Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care, and infusion care. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Group revenues in 2022 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more about Convatec, please visit Job Summary:This is a key role within the Convatec Technology & Innovation (T&I) team, a group that spends $100M+ annually to discover, design, build, and launch the products that will enable the company's future success. As the External Innovation Strategy Associate, you will play a key role in helping to identify and analyze valuable technology opportunities in which Convatec will make investments. You will serve at the forefront of data gathering and analysis that will enable Convatec decisions to place bets on future business opportunities. While an in-depth technological background is not necessary for this role, a passion for discovering and understanding the value of emerging technologies will be critical. This role will report to the Director of External Innovation and will work very closely with a wide range of internal stakeholders, including R&D, Clinical, Strategy, and Global Marketing.Key Duties and Responsibilities:Maintaining an up-to-date external innovation database across our key business areas for defined medical technology spaces & related conditions, leveraging both primary and secondary research.Conducting data analytics, determining category trend insights and creating output visualizations to help inform innovation area recommendations and business development.Collaborating with clinical, regulatory, R&D and commercial stakeholders to evolve our understanding of opportunity areas and defining target company shortlists.Driving continuous improvement of our process and analytics to drive cross-business consistency and evolution of our ability to define relevant potential segments and targets.Developing executive communication materials to share your findings with key stakeholders.Coordinating with business, marketing, medical, and R&D leaders to understand Convatec capabilities to integrate new technology.About You:A Science, engineering or other degree with strong numeracy requirements from a top-tier universityStrong attention to detail as the research, data, analytic and resulting insights will help to inform strategy & investment decisions.Strong analytical skillset and ability to present data and insights in a concise, informative manner – with strong related competency in Excel and PowerPointLife sciences experience to ensure appropriate comprehension of information being researched, within publications, on medical technologies and the relevant high-level steps that are required to bring innovation to market within medical devicesPreferrable 1-3 years analyst role experience from within a top-tier management consulting firmMotivated, easy to work with and collaborative.Working Conditions:You'll predominantly be working from home with approx. bi-monthly to our sites in either Deeside or Paddington.Travel:The position will likely involve travel to 2-3 conferences per year, plus project related travel to collaborate with cross-functional teams (primarily Europe and US)Our transformation will change your career. For good. You'll be pushed to think bigger and aim for excellence. Your ideas will be heard, and you'll be supported to bring them to life. There'll be challenges. But stretch yourself and embrace the opportunities, and you could make your biggest impact yet.This is stepping outside of your comfort zone.This is work that'll move you.#LI-MF1#LI-HybridBeware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent ConvatecA formal recruitment process is required for all our opportunities prior to any offer of employment. This will include an interview confirmed by an official Convatec email address.If you receive a suspicious approach over social media, text message, email or phone call about recruitment at Convatec, do not disclose any personal information or pay any fees whatsoever. If you're unsure, please contact us at .Equal opportunities Convatec provides equal employment opportunities for all current employees and applicants for employment. This policy means that no one will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, nationality, citizenship, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, genetic predisposing characteristics or any other basis prohibited by law.
