Technical Lead, Health Innovation Hub

About the role

Amref International University (AMIU) is looking for a Technical Lead for its Health Innovation Hub in Nairobi. The role is both strategic and operational: it provides technical and strategic leadership for the Hub's work on developing, implementing, incubating, validating, commercializing and scaling innovative solutions to priority health challenges. The holder will build an ecosystem connecting students, faculty, researchers, practitioners, entrepreneurs, industry, government, investors and development partners.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the Hub's strategy, annual plans and innovation programmes, including challenge-based innovation, ideation, prototyping, incubation, acceleration and technology adoption
• Design and run innovation activities such as hackathons, competitions, boot camps and accelerators, and guide innovators from idea to prototype, validation, implementation and scale
• Build partnerships with universities, government, healthcare organizations, industry, investors and development partners, and represent the Hub at innovation and health-sector forums
• Support research translation, commercialization, technology transfer and intellectual property, and connect innovators with users, investors and implementation partners
• Deliver training in innovation, entrepreneurship, design thinking and problem-solving, and mentor students, researchers and entrepreneurs
• Identify grants, investments and partnership opportunities, support proposal writing, and develop sustainable business and revenue models for the Hub
• Track programme outcomes and impact, prepare technical and impact reports, and promote the Hub's visibility in the African health innovation ecosystem

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Health Sciences, Public Health, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Technology, IT or a related field
• At least 7 years of relevant experience in health innovation, entrepreneurship, technology, research translation, programme management or ecosystem development
• Demonstrated experience in innovation programmes, partnerships, mentorship and resource mobilization

Required skills

• Health innovation and ecosystem development
• Design thinking and entrepreneurship
• Programme and project management
• Research translation and commercialization
• Resource mobilization, mentorship and stakeholder management