This position’s primary responsibility focuses on duties related to the development, management, expansion and recruitment to the Mayo Clinic Rochester HealthTech Innovation Ecosystem (MC-RHIE) initiative. This position will have additional responsibilities in the support of Destination Medical Center’s (DMC) Awareness, Infrastructure and Ecosystem Building activities as it relates to Rochester’s MC-RHIE. The following are the essential functions:

• Provide strategic leadership and guidance for all aspects related to the development, implementation, and growth of the Rochester MC-RHIE, including BioLabs Rochester and Discovery Square ecosystems. 
• Ensure close alignment with the Mayo Clinic Business Development, Research, Innovation Exchange and other Mayo Clinic stakeholders. 
• Analyze and map essential ecosystem connections and establish a detailed database of prominent ecosystem companies and support organizations.
• Engage key partners regularly and develop individual entrepreneurial and corporate recruitment programs designed to support their success.
• Develop engagement strategies and programs to further the growth and cohesion of the Rochester’s MedTech and Life Sciences ecosystem (MC-RHIE). 
• Establish a framework to enable the routine collection of data.
• Cultivate relationships to strengthen awareness about Rochester’s MC-RHIE, and to utilize best practices and benchmarking to enhance Rochester’s MC-RHIE. 
• Prepare staffing, budget and programming proposals tailored to advancing the goals of Rochester’s MC-RHIE.
• Assist in planning, benchmarking, data collection, and coalition building efforts related to business development infrastructure projects. 
• Engage in annual planning activities and assist colleagues in the execution of a variety of outreach activities to raise DMC, BioLabs Rochester and Discovery Square awareness.
• Lead the development of individual initiative plans, including the identification of costs, opportunities, partners, and goals. 
• Proactively create opportunities for collaboration between external biotech partners and appropriate subject matter experts at Mayo Clinic. 
• Work directly with various internal teams including Regulatory and Legal teams to share requisite requirements with partners. 
• Support DMC’s awareness building activities by engaging in annual planning activities and assisting fellow DMC staff in the execution of outreach activities.  
• Utilize relationships and the collective expertise of the Rochester MTLSE to create infrastructure project plans that align with and support other business development activities. 
• Assist with the creation and collection of metrics to ensure the success of the DMC partnership. 

• Bachelor’s degree in business, science or related field with 5 years of relevant experience or Master’s degree in business, science or related field with 3 years of relevant experience.
• 3-5 years previous economic development and consulting experience.
• Previous experience working in Rochester MTLSE.
• Experience in partnership management role in a customer centric organization.
• Must have strong relationship skills and the ability to manage several priorities simultaneously.
• Must have a strong executive presence and ability to lead through influence.
• Must have ability and confidence to effectively function both dependently and independently, be a team player and a self-starter.