In this role, you will have two primary responsibilities. First, you will lead the development and management of the Digitals Commons eXpert-In-Residence (XIR) network. One of our key assets, the network is composed of a community of senior experts from across the fields of life science and healthcare innovation who work with us to mentor clients, represent us across the community, and ensure that we have rapid access to necessary expertise from across the life sciences and health service sectors. We are looking for a creative individual who will develop the expert network as a product that can be matured to both meet our clients’ needs and support the Commons in achieving strategic goals.
Second, you will directly partner with a portfolio of clients to support them as they advance health-focused innovations from concept to investment-ready state. You will use your business knowledge and innovation skills to mentor each client in the development and performance of a commercialization strategy. Your goal is to ensure that technically-successful programs are able to successfully exit from the program.
Our team works together to develop consulting services in an agile manner that is responsive to client needs so as to build out our offerings and attract additional clients. Come join us in building the Commons!
Job responsibilities:
Management of Expert Network
Design, develop and manage the Digitalis Commons expert network
Serve as primary contact and relationship manager for current and future consultants in the network
Develop mechanisms to ensure experts find value from network membership, including engagements with other experts, educational and/or consulting opportunities
Develop systems to ensure network can be used to provide rapid and highly accurate placements for clients
Manage efforts to source, interview and onboard new members of the network
Identify other like-minded organizations that might be interested in partnering to support sourcing needs or leverage our network in novel ways
Work with internal team to understand and fill client needs for expert mentorship
Publicize network as a key product to source new clients
Client-facing services
Lead a dynamic portfolio of programs across multiple clients
Partner with a senior expert from our XIR network to provide mentorship to each client.
Design and manage commercialization plans for each program that address product development, exit market, IP, regulatory, customer voice, business model and/or corporate development needs.
Identify commercialization gaps and recommend tangible actions and services to address those gaps. These may be performed at Digitalis or through other partners.
In cases where service needs align with your expertise and interests, directly perform services. In cases where they do not, identify and oversee service vendors.
Lead special projects to develop additional internal capabilities and/or new program offerings
Occasional travel to meet team members or support clients (3-5 times per year)
Leadership
Directly contribute to organizational business strategy.
Participate, and where appropriate, lead cross-team programs
Provide mentorship to junior employees
Learn by doing - embrace an agile framework that enables continuous improvement for the organization.
Productize our existing offerings as they are developed to support business development
Identify, design and test other products or offerings that would benefit the Commons
Optional opportunity to manage our social media presence and develop other communication channels (e.g., meet-ups etc).
Job qualifications
Advanced degree in relevant technical field or business 10+ years experience in commercialization, innovation, entrepreneurship, tech transfer or corporate strategy
Understanding of commercialization and corporate strategy activities
Experience in relationship management with external senior consultants
Understanding of the health science landscape to be able to actively source experts to match client needs
Project management skills including ability to manage work across multiple competing priorities and to clearly organize and oversee workstreams
Proactive communicator
Ability to lead meetings with diverse stakeholders
Ability to guide multi-disciplinary teams to execute on joint projects
Ability to translate program goals into project requirements
Compensation and Benefits
Expected annual base pay of $190,000 to $210,000 (pay may vary based on experience or other relevant factors).
403(b) company match
Generous medical, dental, and vision benefits
Remote work with need for occasional travel
Office space available in Boston and New York
Employment type
Full-time
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