The vice president for Innovation and Technology Commercialization provides executive leadership of enterprise-wide activities that support innovation and technology commercialization at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Reporting to the president of the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s, the VP provides direct oversight of the Office of Technology Commercialization and the Innovation Center. He/she will work collaboratively with other institutional leaders to facilitate the identification and development of opportunities for a broad range of innovations in pediatric health care delivery.

The Office of Technology Commercialization facilitates partnerships between faculty, investors and industry, guiding inventors and partners through complex commercialization processes with creative solutions. The Innovation Center serves as a proof-of-concept bridge to the Office of Technology Commercialization. It assists inventors in the medical device space from understanding need and market strategy to prototype development and beyond. Nationwide Children’s and The Ohio State University are lead partners in the Midwest Pediatric Device Consortium, an additional innovation resource funded by the FDA and comprised of Ohio children’s hospitals, academic institutions and industry partners.

VP candidates should demonstrate advanced executive leadership skills in a matrixed academic research or industry setting; outstanding verbal and written communication skills; a high level of professionalism and collaborative leadership style; a track record of experience with the interactions between academia and industry, particularly as it relates to new start-up formation, and licensing of intellectual property. Doctorate or terminal professional degree in a health professional, legal, biomedical science or technology development field is preferred.

About Nationwide Children's Hospital

Founded in 1892, Nationwide Children’s has steadily evolved into one of the leading children’s hospitals in the nation. Named as a Top 10 Honor Roll “Best Children’s Hospital” for over a decade, it is one of America’s largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems. In partnership with the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s trains the next generation of pediatricians, pediatric surgeons, pediatric specialists and research scientists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s is ranked among the top 10 freestanding children’s hospitals based on NIH funding. On a continuing trajectory of rapid growth, research is conducted by more than 250 principal investigators and over 100 postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. It has resulted in more than 1,800 publications per year and the launch of 26 startup companies, 19 of which are currently active.

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