Ingénieur ou Ingénieure spécialiste en innovation - 80% à 100% — HUG

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With more than 13,000 employees representing 160 professions, the University Hospitals in Geneva are a reference institution at the national and international level. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to view our 2025 retrospective by clicking here . Convinced that "everyone can make a difference", the Geneva University Hospitals have founded an Innovation Centre to improve and evolve the hospital. A unique platform for exchanges, the Innovation Centre fosters collective intelligence by bringing together, valuing and implementing the best ideas of collaborators. At the same time as a centre of expertise and a collaborative workspace, the Innovation Centre offers a range of services to evaluate, support, mature, promote and value the innovative ideas and projects of HUG collaborators and structures. A laboratory for experimentation, a catalyst for change and participatory approaches, the Innovation Centre contributes to the transformation of HUGs. Since 2019, he has supported the development of the HUG Strategic Plan: Vision 20+5. A pioneer at European level in the hospital community, the Centre for Innovation has evolved the intrapreuniary model by establishing close links with the Patient Partners (PP) project. This close collaboration with the PP platform has deployed its effects and benefits in the development of patient-friendly solutions. Since its launch, some 800 HUG collaborators have participated in events and sessions organized by the Innovation Centre each year. There are more than 70 innovative projects catalyzed per year.

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You are integrated or integrated into the HUG Innovation Centre. You play a key role in the emergence and development of innovative initiatives led by HUG employees, providing them with project management support. Through your action, you contribute to the development of the culture of innovation, creativity and transformation within the institution. Your mission is to create the conditions for the emergence, maturation and implementation of new products, services or process improvements (applications, medical devices, tools, organizational solutions, etc.), using collaborative and user-centred approaches. As such, you continuously stimulate the generation of ideas and accompany innovation projects from design to implementation. You analyze the issues, needs and uses in order to define clear specifications integrating issues, objectives, scopes and deliverables. You contribute to the design of innovative solutions adapted to the needs identified and support their realization through the realization of prototypes, models, digital plans or user stories. More specifically, you challenge initial ideas and assumptions with project promoters by assessing their usefulness, desirability, feasibility and sustainability, in order to direct initiatives towards high impact solutions aligned with institutional priorities. In a logic of efficiency and sustainability, you promote the pooling of existing resources and projects, both internally and with external partners, by identifying synergies and limiting redundancy. You support innovators and innovators in the development of high value-added solutions that meet the needs of users. You manage the various phases of the projects, including the idea, formalization of functional and technical specifications, prototyping, validation of feasibility and acceptability, and preparation of implementation. You contribute to the technical structuring of projects in coordination with internal and external partners to ensure their quality, feasibility and sustainability. You facilitate interaction between stakeholders and ensure effective collaboration throughout the project life cycle. You also support project promoters in the search for funding and the valorisation of their initiatives, by contributing to the preparation of dossiers, their visibility and their promotion to the bodies and partners concerned. In your practice, you develop a thorough understanding of the organisation's functioning, its networks, its practices and its decision-making mechanisms. You analyze and map processes, information flows and decision-making circuits to structure, document and prioritize needs taking into account business requirements and institutional context. You pay particular attention to the value of innovation actors and actors and contribute to the visibility of this culture within the institution, including by participating in the design and organisation of events and communication actions such as HUG Hackathon or Innovation Day. You are involved in the ideas and initiatives of the Innovation Centre related to stimulating innovation, valuing collective intelligence, community leadership, communication, process modelling and change management. You are also responsible for the documentation of the processes put in place and the capitalization of knowledge, including the organisation of feedback and the creation of accessible knowledge bases to support future projects. An active or active member of the team, you contribute to the development of the Innovation Centre by offering ideas and initiatives that promote its outreach. You take responsibility for the projects entrusted to you while working closely with the other team members. Finally, you participate in the operational life of the Centre through the preparation of reports, the monitoring of projects and budgets, as well as the organisation of steering committees and team meetings. In this context, you interact with a wide variety of actors, including caregivers, doctors, researchers, developers, and patients. Thanks to your solution-oriented posture, you effectively respond to recurring needs as well as unforeseen situations. Through your commitment, your sense of collaboration and your professionalism, you actively contribute to the collective dynamics and bring the values of the Innovation Centre.

Qualifications

You have a higher education (university, HES or equivalent) in project management, engineering, innovation or in a field deemed relevant, and have experience in a similar function, ideally within an innovation or transformation environment. You have a strong interest in innovation, especially in the field of health, and master the main related methods and tools, such as thinking design, solution prototyping, user testing and collective intelligence approaches. You are comfortable with office tools, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Additional technical expertise, such as CAD modelling, development, data analysis or health technologies, is an asset. With or equipped with excellent analytical, synthesis and writing skills, you have a perfect command of French in both oral and written terms. You can manage multiple projects simultaneously, define priorities and work independently while working effectively with interlocutors with different profiles. Evolved with ease in an ever-changing environment, you show adaptability, discernment and coolness in the face of unforeseen events. Your sense of organization, rigor and concern for quality allow you to produce reliable and relevant deliverables. Recognized or recognized for your initiative, creativity and orientation solutions, you appreciate teamwork and develop relationships of trust through your listening skills, diplomacy and excellent relationship. Curious or curious, proactive or proactive and endowed or endowed with a strong learning capacity, you enjoy exploring new topics and actively contributing to the emergence of innovative ideas and projects. Any additional expertise or experience that adds value to the Innovation Centre will be welcome.

Further information

• Start: as soon as possible
• Number of posts: 1
• Activity rate: 80% to 100%
• Function class: 18
• Contract: 1-year CDD, renewable
• Deadline for applications: 15.10.2026
• Enquiries: [email protected]

Your application must include a letter showing your motivation, curriculum vitae, copies of the diplomas and certificates required for the position and the last 2 work certificates. This announcement is addressed to women and men alike. Wishing to engage in the fight against unemployment, the HUGs encourage applications from the cantonal employment office. Only applications submitted via the recruitment platform are taken into account. Paper and e-mail applications will not be processed.