Community Partnerships Facilitator
About The Position
The Healthcare Innovation & Community Partnerships Facilitator serves as the primary liaison between healthcare startups, community stakeholders, healthcare providers, and innovation partners throughout Delaware. This position facilitates the development and implementation of healthcare innovation initiatives focused on addressing rural health challenges by connecting emerging companies with healthcare organizations, subject matter experts, investors, and community partners. The role requires a highly relationship-oriented professional who can build and maintain a broad network of healthcare stakeholders, coordinate healthcare innovation programming, support startup commercialization efforts, and foster successful pilot opportunities within Delaware's healthcare ecosystem.
Requirements
- Knowledge of rural healthcare challenges and healthcare delivery systems.
- Experience coordinating events, programs, or stakeholder engagement initiatives.
- Familiarity with healthcare pilots, innovation programs, or commercialization efforts.
- Established relationships with healthcare organizations, providers, or community stakeholders in Delaware.
Responsibilities
- Participate in interviews and evaluations of startup applicants.
- Provide healthcare industry expertise during application review and selection processes.
- Assess startup solutions for relevance to rural health and healthcare delivery challenges.
- Support startups in developing pilot strategies, clinical validation approaches, and evidence-generation plans.
- Identify and maintain a current inventory of rural health challenges and opportunities through engagement with healthcare providers and community organizations.
- Cultivate relationships with healthcare providers, community organizations, payers, and other stakeholders across Delaware.
- Serve as a trusted connector between startups and healthcare organizations seeking innovative solutions.
- Facilitate introductions and collaborations that advance innovation initiatives and pilot opportunities.
- Organize and facilitate workshops, networking events, and innovation-focused sessions involving healthcare providers, community leaders, and startup companies.
- Coordinate one-on-one meetings between startup participants and key stakeholders.
- Assist with planning and execution of annual innovation and startup showcase events.
- Ensure successful delivery of program activities and stakeholder engagement initiatives.
- Recruit and engage mentors, healthcare subject matter experts, entrepreneurs, investors, alumni, and community leaders.
- Coordinate access to specialized healthcare and commercialization expertise for participating startups.
- Facilitate productive mentor-startup relationships throughout the program lifecycle.
- Maintain ongoing engagement with innovation ecosystem partners.
- Connect startups with Delaware healthcare providers and organizations interested in testing innovative solutions.
- Support the design, implementation, and evaluation of pilot projects.
- Help navigate stakeholder engagement and relationship management throughout pilot execution.
- Monitor pilot progress and identify resources necessary for success.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
