Strategic Growth Manager - Health and Medical technology
Strategic Growth Manager - Health and Medical technology
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Job Description
- Lead & deliver strategic business growth for University health & medical tech capability
- Translate research excellence into impactful partnerships
- Build a diversified multi-million-dollar funding pipeline
The opportunity
A great permanent fulltime opportunity for a Strategic Growth Manager to lead and deliver a strategic business growth agenda for the University of Aucklands health and medical technology capability. Translate research excellence into impactful consulting training research and education partnerships. Build a diversified multi-million-dollar funding pipeline that spans domestic and international sources. This role offers the chance to lead and deliver a strategic growth agenda for health bridging research excellence with real-world impact through partnerships consulting training and funded projects.
Key responsibilities:
- Forge and maintain influential relationships with senior industry and government stakeholders both locally and globally.
- Recognise and translate University of Auckland expertise into practical applications within the health and medical technology domains.
- Develop strategic roadmaps and client-specific plans to grow the portfolio.
- Aggregate sector intelligence to inform researchers and identify scale-worthy opportunities.
- Conceptualise articulate and pitch compelling value propositions aligned with strategic research capabilities.
- Secure substantial external funding (targeting NZD $510 million annually) from a blend of government industry philanthropic and international sources.
- Design and lead initiatives in high-growth collaboration areas e.g. medical and health technology.
- Initiate and lead business development projects of strategic scale delivering measurable impact and income growth.
- Partner with research leaders to identify and nurture new platforms or disciplines with elevated growth potential.
- Direct reporting to Director Growth and working closely across the strategic growth partnerships and innovation and investment UniServices teams.
- Collaborates closely with research leaders university faculties and wider university stakeholders.
- External partners and stakeholders - industry government funders.
Qualifications :
Your skills and experience:
Together with your commercial acumen strong stakeholder management and ability to act as a trusted advisor it is essential for you to hold:
- Degree and/or advanced degrees in health science advanced technologies and/or business.
- Significant experience in business development fundraising/investment and stakeholder management across complex ecosystems (private public higher education).
- Outstanding communication negotiation and entrepreneurial-style leadership.
- Demonstrated strengths in commercial acumen strategic advisory and cross-sector navigation.
- Proven resilience in uncertainty and multi-stakeholder environments.
- Be adept at bringing together multiple stakeholders and unfazed by uncertainties occasionally associated with operating in this sector.
- Familiarity with the health and medical technology sector is desirable.
Only applicants with the right to work in New Zealand will be considered.
Additional Information :
What we offer:
Great benefits including 5 weeks annual leave up to 6.75% company superannuation scheme eye-testing & glasses subsidies access to discounts on health insurance & gym memberships and long-service recognition. We provide a culturally diverse team and supportive workplace with a blended approach to office and home-based work. We offer flexible working arrangements and are committed to your ongoing professional development.
PD Strategic Growth Manager Aug 2025
Please submit your application by 14 September 2025. Note we may interview prior to the close date.
Honoa te tangata ki te tangata te tangata ki te taiao te tangata ki te rangahau rangahaua ki whai hua.
(Linking people to people people to the world around us people to research research that brings ideas to life.)
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
