Business Innovation Advisor - Health Sector
CurrentCallaghan Innovation is New Zealand's Innovation Agency, helping companies to accelerate the commercialisation of innovation. Our focus is to encourage and support businesses to turn their ideas into new products, services, and processes faster, and to connect them to the technical services, talent, markets and funding they need to grow. We work in partnership with NZTE, economic development agencies, industry, incubators, universities, CRI's and the venture capital community. As a Business Innovation Advisor my focus is on building and managing key relationships and partnerships across the Health Sector to cultivate innovation and generate growth. Alongside this is helping businesses take a global perspective whether it is approaching issues or challenges or taking advantage of trends within the sector. More specifically this includes:- Building relationships with client companies as a trusted advisor to their board and senior management on how best to achieve their growth potential.- Working in partnership and collaboration with other growth focused organisations such as NZTE and regional economic development agencies to support Health Sector client companies- Health sector portfolio management of high growth potential businesses with aspirations to innovate faster and can benefit from Callaghan Innovation's services.- Motivating organisations, businesses and individuals to innovate and grow.- Partnering with National Technology Networks and Research & Technical Services to address the needs of client companies around leading edge technical cooperation.- Assess, assist, connect and collaborate with small, medium and large growth-focused companies as an honest broker and trusted advisor with a key focus on solving technology related challenges. - Connecting target firms and their ideas to technical solutions, talented people, markets and funding options.