Director, Innovation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Mexico, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Foster innovation across a broad spectrum, specific focus area, or horizontal capability.

• Convert strategic objectives into clear guidance, focus, and measurable results.

• Manage and oversee a portfolio of innovation initiatives.

• Lead the identification, development, prioritization, and advancement of opportunities.

• Ensure continuity of value propositions from initial exploration through validation, transition, and adoption phases.

• Collaborate with business, digital, data, technology, and delivery leaders to align priorities and facilitate implementation.

• Serve as the main senior liaison between innovation efforts and downstream execution teams.

• Direct portfolio prioritization and investment trade-offs.

• Guarantee that opportunities are backed by solid evidence, clear assumptions, and well-articulated value propositions.

• Contribute to governance, portfolio evaluations, and investment decision-making processes.

• Influence the innovation direction from perspectives of people, processes, and technology.

• Assist in long-term strategic planning and future innovation priorities.

• Identify trends, dependencies, risks, and emerging opportunities.

• Oversee the development and communication of the enterprise innovation narrative.

• Collaborate with commercial, strategy, and communications teams to position innovation capabilities and strategic initiatives effectively.

• Represent the organization both internally and externally in strategic discussions, industry engagements, client interactions, and thought leadership activities.

• Integrate both internal and external viewpoints to inform portfolio decisions and business outcomes.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Science, Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Over 10 years of experience leading innovation, transformation, strategy, product discovery, or technology-driven business initiatives.

• Experience managing large-scale or enterprise-level portfolios, strategic initiatives, or cross-functional innovation programs.

• Proven success in shaping and advancing high-impact innovation opportunities through structured discovery, validation, and transition processes.

• Experience in influencing senior and executive stakeholders within matrixed organizations.

• Strong leadership background in cross-functional business, digital, data, and technology environments.

• Experience representing innovation initiatives in senior governance forums, strategic planning discussions, or external industry contexts.

• Advanced degree (MBA, MS) is preferred.

• Strong strategic leadership and innovation management skills.

• In-depth knowledge of innovation, experimentation, and evidence-based investment strategies.

• Capability to shape and prioritize high-value innovation opportunities in uncertain and changing environments.

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing abilities across senior business and technology leadership.

• Strong commercial insight and understanding of how innovation drives growth, differentiation, and competitive positioning.

• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills.

• Ability to balance long-term strategic vision with practical portfolio prioritization and advancement.

• Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.

• Awareness of emerging technologies, digital transformation, and innovation trends pertinent to clinical research and healthcare.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills for global and cross-functional teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement.