InnoStars Stakeholder Relations Lead in München bei EIT Health e V

Stakeholder Relations Lead (m/f/d)
EIT Health InnoStars (Belgium)

EIT Health, a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) under the umbrella of the European
Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), is focused on supporting entrepreneurship,
innovation, and education, to promote healthy living, support active ageing and improve
healthcare. EIT Health brings together over 130 leading organisations along the entire value
chain – smaller companies, larger industry, excellent academic and research institutions, and
public sector organisations. Together we work toward a healthier Europe by removing barriers
to innovation, promoting talent and education, leveraging enabling technologies and exploiting
big data. EIT Health has Central Offices in Munich and develops activities across a network of
Co-Location Centres (CLCs) in Paris, Dublin, Barcelona, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Vienna and
Mannheim. In addition, the InnoStars office in Budapest involves Partners from Hungary,
Poland, Portugal and Italy. EIT Health InnoStars also coordinates EIT Health Regional Innovation
Scheme Programme by creating a unique link between geographically more remote hubs and
makes them involved in the European innovation ecosystem.

About the position

EIT Health InnoStars is now seeking to appoint a Stakeholder Relations Lead based in Belgium.
We anticipate a remote model of working with a presence required in Belgium. Availability for
periodic national and international travel is mandatory. The InnoStars Stakeholder Relations
Lead reports to the InnoStars Managing Director and has a functional dotted reporting line to
the EIT Health Central Office Head of Public Affairs and Stakeholder Relations (under the
supervision of the EIT Health Director of Corporate Affairs).

Your responsibilities:

• Define and develop a regional stakeholder engagement plan – together with national

key account managers - targeting key external actors in local ecosystems to drive
increased recognition, advocacy and positioning within the research and innovation
landscape. The focus should be laid on the InnoStars markets – Hungary, Italy, Poland
and Portugal.

• Develop and implement an engagement strategy focused on key funding bodies at

local, regional and member state level to support the EIT Health sustainability strategy
– and include other funding and investment/sponsorship opportunities within the
private and public sector.

• Monitor healthcare policy and funding related issues, discussions and decisions in

Brussels, providing regular updates for InnoStars and its Partners about ongoing and
foreseen negotiations or developments.

• Collaborate with External Funding Lead in building collaborations, developing

consortia/services to support the pursuit of funding opportunities.

• Ongoing external stakeholder mapping and analysis to determine relevant areas of

interest, relevance, decision making and shared priorities; maintain associated
materials, e.g. meetings tracker.

• Oversee a meetings programme – 1:1 or in a group setting, with relevant member

state and regional actors to raise awareness, inform, exchange ideas and
initiate/continue dialogue on relevant topics.

• Identify relevant policy focused events and other meetings opportunities aligned with

defined priorities.

• Where relevant, lobby appropriately, to highlight any ongoing needs, gaps and

opportunities in the health policy space that could be met through EIT Health and its
portfolio of projects and programmes/services.

• Develop appropriate materials for external outreach and engagement efforts, such as

relevant slide sets, positioning statements, briefing and policy documents, white
papers and preparatory materials for the Management Team.

• Undertake appropriate thought leadership activities under the umbrella of the EIT

Health Think Tank (e.g. organise platforms of discussions and collaborations that can
raise debate with appropriate formats such as reports, white papers, policy
recommendations etc.).

• Conduct horizon scanning and environmental analysis/political intelligence gathering

to understand opportunities, risks and impediments for healthcare innovation at the
member state level.

• Identify and leverage expertise and data from within the EIT Health Membership to

support these efforts.

• Provide EIT Health InnoStars Management Team with briefings/meeting preparation,

key message development/presentation etc.

• Provide regular updates and participate in meetings as a member of the EIT Health

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