Director, Digital Health R&D Lead

Lab summary:

Our mission is to empower people to live healthier lives by leveraging our wearables, smartphones, medical devices, AI, and health services.  We research, develop, and commercialize innovative digital health products and solutions by bringing together the full capabilities of our team, including product strategy and management, clinical expertise, partnerships, UI/UX design, usability research, clinical research and validation, software development, AI / Gen AI, and regulatory submissions. Millions of Samsung users’ lives around the world have been touched by our products, including the Samsung HeartWise for cardiac rehabilitation and the Samsung ECG Monitor App. Samsung’s unique advantage in the consumer electronics market and growing focus on Digital Health and AI / Gen AI provides exciting technical challenges and rewarding career experience.  Join us! 

Position Summary:

The R&D lead will be responsible for researching and developing collaborations with external innovations in consumer health technology and formulating strategies to deliver innovative solutions through Samsung’s device ecosystem.

The Digital Health Team combines the best of Samsung product expertise with the latest advances in technology to create radically futuristic and innovative products, services and experiences to delight and improve the lifestyles of our customers.  We research, identify, partner and promote new technologies that make the consumer experience better, faster, seamless, more powerful, and multi-dimensional across different product categories.

In this role, you will research the latest advances in the digital health domain across the health value chain and navigate across startups, universities, VCs, health technology incubators and accelerators, and the broader health ecosystem to create a pipeline of new product concepts for our digital health R&D teams.  With an aim towards advancing Samsung’s consumer health offerings across smartphones, wearables, TVs, and more, you will develop business cases, foster partnerships with startups & universities, and drive pivotal initiatives that increase Samsung’s differentiation in the space.

Position Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate domain expertise by paying attention to market trends, breakthroughs in technology, and university research in digital health that are relevant to Samsung’s consumer health offerings.
• Navigate the various advances in the core technology for consumer digital health including, but not limited to wearables, digital biomarkers, biosensors, AI/ML, LLMs and Generative AI, health devices, diagnostics and testing, and more that may be used for wellness and prevention as well detection, classification, and intervention for various health conditions.
• Foster relationships with external technology startups, VCs, and universities to find breakthrough innovations and effectively communicate their value proposition to Samsung R&D teams and executives globally.
• Create reports and presentations, and communicate persuasively on emerging technologies, innovative product concepts and new opportunities.
• Be the primary liaison between partners and Samsung by leading discussions, facilitating evaluations, and driving POCs.
• Coordinate cross-functional and cross-geo team activities, setting project milestones, and motivating teams to meet project timelines and deliverables.
• Proactively address ambiguity through strategic thinking followed by tactical execution.
• Form a clear understanding of team priorities to balance urgent vs. daily activities.
• Proactively build concepts and define new consumer experiences through partners.

Required Skills:

• MS, PhD or MBA degree; or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 15+ years of professional experience in the Digital Health domain (in a strategy, product development, product management, or other related roles in a technology company or as an analyst or investor in Digital Health)
• Effective interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Strong personal network within the industry, startup and ventures community
• Experience in leading complex, multi-team and cross-geographic projects to success
• Excellent written, verbal communications and presentation skills
• Ability to deal with ambiguity associated with working in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Must be willing to travel domestically and internationally (20%)

  Special Attributes:

• Positive attitude and energy, persistence, and flex