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Public Affairs and Stakeholder Relations Lead (M/F/d)
EIT Health Germany-Switzerland
EIT Health - Co-Location Centre, Munich

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 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 (CO) in Munich
and develops activities across a network of regional Innovation Hubs (known as Co-Location Centres
(CLCs) in Munich, Paris, Dublin, Barcelona, Rotterdam, Stockholm and Vienna). In addition, the
InnoStars office in Budapest involves Partners from Hungary, Poland, Portugal and Italy. EIT Health
includes more than 130 partners.

About EIT Health Germany-Switzerland CLC

The CLC in Germany-Switzerland has 15 Partners - from leading companies and public health
organisations, renowned universities and research institutions across both countries. They collaborate
to realise EIT Health’s mission to be Europe’s leading innovation platform, facilitating longer, healthier
lives and more sustainable healthcare systems.

Role overview
EIT Health Germany-Switzerland CLC is seeking to appoint a Public Affairs and Stakeholder Relations
Lead, with a solid reporting line to the CLC Managing Director and a functional dotted reporting line to
the Central Office Head of Public Affairs and Stakeholder Relations (under the supervision of the
Director of Corporate Affairs).

The Public Affairs Stakeholder Relations (PASR) function at EIT Health is comprised of public affairs,
stakeholder relations, the EIT Health Think Tank and strategic alliance development (i.e., collaboration
with 3rd party organisations). Together, these activities aim to shape the external environment so that
it is more conducive to the wider adoption of healthcare innovation and entrepreneurship. In addition,
relevant stakeholder engagement at both the EU, regional and national (MS) level will position EIT
Health as a vital instrument to support meeting European and national healthcare policy priorities.
Identification of the right actors who can advocate for the organisation, whether these are
governmental officials, policy makers, or other organisations that share the EIT Health ambition of
improving patient outcomes and driving high efficiency and resilience in healthcare systems, is key.

The EIT Health (CLC) Public Affairs and Stakeholder Relations Lead (PASRL) will work closely with the
CLC MD and be responsible for developing and implementing an effective, strategically driven,
proactive and reactive public affairs and stakeholder engagement plan targeting diverse stakeholders
to support the implementation of EIT Health’s Strategic Agenda and position EIT Health as a leading
instrument, leveraging the network’s assets, to tackle society’s biggest healthcare challenges within
the research and innovation landscape. In addition, the PASRL will oversee the identification and

cultivation of strategic relationships with policy and political decision makers and relevant
organisations to support the growth and effectiveness of the local ecosystem. Last but not least the
activation of new regional and national funding sources with the CLC in a relevant role, ideally also
contributing to EIT Health’s financial sustainability, should be a focus.

composed of stakeholder relations professionals at all EIT Health CLCs and InnoStars, and the Central
Office in Munich, Germany. The Central Office and Regional team share accountability for devising the
broader EIT Health PASR Strategy against the organisational goals. The CO team drive the corporate
pan-EU EIT Health PASR strategy and tactical plan and the Regional PASR Leads have responsibility for
the strategy and tactical plan at the local and regional level.

Objectives of the role
- Build upon the growing recognition of EIT Health amongst relevant actors as a key instrument

to meet healthcare policy priorities and increase advocacy for the organisation amongst key
decision makers.
- Identify relevant synergies and complementarities with national and EU instruments; position

EIT Health as key contributor to meet shared and strategically relevant ambitions.
- Identify potential private and public funding opportunities and sources to drive organisational

growth and effectiveness in line with the overarching sustainability strategy.
- Pro-actively contribute to consortium-building and proposal-writing in regional and national

funding opportunities with the CLC in a relevant role, either as neutrally p