Strategic Innovation Director-Remote within the US

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Drive Enterprise Strategy. Shape the Future of Diagnostics.

At Siemens Healthineers, innovation is intentional, enterprise-led, and focused on advancing human health. We operate at global scale, combining strategic clarity, scientific depth, and disciplined execution to shape the future of diagnostics.

As Strategic Innovations Director, you will play a critical role in defining and advancing the strategies that drive growth, differentiation, and long-term innovation across our Diagnostics business. This is a senior, enterprise-visible opportunity for a strategic leader who thrives in complexity and seeks to influence healthcare at scale.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Strategic Innovations, you will lead high-priority initiatives end-to-end and partner closely with senior stakeholders across Strategy & Business Development, Marketing, R&D, Medical Affairs, Customer Service, and Commercial Operations to translate insight into sustained value across the Diagnostics portfolio.

Your Impact

You will operate at the nexus of strategy, innovation, and execution, helping the organization navigate ambiguity, prioritize opportunity, and make well-informed decisions. Your work will influence investment choices, portfolio direction, and the innovation roadmap that defines the future of Diagnostics.

What You’ll Do

Define and advance the strategic innovation agenda for Siemens Healthineers Diagnostics in alignment with enterprise priorities, clinical needs, and long-term growth objectives.

Identify and prioritize clinical and technological unmet needs, emerging innovation areas, market dynamics, and competitive trends to inform business, investment, and R&D pipeline strategy.

Lead cross-functional, enterprise-level innovation initiatives through a disciplined stage-gated process to outline, evaluate, de-risk, negotiate, and launch strategic and operational opportunities.

Lead market, clinical, technical, intellectual property, and asset valuation assessments to build conviction around licensing, collaboration, partnership, venture investment, and M&A opportunities.

Build and sustain portfolio analytics, KPIs, standard work processes and elements, as well as, performance insights to enable data-driven strategy

Deliver clear, concise, executive-ready recommendations to senior leadership to inform business strategy

What You’ll Bring

Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred, with clinical, scientific, engineering, or healthcare training strongly valued.

10+ years of experience in the healthcare industry, including medtech, life sciences, pharma, consulting, investing, or related environments.

5+ years in strategy, business development, corporate development, management consulting, venture investing, open innovation, or related roles.

Strong understanding of the diagnostics and broader healthcare ecosystem, including clinical workflows, providers, payers, pharma, research institutions, and emerging technology companies.

Demonstrated success leading enterprise-level, cross-functional strategic innovation initiatives through structured evaluation and decision-gate processes.

Experience assessing external opportunities through market and technical diligence, intellectual property analysis, asset valuation, and strategic fit evaluation.

Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, develop executive- and Board-ready recommendations, negotiate effectively, and manage external partnerships with strong business judgment, analytical rigor, and executive presence.

Why Siemens Healthineers

Our purpose is clear: we advance human health through innovation. At Siemens Healthineers, scientific depth, global reach, and sustained investment come together to deliver diagnostics and technologies that make a meaningful difference worldwide.

You’ll join a high-caliber, collaborative organization where strategy matters, leadership is thoughtful, and innovation translates into real-world impact.

Additional Details

This is a remote-based, Director-level individual contributor role requiring flexibility to collaborate across global time zones. The scope of the role may evolve as the function grows. Anticipated travel is up to 30%.

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Who we are : We are a team of more than 72,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

How we work: When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

To find out more about Siemens Healthineers businesses, please visit our company page here .

The base pay range for this position is:

$143,900 - $197,868

Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

If this is a commission eligible position the commission eligibility will be in accordance with the terms of the Company's plan. Commissions are based on individual performance and/or company performance.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan. life insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time.

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