Manager - MedTech Catalyst Programs

Job Summary

The Center for Medical Innovation (CMI) is the University of Utah's medical device incubator and venture studio. We help innovators, entrepreneurs, and startups bring bold ideas to market as real, market-ready medical technologies. We've opened the James LeVoy Sorenson Center for Medical Innovation (SCMI) — a state-of-the-art facility that accelerates our ability to build, test, and launch innovative medical devices.

What You'll Do

• Lead the Bench to Bedside (B2B) program, including B2B APEX (~30-40% of role): Oversee day-to-day operations and an existing team for Utah's premier student healthcare innovation competition, supporting interdisciplinary teams from ideation through prototyping, mentorship, and final presentations/competition. Coordinate B2B APEX activities, milestone funding, team support, and program expansions. Facilitate collaborations with clinicians, faculty, industry partners, and mentors to advance early-stage healthcare innovations. Oversee program logistics, events, budgeting, and assessment to ensure growth and impact.

• Lead the Clinical Learning and Immersion Program (~30-40% of role): Coordinate with industry partners to establish CLIP event objectives, including specific procedures to observe and interviews with clinical providers. Develop and manage confidential disclosure agreements (CDAs) and Statements of Work (SOWs). Plan and execute clinical observations for industry partners throughout the U Health hospital system. Serve as the on-site liaison and coordinator for CLIP observation events. Orient visiting industry participants to the hospital setting, clinical workflows, and expectations. Assist in the sales and recruitment for industry partner CLIP observation events.

• Lead the build and launch of the Home Health Studio program (~20-30% of role): Develop and implement programs supporting the innovation of new medical devices designed for home use, including FDA considerations for home care, user-centered design for patients/caregivers, and pathways from concept to market. Establish partnerships, curate resources (prototyping, testing, regulatory guidance), and create structured programs/workshops for innovators focusing on home health technologies. Drive program strategy, pilot initiatives, stakeholder engagement, and integration with existing CMI/SCMI offerings like B2B and the Venture Studio.

• Lead the development of department goals/objectives for these programs, including utilization, capabilities, budgets, revenue generation, and team growth as programs scale. Ensure compliance with university policies, clinical workflows, and safety standards (including minimizing disruption to hospital operations). Collaborate across CMI teams, facilities, and external partners to accelerate innovation.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of corporate medical device industry experience.

• Proven ability to lead established programs as well as build new ones from the ground up, starting hands-on and scaling with team support over time.

• Strong project/program management skills with experience in healthcare innovation, student programs, clinical coordination, or medtech ecosystems.

• Knowledge of medical devices, clinical workflows, regulatory pathways (e.g., FDA for home-use devices), and innovation processes.

• Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills; experience coordinating and leading multi-stakeholder programs or events.

• Hands-on experience with prototyping, student mentoring/competitions, or launching new initiatives is strongly preferred.

• Ability to occasionally work evenings and weekends, as needed.