Technology Strategy & Innovation Associate

About the Role

The Technology Strategy & Innovation Associate will work closely with founders and cross-functional teams to:

• Identify new technology opportunities.
• Support patent and intellectual property initiatives.
• Build collaborations with research institutions and industry partners.
• Evaluate opportunities for commercializing healthcare technologies.

This is a cross-functional role suited to candidates who enjoy combining scientific understanding with business thinking, research, coordination, and execution.

Key Responsibilities

1. Intellectual Property and Patent Development

• Identify potentially patentable innovations arising from the company's products, R&D activities, and future technology roadmap.
• Conduct preliminary patent searches, prior-art reviews, and patent landscape analysis.
• Coordinate with patent attorneys, technical teams, and external experts for patent documentation, filing, and portfolio management.
• Maintain an organized database of patents, disclosures, publications, deadlines, and related documentation.
• Track emerging technologies and competitor intellectual property relevant to the company's business.

2. Technology Transfer and Strategic Collaborations

• Identify relevant IITs, universities, research laboratories, hospitals, incubators, and industry partners for potential collaborations.
• Explore technology licensing, joint research, co-development, sponsored research, and technology-transfer opportunities.
• Coordinate discussions, meetings, proposals, MoUs, project documentation, and follow-ups with external stakeholders.
• Support the evaluation of technologies for potential adoption, licensing, integration, or commercialization.
• Track collaboration milestones and ensure timely execution of agreed activities.

3. Market Research and Technology Intelligence

• Research emerging technologies, healthcare trends, unmet clinical needs, and potential applications in medical devices and rehabilitation.
• Conduct competitor analysis, market mapping, customer research, and opportunity assessments.
• Evaluate new product concepts and technology opportunities based on market demand, technical feasibility, differentiation, and commercial potential.
• Prepare structured reports, presentations, and recommendations to support founder-level decision-making.

4. Business Development and Commercialization

• Identify potential strategic partners, technology providers, research collaborators, and commercialization opportunities.
• Support the preparation of business proposals, partnership presentations, grant applications, and technology commercialization plans.
• Assist in evaluating business models, licensing opportunities, and potential revenue streams.
• Coordinate with internal teams to translate research findings and partnership discussions into actionable projects.

5. Project and Business Coordination

• Maintain trackers for patents, research collaborations, market research, and commercialization initiatives.
• Coordinate with R&D, product, clinical, marketing, and business teams to drive projects to completion.
• Follow up on deliverables, timelines, documentation, and stakeholder commitments.
• Prepare periodic progress updates and present key findings, risks, and recommended next steps to the founders.