Manager, Product Innovation & Business Development

• 5+ years of experience in strategy, business development, innovation, product development, or a related function, preferably within a healthcare, medical, scientific, association, or nonprofit environment, with demonstrated skill in evaluating and prioritizing business opportunities based on mission alignment, market need, revenue potential, feasibility, and risk.
• Experience developing business cases and financial analyses to assess new products, services, or partnerships, including market demand, pricing, costs, and ROI.
• Experience developing and managing external partnerships and supporting agreement development or negotiations with stakeholders such as nonprofits, industry, or global organizations.
• Experience working across international markets or with global partners and MBA is preferred.

• Opportunity Identification & Revenue Development. Assess mission gaps and unmet needs across endocrinology and adjacent fields to identify opportunities for new products, services, and partnerships. Evaluate potential business opportunities for market need, revenue potential, feasibility, risk, and strategic alignment. Gather input from the Board of Directors, Executive Leadership Team, staff, non/members, partners, and external stakeholders and maintain a pipeline of opportunities that support mission impact, revenue diversification, and expanded reach in North America and around the world.
• Leadership & Board Decision Support. Prepare data, analysis, options, and recommendations for the Executive Leadership Team, Business Development Advisory Board, and Board of Directors to support decisions regarding potential investments and new opportunities.
• Pipeline & Evaluation Process. Manage the Society’s stage gate process and apply established frameworks to evaluate and prioritize opportunities. Assess opportunities using market research, financial analysis, stakeholder input, and defined criteria, and make evidence-based recommendations to advance, pause, or stop initiatives based on mission alignment, market potential, organizational capacity, feasibility, and risk.
• Evaluate and prioritize near- and medium-term opportunities based on readiness, potential impact, and level of investment, identifying connections across existing activities that can be leveraged to accelerate growth and revenue generation.
• Business Case Development & Validation. Develop recommendations and business cases for promising opportunities, clearly articulating the need, target audience, value proposition, mission impact, market potential, resource requirements, financial considerations, and associated risks. Develop financial models, pricing approaches, cost structures, staffing needs, and ROI expectations, and coordinate market testing and pilots to validate assumptions. Leverage data and emerging technologies, including AI, to support the work where appropriate.
• External Partnerships. Identify and cultivate potential partnerships, including nontraditional, cross-sector, and global collaborators. Support the development and negotiation of partnership models with defined roles, resource commitments, governance, and financial terms, escalating significant business or risk considerations to leadership as appropriate.
• Portfolio & Project Management. Manage a portfolio of potential initiatives within established priorities, tracking progress, risks, dependencies, and next steps. Coordinate cross-functional work to advance approved opportunities and support their transition to operational teams.

• Works collaboratively with stakeholders to achieve goals.
• Values and seeks diverse perspectives.
• Solicits input from team members and is willing to learn from the expertise of others.
• Supports group efforts, including accepting responsibility for shortcomings and sharing credit for accomplishments.
• Demonstrates leadership, or respect for leadership in others, in pursuit of the goals of the group.

• Approaches tasks in a timely manner and with keen attention to detail, asking for assistance when necessary.
• Identifies and leverages resources strategically to ensure goals are met and projects are completed with excellence.
• Achieves measurable, high-quality outcomes in accordance with agreed upon goals and the Endocrine Society mission.

Innovation

• Encourages innovation by fostering an environment of creativity, willingness, and trust.
• Envisions and executes innovative approaches to projects based on knowledge of internal and external environments.
• Identifies the need for new strategies and modifies approach to achieve goals.
• Evaluates risks and benefits when considering new ideas and improvements.
• Approaches change in a responsive, willing, and positive manner.

Self-Leadership

• The ability to function effectively when under pressure and maintain control in the face of hostility.
• Demonstrates ethics and integrity.
• Displays and communicates drive and purpose, demonstrates self-control in pressure situations.
• Increases capacity to learn and increase self-awareness.

Forward Thinking

• Anticipates the implications and consequences of situations and taking appropriate action to be prepared for possible contingencies.
• Anticipates possible problems and develops contingency plans in advance. Notices trends and develops plans to prepare for opportunities or problems.
• Anticipates the consequences of situations and plans accordingly.
• Anticipates how individuals and groups will react to situations and information and plans accordingly.

• Working with a staff that has passion for our mission, believes in one another and has fun.
• The chance to work in an environment that empowers staff to take informed risks and create new programs and services.
• A chance to make a contribution in a fun job with room to make it your own.
• A strong and competitive salary and benefits package that focuses on your well-being and financial health.