Innovation Lead (Commercial and Partnerships)
| Posting date: | 13 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £85,431.00 to £97,148.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £85431.00 - £97148.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 August 2025 |
| Location: | Marylebone, NW1 5JD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9289-CR-36 |
Summary
Key Responsibilities Strategic Programme Leadership Lead delivery of OLS commissioned Innovation Exchange activity, ensuring alignment with health system need. Shape strategic direction and growth of our innovation ecosystem workstreams, ensuring high-quality delivery and robust stakeholder engagement. Partnerships Management Build and maintain trusted relationships with relevant stakeholders including NHS, academia, SMEs, life sciences companies, VCs. Connect innovators to NHS demand; broker collaborations that enable adoption and spread of impactful innovation. Support SMEs and commercial innovators to navigate NHS systems, health economics, and real-world validation. Innovation Adoption & Scale Support NHS partners in selecting, implementing and evaluating high-impact innovations, focusing on scalable, evidence based solutions. Work across ICHPs missions and ICS priorities to embed innovation. Commercial & Business Development Identify and develop new business opportunities securing contracts and strategic partnerships with NHS organisations and industry. Develop commercially viable offerings and support the design of new products and services that support ICHP and system priorities. Lead bids, tenders, and funding proposals, collaborating with internal teams and external partners.